Lest we forget: SPORE
Skadi:
There is no autosave! The best thing to do is to save at the beginning of each era, and that way you can go back if you're not happy with how things are working out.
Save as soon as you enter the space stage, particularly if its your first time playing it.
I'm in the process of writing a guide/faq. It's being updated twice a day at this stage as I add more and more to it. Has cheats, cell and creature stage now, and I'll be adding tribal shortly. I'm also waiting for it to clear the queue at GameFAQ's.
http://arr.sublimesims.net/files/spore_guide_skadi.txt
Edit: It's been accepted at GameFAQ's.
Faizah:
Quote from: Aelia on 2008 September 09, 11:54:54
The cut scenes? I can skip them with the escape button.
Thank you. They're kind of cute the first time, but since I've got three worlds in play at the moment (one each of omnivore, herbivore and carnivore) they were getting old. I don't need to see the 'find a mate' animation that many times. Seriously. (And to think I was wondering how to turn the cinematics back on in the Sims... No more.)
Other minor irritants:
Some of my pre-created creatures don't show up as playable, but I have encountered them on other planets during the space stage. Though it may just be that they're 'unevolved', and I was trying to start one at space level. But there's not much point in starting later anyway, as playing through earlier stages grants special abilities.
Those little easter-egg achievementy things? ("Yay, you didn't attack anyone as a cell!", and so on) Apparently to view your achievements you need to log in. (Badges earned in space mode are properly in-game, at least.)
I'm considering buying this one, just because the achievements thing bugs me. Those are my only issues, so far.
Edit: Well, I found my missing creatures. About a quarter of them went to the 'Downloads' menu, which was where I looked first, and the rest went to 'Everything'. Which is also filled with the 1.6k Maxis creations. I don't know why, and I wish they'd gone to 'My Creations' in the first place, but at least I found them.
Gus Smedstad:
According to the manual, the achievements are stored on the servers - so if you don't log in, I don't think it remembers.
I'm kind of stuck in the Space section right now. I had worked my way up to about 2.5 planets (the 0.5 being a T2), and the Deer People declared unprovoked war. Since then they're constantly huge war fleets against my worlds, and I really don't have time to do much else other than defend and occasionally rebuild some of what they've destroyed. I did try making a raid of my own, but I ran out of energy before I could take out even one enemy city.
- Gus
Catju:
Okay, would someone please explain to me what I'm doing wrong?
I made it to the tribal stage. My creatures are peaceful herbivores and I tried to make friends with other tribes. I tried to communicate with them, but the game said I should play an instrument to them. Okay, so I look for one. I've got one instrument. I make a few of my creatures take the instruments and go with their leader to the other tribe's area. I click other tribe members with the leader and my creatures start playing. A meter comes up but it doesn't change. The game says I can press some buttons to make the performance better. Finally I find the buttons and when I press them, the game says I can only use that abillity during a performance. Result? Nothing happens. I forget about the whole thing and go gather food. Soon the other tribe becomes my enemy. They start attacking me. So I figure I'll attack them, whipe them out and proceed that way. I have my creatures take torches and go to the other tribe's area, again. I have no option to attack them, only to give gifts. But not to worry, they attack me. After a long fight and a lot of respawning, the enemy tribe's population is zero. What happens next? Nothing. I still have an option to give them gifts. I figure I'll attack other tribes as well, maybe I'll "win" when they're all defeated. But the tribe I just killed starts respawning. During all this my tribe hasn't evolved even one bit. Advice, anyone?
Zazazu:
Ok. First off, make sure you have your warring/social group(s) selected as a group. They went over this in the game tips. Click and drag a box around the creatures you want to be part of the group. Then direct actions.
1. Warring
Weapons help. If you don't have any yet, I'd hold off on attacking. Give them a gift to calm them down (you've found the option) for now. Wait to kill/befriend them until you are able.Torches are only good for attacking the buildings. You don't want to do this until you've killed the tribe members. Yay, you have weapons. To attack, choose combat stance by clicking on that red button in the middle section of your controls bar. Then wrong-click on opposing tribe members, not the buildings, to attack. Kill members (including any babies). Then kill the tribal hut.
2. Socials
Everyone is equipped with an instrument. That's great. Make sure you have your group selected as a group, which I suspect you don't.With social stance clicked, wrong-click on an opposing tribe member. Everyone will take their place.If you have your group properly selected, you'll hear the beat start and a second of silence. The opposing tribe will hold up placards showing what they want. Give it to them by pressing the corresponding button (look at social stance control area; it will turn green when available).If you don't have the right instrument, play what you have. You can screw up once or twice, usually, and still be successful.Do not leave this group while you are doing a performance. The performance will stall and you will have to move the group and restart! *Wrong-click means clicking with the right mouse button. My lefts and rights get confused, so...yeah.
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