Spore

Installing Mods:
Installing current generation Spore mods is simple enough, simply copy the .package file into Spore's Data directory. The data directory is typically located in C:Program FilesElectronic ArtsSporeData. To uninstall a mod, simply delete the .package file.

Troubleshooting Mods:
Spore has a rather odd way of loading packages. If a mod you've installed isn't working, and it's working for others, you can try adding an a to the front of the file name. For instance, if you were having trouble with the super powers mod, you could try renaming it from SuperPower.package to aSuperPower.package

Temporarily Disabling Mods:
You'll notice below that one of my mods is a .old file, rather than a .package file. You can temporarily disable mods this way, which is exceptionally useful for mods like the asymmetry hack. Simply rename the mod in question from *.package to *.package.old




Mod Creation Tools:
The Spore modding tools were created by our very own Rick (rck). So far, we have a .Package Viewer, .Package Maker, and a tool to convert .Prop files to .XML, and vice versa. These tools can be downloaded from Rick's Spore Stuff. The tools are currently in beta form and are highly unstable, but if you want to get modding yourself, they're out and ready to use.

.Package Viewer
The .Package Viewer is the only tool to have a VGUI. This tool is short and sweet, you can open up any Spore .package file and extract the entire package file's contents into a folder (No single .prop selection as of yet). Simply open the .Package you wish to edit, and then extract it via File->Save All.


Prop to XML Tool
This tool either needs to be run from the command prompt, or by dragging a desired prop file onto it in Explorer. I recommend the latter. The tool will create an XML file in the same directory as the .prop file you dragged.

XML to Prop Tool
The same principals apply, you can run it from the Command Prompt or drag a desired XML file onto it in explorer. From there it'll convert the XML into a .propnew. Rename this to .prop before creating your mod's .package.

.Package Creator
This tool can only be run from the Command Prompt. It takes two arguments. The first argument is the name and location you want your mod's .package to be, and the second is the path to the files.xml for your mod. (Explained Below)



Example usage:
Gibbed.Spore.PackageMaker mymod.package files.xml

Now, I'm sure you're wondering what this "files.xml" is. When you extract a .packfile in Package Viewer it creates a files.xml, which contains every single file in the .package. Edit this to only include the files you're including in your mod, and then path to it with Package Maker.

How should I open .XML files?:
You can use just about any text editor, if you don't want to download anything simply use Notepad. I personally recommend Notepad++.

Mod Maker:
More coming soon. For now the tool should be self explanatory. This serves as an alternate .Package Maker.



DISCLAIMER: This thread is a copy from another (Not so Spore related) forum, I will do my best to keep this updated.

Now THAT is useful.

Also, GLORY, 1/4 LIFE HAS BLESSED OUR FORUMS WITH HIS PRESENCE! *Bows a little*.

For those of you who don't know who 1/4 life is... Go get steam... You'll find out eventually.

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Also, if it's not too much trouble, you may as well throw the mods you took out back in. At the end of the day, it's a megathread. If the character limit bogs you down, tell me what you need added and I'll change my post to suit.

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Done and done.

do I need to patch my game in order to run these? I haven't patched because of all the bad rep I heard about it.

No, you do not. All of these mods were designed for Spore 1.0 and work with 1.1

I was just wondering, because none of the mods I've downloaded worked :

can you open the command prompt from the start menu and cd to c:Program FilesElectronic ArtsSporeData and do a
dir > output.txt then post the contents of that file do the board...

scratch that I was a dumbass, I got them to work. can you tell me why every time I terraform a planet with the sculpting tools, if I leave the planet and come back everything is undone

Well I want to know the opposite. Do the mods work with the patch? I have the patch and I don't see why everyone is having problems with it. Works fine for me.

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My Gamertag is Lucky Gamer Z, and my Steam account is Super_Racer_Z(Nickname is SuperRacerZ)

i have propor grammer don to a peryod,

I'm using the 1.1 patch as well, and I can confirm every mod in this thread work works flawlessly.

The only issue I've had with patch 1.1 was the in-ability to leave my home planet, and that was solved by simply removing any trees/details in my cities before leaving (Works great now).

I am whee on facepunch, thanks for this excellent thread on both facepunch and xspore.

Wow, great thread, thanks 1/4 Life =D

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Thank you man. I subscribed to this thread. Also this should be stickied.

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Help, the description and ID fields for the Spore Mod Maker keep resetting when I save the files, also if I type something in an ID field I can't type in any of the others.

I really wanted to get the sculptists dream hack, but unfortunately, it isn't a .package file. Any tips would be much abliged.

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Yeah, how do you use the .rar files, theyre not packages, so where can they go?

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Awesome sig by Wolffgang

Sculptist's Dream is in a .7z file, which can be extracted using WinRAR or 7zip.

I personally recommend 7zip.

Edit:

-Added Mayflower Mod v2.0
-Added Mr. Fusion.
-Added iDrive.
-Added Space Tools Mega Pack.

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Could an admin change the title of this thread to "[Release] Spore Mods Megathread"?

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-Added Energy Recharge and Trade Route Increase Mod
-Added Better Planetary Bizarre Mod
-Added Super Powers Mod

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-Added Certain Capture
-Added No Galactic Center Limit
-Various thread edits.
-Thread unified on all forums.

Thread also stickied

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Sweet man.

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how do we turn .prop into .package? I didn't get that part.