Spore

Hi all. Nice looking community here.

So has anyone an idea what affects city size in Civ. mode?

Latest game on Easy I noticed my 1st 2 captures were pitifully small (like 5-6 building slots) whereas my previous game on Moderate the cities were generally a lot larger.

Is this random? Based on Difficulty level? Based on how long the City is 'alive' before you capture it (do cities even change potential size after formation)?

Also, is there any way I can 'preserve' a save at the very beginning of Space Stage (ie. copy the save file out to desktop or similar) so I can play and save as normal after time consuming gameplay is completed but start afresh if/when I realise I wasted all my Sporebucks on junk and should have saved it for preventing war (or other long term mistakes)?

You can just start new game and start from space stage. But choice the race which was played throught every stage so you get all the bonuses

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Whiners and idiots shouldn't be allowed to play spore at all.

Concerning your first question, apart from the METHOD in which you capture a city, I haven't noticed any difference in how many building slots you get.

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