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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 reinstallthereinstall 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
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 reinstallthereinstall 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:
- http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
- http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html
- http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/
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
