MASSIVE SECURITY HAZARD in Spore!
Mirelly:
Meh. Not sure how anyone knowing that I am known as Mirelly is dangerous to me, but lacking total awesomeness I bow to those more paranoid that me.
I have tried out the critter maker -- the free one -- and I have to say that it is rather disappointing. It is extremely limited and, a lot like TS2, there is no real scope for making creatures which are genuinely different from each other. The differences (component parts like insectile mandibles versus crocodilian jaws) are insufficiently numerous and versatile to make a toolbox with which one craft one's imagination. A Pierson's Puppeteer has proved to be impossible; I had to put the mouth on the body ... I put it at the back so it could blow raspberries at its enemies as it kicks out their hearts with its hefty hind leg.
I was never sold on the idea of a PacmanPopulousCivilizationMaster_of_Orion chimera, so the critter builder was always going to be the USP for me. It has phail.
BastDawn:
Well, here's some good news. Once you change your computer name, Spore Creature Creator continues to use the old name. I just changed my computer name to something else, reset, confirmed my old shortcuts to this computer no longer work, and then ran SCC and made a new thing from scratch. The new thing is still using "Ibis".
Here's how to rename your XP computer:
1. Right-click on the My Computer desktop icon, then left-click on Properties.
* If you do not have that icon on the desktop:
a. Left-click on Start > Control Panel
b. Double left-click on the System icon (if you don't see it, select "Switch to Classic View" on the left-hand side of the window first).
2. Select the "Computer name" tab, then type a new name
3. Select the Change button, type the new name again in the "Computer name" field, and select OK. Windows will prompt: "You must restart this computer before these changes will take effect."
4. Shut down and restart your PC normally.
EDIT:
Damn. Pescado's right: changing the computer's name on the network doesn't change the login name; it's merely cosmetic. That means sharing creatures is generally a bad idea. :(
I like sharing. Tell me, Pescado, just how serious a threat is it, if the name is something like "Ibis" that has nothing to do with my real identity or interests?
J. M. Pescado:
That is because it is not using your Computer Name, it is using your computer USERNAME. Do you login as "Ibis"? If so, that's what it's using. Changing your computer name won't fix this.
Emma:
I just created 2 creatures, one offline and one online. The offline one shows my pc username (surprisingly, Emma) and the online one shows my Spore login name. So which one is the dangerous one? Both?
J. M. Pescado:
In your case? Probably none of them, since we already know you are EMMA. Death to EMMA!
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