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Below are some error and warning messages you may see from the game, along with suggestions for fixing them.

1000: Another instance of Spore is already running. Please quit or kill it first.

1001: The game cannot find any valid display modes. Please ensure your display is set to 32 bits.

1002: Direct X is not installed. Please install it, or reinstall the game.

1004: The game cannot find its data directory. Please reinstall the game.

1010 It is recommended that you update your graphics card drivers to avoid compatibility issues. Generally you can do this by going to the website of the hardware manufacturer for your card. The sites for NVIDIA, ATI, and Intel are:


1011: It is required that you upgrade your graphics card drivers to avoid serious issues with the game. Please see above.

1012: The game has issues with this card in multi GPU mode. Please either update your drivers, or disable multi GPU mode from the vendor's control panel.

2001: The system is below our min spec, and we cannot run at all.

2002: The system is below our min spec, and you may experience graphical, performance, or audio issues.

2003: You are running a version of Vista that has issues with graphics cards with large amounts of VRAM. Please either update to SP1, or install the corresponding fix from




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legoman2852 thread subject 0 Apr 13 2010, 6:03 PM EDT by legoman2852
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idk wich error it was but it keeps saying something is missing or corrupt and i thought it wasthe game so i got a new one and uninstalled the game and installed it with the new disk and it still gets the same error
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iownuall85 error 1002 1 Jan 31 2009, 4:03 PM EST by Mark_Sullivan_BI
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omg i uninstalled spore and tried installing directx but i still get error 1002 plz help
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Malus_Draco error 1001 0 Nov 24 2008, 10:00 PM EST by Malus_Draco
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i continue to get the 1001 error but i am using vista ultimate x64 and as i can run any other game with no problems i am stuck as to why this error persists even after a reinstall and my graphics drivers are up to date, please advise.
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