Talk:Glitches

(Quintet=Five Members)  CAFINATOR    DO NOT CLICK HERE  19:25, 11 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I can attest to the Quintet glitch, though, I have no solid proof. It happened by accident.  What I can say, however, is that it only worked when I got one member of a species in my posse, but not added to the list on the right, and only if I added more of that species to my posse.  As soon as I added someone from another species to my posse, they would be counted, and my posse would be full (with more than 3 members.)  I tend to make my creature move away once I add a creature to my posse to skip a little animation and speed it up, perhaps that was part of it, I don't know.  If it happens again, I'll try and get screenshots to prove it.  01:38, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Landmark glitch
I have a image of a landmark flying/floating above water. I don't know how to upload images though. CryoZero 21:20, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Water Scout
In space stage I happened to get the Hologram Scout inside water. Is it considered a Major Glitch?



I would say that is an easily major glitch, you can preform it by getting an epic to throw you in water or going to the water at just the right place. 159.250.29.4 17:48, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Actually, I got it to happen quite easily epicless. Nikacho 16:07, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

My hologram could enter in the water and swim like any other creature. OluapPlayer 16:38, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

i don't think so, my scout would just stop if i tried to make it go in water, and the tool won't activate when over water. Bloodmage2 00:18, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

This is very possible. On Earth, use the hologram scout over Florida. Go into the Atlantic. You will now be swimming. >Tmy2u 04:07, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Whenever im on a flat, verticle piece of land (a sculpted Tentacle River works best) If you stand on the wall, you will slowly crawl down, and it will glitch while stopping you from swimming and end up forcing you into the water. Gyromite 10:41, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

I had a glitch were i went to gas planet and went onto it! I went through its atmosphere and ended up on a normal planet that had glitchy colours and then my game crashed to the desktop. Has this happened to anyone else?

Ditto, Nikacho, and did the person before me just say they entered a gas giant!? if so, :O 159.250.29.4 13:43, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

I have seen screenshots of hologram scouts falling into the planets sun, and if you get the angles right, you can pilot your spaceship into a gas giant by doing this - go to a gas giants moon, get as close as possible to the gas giant. Then fly to a greater altitude until you just start to leave the moon. Technically your spaceship just appears to enter the gas giant. It does not surprise me about your glitch as I have found similar things. Wormulon 16:19, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Darn. I would like to see what a gas giant would be like up-close. Maybe a new expansion pack will make it possible..? Nikacho 18:07, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Tribal stage cliffs
In the Tribal Stage, sometimes there are these huge cliffs surrounding my hut occasionally. It doesn't happen every time and exiting and reentering will fix it. Sometimes my tribe members die of starvation because of this.

Forteto42: I added the Spice Mine glitch and No Water glitch. These both happened to me on the same planet. They could be conneected but I don't know. If anyone else has found these glitchs in their game please message me.

Forteto42: My theory on the Planet/Spaceship glitch: The game accedently put you in the Sol system and programing prevents anything on the planet Earth. This means that the only place you can go is withen the Sol system.

Waterless Planets
I have evidence of waterless planets. I have found two or three since patching to 1.03. I have pictures of these planets. Would you like me to find a way to upload them? 204.97.138.1 15:34, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Yes, please! --Forteto42 20:30, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Alright. Don't be fooled by the change in IP address. The earlier edit was at school. Give me a minute to get the pics. Oh, also someone's going to have to put them onto the main page for me, 'cause I don't know how, sadly. 75.223.249.175 22:45, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Also, it is possible to get waterless planets by using a tool that would normally create water on a T1 or above planet on a T0 planet without water. This is a snap of my spaceship using "Cute Seas" in such a way. 

A found purely by coincidence in-game planet. 

There are others, let me know if you need them. 75.223.249.175 22:53, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Epic Creature on Water
When I was visiting the spiceless planet on my home system (where I supersized some creatures), I happened to find one of the Epics in the middle of the sea! I gues this is a minor glitch, isn't it?



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First off, sign your conversation.

Second, no. It is not a glitch. Epic creatures can walk anywhere. They are huge, and as such, they cannot be eaten by the sea monster. In the Civilization stage, you can charm the Epics with religious vehicles, and they will follow you anywhere, even across the sea to an enemy city. Why wouldn't they be able to walk across the ocean in space stage? StarDotJPG 18:35, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Well, sorry for forgeting to sign my message for the first time ever. You don't need to say it like I am commiting a crime :P I didn't knew that they followed aquatic vehicles too. Gonna test that later. OluapPlayer 20:42, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Actually, I used air vehicles. I mean, they might follow boats, but they would probably need to be pretty close to the shore for the boats to be in range of them. StarDotJPG 23:06, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

uber turret glitch


whats wrong with this picture. found this odd because i have never fought this empire. ever since i met them we've been allies so how would my uber turret end up here?

Bloodmage2 00:18, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Glitches
I cant provide pictures, but my most recent game had many glitches. When i was migrating, my nest choises were either in the water (right at the edge of the shallow end), or on a spice geyser. I pickes spice geyser. Nothing happened until space (although in civilitzation, the spice geyser in the city was a pain), then, the spaceship planet was full of wayer, with smooth-shaped islands (liek venus) and there was no spaceship. Gyromite 00:07, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

I have had a glitch were my allie took my homeworld! just after i did the "make a allie" mission so i can not go home!--Frozgor 18:34, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Is the saved game creature image (the rotating planet, with your creature on the side) the same as the one you originally had, and NOT your allies? I have used Mods and I replaced mine (which was tmy2u) with the SNAFU. IF so, do NOT OPEN IT! Bad things may happen. I never opened it, for fear for glitches extrema.

Pictures please. >tmy2u 12:34, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Coloure Mishap
Hey, something weird happend on my game, my creature on a new game I made came out of the cell phase completly white, like the colure layers you see in the creature creator had'nt loaded propaly, and then I found a Maxis creature with odd coloure's right after my creature's error stopped right after I edited it. Is this an existing glitch, should I wright it down in the main artical and has anything similure happend in your game's??? (Armageddon11(DANIELSJ14) 00:44, 6 February 2009 (UTC))

It's Just loading textures. >tmy2u 12:34, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

This can't be good
It's worse than I thought, half the creature's in the save have the wrong coloures.(Armageddon11(DANIELSJ14) 01:17, 6 February 2009 (UTC))

Ihad the same problem. It took a few tries, but lower the lighting quality. Also, don't have the texture and detail on max. I think the game was overloading textures and colors, so it glitched. 72.35.108.51 06:18, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Me 3, I get a similar problem when my creatures or vehicles become either colourless or invisible. It usually goes after a while but the problem can happen if I change to high graphics, texture or light settings. Wormulon 11:25, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

I always have all my Graphic settings on low, to try and evoid glitches like this, so it shouldnt be overloading. (Armageddon11(DANIELSJ14) 13:54, 6 February 2009 (UTC))

I think you need a better graphics card, and/or more RAM. What is your computer's specs? >tmy2u 10:24, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Glitch
A few days ago when I first installed Spore, I created this Predator Tribe. One day, I made them get this tribe extinct. I headed back to my tribe but sure when I turned I didn't see my tribe. Instead I found this humongus wall in an orange color and it would'nt let me pass. But then a few seconds later, I WENT RIGHT THROUGH IT! Then the game had tons of lag and I had to start the tribe all over again. Is this considered a glitch?

P.S. Since they mentioned in the page of the article of "color-blind" or something, I wondered since I have planets with teal colored to purple colored to red colored to violet colored oceans and strange colored lands on an occasion. Is this considered that glitch?

72.145.3.242 02:59, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

More of a question really
What would happen if you destroyed the grox, then on another file, after destroying them, you had to meet the grox? If this is confusing (I actualy got confused after I read this) let me explain: Empire A was made first. Empire A goes to the center of the Galaxy, and destroys all 4,200 grox inhabited planets. The next empire, Empire B, gets far enough in the space stage to get the mission where they must make contact with the grox. What happens? 72.35.108.51 06:29, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Well I am using all of my saved games to attack the Grox, such as in one game I destroyed planet Telan while in another saved game I visited the system and Telan was still destroyed. Your Empire A and Empire B should have a similar outcome - In all your games the Grox are destroyed. I have noticed however, that there is several glitches with saved games. If the mission that sends you to contact the Grox and they were destroyed by Empire A (must be a powerfull empire!) and you are playing Empire B then some Grox colonies may appear. Wormulon 12:13, 8 February 2009 (UTC)


 * You're assuming that that is a glitch. It's more likely that the developers purposefully made that happen so that the mission is completable.  16:59, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Help
I am having a bit of a problem. In the space stage, 99% of the time when I talk to an empire. the game crashes, creating a black screen with tons of lies all evenly spaced going in the same direction, and the game repeating the last sound that it made. Currently, I have 282 creations, so I don't think that it is too many creations. Oddly, the game only freezes when the comunication screen is going up, or going down. Please help me. 12.18.171.119 04:44, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Post Signatory: It also affects the civilisation stage, which sucks when I am trying to be economic, or when economic nations want to trade.

Post Post Signatory: If no one has objections, I'm putting this under major glitches, as it prevents contact with another empire, though changing the game to the full screen setting has reduced the frequency.

I'm sorry I do not have a picture, as I wouldn't be able to load it, I am not a member (nor will I become a member), and no comand on my computer work after the glitch, not even Ctrl-Alt-Delete,so I can't take a picture


 * You are granted permission to add that under "Major Glitches," since it effects gameplay a lot. Thanks, TimeMaster Talk Main Contribs 18:16, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Sol system glitch
Does the Sol system update itself if you leave the system for a long while? This is because I terraformed several planets in the Sol system but when I came back again all my terraforming changes had disappeared. Also once I visited Earth, and it was inhabited by other creatures (not Humans). but the next time I came back again the creatures were gone! (Although even prior to the creatures my colonies were destroyed by the Grox). Wormulon 11:31, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Wildlife Sanctuary crashes
I think one of my wildlife sanctuaries is bugged, whenever I descend onto the planet the game crashes. I've been cleaning out my sporepedia of duplicate creatures that i've made, and I can only assume this is the cause, I must've placed a creature down on the planet and then removed it from my game. It's not a game-ending glitch just a slight annoyance that I can no longer visit that planet (it's the one in the home system where you find the crashed ship that has no spice.) If only I could use species eradicator or even just destroy the planet, but you have to be on the planet to use either of them.Ҵїҫэӌ Ҭӈә Ѕҥїʐʐɻє 20:59, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok, I would suggest putting that into the Major Glitches category: Since this has never happened to me, I think it sounds very true. Thanks, TimeMaster Talk Main Contribs 22:04, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm going to try and fly to the planet using one of my other empires that is relatively close to this one, which means i'll have to build up my other empire to a decent level first. I expect it to still crash, but it's worth a try. Ҵїҫэӌ Ҭӈә Ѕҥїʐʐɻє 09:23, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Well as expected that didn't work, the game still crashed. Looks like there is no resolve for this problem then, aside from deleting that game, which I don't intend on doing (It's the one game where i've allied with the Grox.)Ҵїҫэӌ Ҭӈә Ѕҥїʐʐɻє 18:20, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * That's even better prospects. Feel free to add it. Thanks, TimeMaster Talk Main Contribs 19:14, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Re-added all of my deleted creatures back into my sporepedia that I know of and i'm still getting the crash, so I officially give up.Ҵїҫэӌ Ҭӈә Ѕҥїʐʐɻє 18:27, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

3 tribes
I was playing Spore the other day an had realized while in the Tribal Stage, there were 4 tribes when I needed 5 in order to progress. Is this a glitch or is it part of the game?

Part of the game. You get the last tribe when you have only two left to ally/conquer. >tmy2u 20:03 2-14-09 (UTC)

Ecodisaster on another playable empire's home planet?
I've just had yet another glitch, i've allied two of my saved game empires that are in close proximity to one another, and since the second empire (the Mycaryn empire) is relatively small it only has a few systems. While playing as my first (large) empire, helping to terraform some of their planets and remove their enemies, I got a message about an ecodisaster on the Mycaryn's home planet, obviously you cannot use any tools whatsoever in another empire's home system, so I cannot stop the ecodisaster. Any ideas? Or should I just wait for the ecosystem to empty out? Ҵїҫэӌ Ҭӈә Ѕҥїʐʐɻє 20:51, 15 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I ran into that once, too. Perhaps you can try quitting and loading the other save to see if you can cut the damage?  I didn't try that, and only thought of it after the planet finished having it's eco-revolution.  It wasn't pretty.


 * Yeah tried loading the second game but it appears fine, no ecodisaster in that save, then I reloaded my first game and the ecodisaster was still there, guess i'll have to wait for the ecosystem to empty and refill as the second empire. But i'm thinking that will destroy the colonies on the home planet.Ҵїҫэӌ Ҭӈә Ѕҥїʐʐɻє 22:04, 15 February 2009 (UTC)


 * It does, and it's impossible to rebuild to 10 colonies again. Maxis may want to look into fixing this...  02:08, 16 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I have also had this problem, but I think it was funny to see my Saved game homeworld destroyed by an eco diasater! It doesn't seem to effect my other saved game though.  Wormulon 10:00, 16 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Really? My other save game was screwed over by it.  14:13, 16 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I sort of averted the ecodisaster, I let half the ecosystem empty out, loaded my second game (the empire that had the disaster on their planet) and filled in what had been lost, (it's easier to do this if you abduct one of everything before it goes extinct then you can just repopulate them afterwards.) Although you may have to wait for the "add plants and animals to stabilise the ecosystem" stage and re-add them, I went back to my first game and the ecodisaster averted message came up and the empire thanked me for being so responsive etc. etc. (lol.) All that happened was the colonies emptied out of everything but houses, I didn't lose any colonies at all. So it could've been worse. Ҵїҫэӌ Ҭӈә Ѕҥїʐʐɻє 18:36, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Rock In colony Glitch
When i created a colony, it had a rock in it. Probably a glitch. HerbisoarEmpire 14:38, 16 February 2009 (UTC)HerbisoarEmpire


 * I have also had that glitch. You should put it under Minor Glitches since it doesn't effect gameplay, besides for the fact you can crash into it. Thanks, TimeMaster Talk Main Contribs 14:44, 16 February 2009 (UTC)


 * It only happened to me once and funnily enough that was when I placed a colony on top of a rock formation, although usually it removes the model if you place a colony on top of it, but not always. Ҵїҫэӌ Ҭӈә Ѕҥїʐʐɻє 18:34, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Homeworld City Glitch
If your cities are destroyed on your homeplanet, you can only place 3 more cities back.== HerbisoarEmpire 16:01, 16 February 2009 (UTC)HerbisoarEmpire This might just be general gameplay, i just added it just in case.HerbisoarEmpire 16:03, 16 February 2009 (UTC)HerbisoarEmpire


 * Yeah, see the ecodisaster section above... That would be very annoying, although it's only red (or possibly yellow) spice and it produces it at such a slow rate I don't think i'd notice too much. I only use my home system for free repairs TBH.Ҵїҫэӌ Ҭӈә Ѕҥїʐʐɻє 18:40, 16 February 2009 (UTC)