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Darkspore
Darkspore cover
Developers
Maxis
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Release dates
Windows April 26, 2011
Darkspore on Wikipedia

Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.
Spore
Spore 2008
Darkspore 2011

Key points

Persistent internet connection required to play.
Major bug, Error 73003, prevents random accounts from playing with no known fix.[1][2]
As of August 23rd, 2013, no longer purchasable at retail and de-listed from digital download platforms.[3]

General information

Official game site
Official forums
EA Game Page
EA Answer HQ
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums
Official Twitter Account
Official Tumblr Account
Official YouTube Channel

Availability

Not purchasable directly from official retailers.
Windows only.

Template:Availability Table

Version Differences

Limited Edition

Considered the pre-order edition from all retailers other than directly from EA.
Limited Edition Trailer (note that the stats of the items differ to those displayed in the video)
Early unlock of Genetic Hero, Maldri γ (usually available to unlock at level 42).
Three unique items that cannot be obtained by other means.[4]

Digital Deluxe Edition

Considered the pre-order edition available directly from EA.
Same unique items as the Limited Edition
Early unlock of Genetic Hero, Meditron (which variant is unlocked is unknown).

Essential improvements

Installing mods

Instructions
Modding Darkspore is against the terms of the Darkspore End User License Agreement.[5]

Demo

Download Darkspore from http://darkspore.com/download, once fully installed, log in using your Origin account (you will need to create one if you do not have one).

Attempting to log into Darkspore without a Darkspore retail key registered to your Origin account will launch the demo.
All demo progress carries over to the full game.
Progress is limited to the first 6 levels (up to level 2-2) and a player level of 9, no other features are restricted.[6]
The full game must be downloaded to play the demo.
The behaviour when upgrading from the demo to the Limited Edition is unknown.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/99890/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

All save game data is stored online on Maxis/EA's servers.

Video settings

File:Darkspore Video.png
In-game video settings.

Template:Video settings

Custom resolution

Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

File:Darkspore Audio.png
In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

A re-install is required to change localisation.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Polish
Russian

Issues fixed

Darkspore not available for play. Try again during a scheduled play test

Instructions

Patcher Error [102]

This occurs when Darkspore is installed into a directory that your user account cannot modify.

Instructions
Instructions

Login Error [4001000]

This occurs when there is something invalid with your account details, likely an invalid date of birth.[7]

Instructions

Most Graphical Glitches/Bugs

A lot of forced graphics settings do not play nice with Darkspore and can mess with Darkspore's graphics. Known graphical glitches include:

  • Green outlines around everything.
  • Massively distorted 3D models.
  • Missing text/icons.
  • Very brightly glowing heroes.
Instructions

Ingame reg row key consumption widget is temporarily unavailable

Originally, logging into Darkspore with an account that does not have a Darkspore retail key registered to it, would open an in-game web browser displaying a page where you could activate your retail key or cancel. This page is no longer available.

Instructions
Instructions

System requirements

A persistent internet connection is required at all times.
Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP SP3, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 3.0 GHz P4 or Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 2GHz or equivalent
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
Shader model 3.0 support
[8]

Error 73003

Effect

Affected users will find that they can start up Darkspore, but attempting to log into their account will fail, displaying error code 73003.

Brief History

  • Error 73003 is a long standing, login issue with Darkspore that affects only specific users and has resisted multiple fix attempts by Maxis.
  • The exact cause is unknown though the Error Code's description as provided by Maxis to the Official Darkspore Forums' Community Moderators is "Unable to login to sporenet".
  • The error has been fixed for some users in the past following server updates, but at the same time, others users have found themselves become affected by it.

Attempting to determine the cause

All testing by the community so far leads to the issue being account side on EA/Maxis' end.
Known to have no effect:

  • Uninstalling Darkspore, removing all user data and then reinstalling it.
  • Attempting to log in on a different computer on the same network.
  • Attempting to log in on a different computer on a different internet connection.

Possible workaround for players yet to purchase Darkspore

Assuming that Error 73003 can affect players attempting to play the demo, players should download the Demo before purchasing Darkspore and should check that they can play the demo on their account. If they cannot, they should create a new Origin account and attempt to log into Darkspore with that account when playing Darkspore. This process should be repeated until an account is not affected by Error 73003. The player should then purchase Darkspore for this account.

Contacting EA if you are affected

A number of players have talked about how they have contacted an EA Game Advisor complaining about being affected by this error. A lot claim to have received money off of other games and in some cases, full games of similar value when trying to obtain a refund for their purchase. These claims cannot be confirmed however.

Notes

  1. File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/99890/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (99890) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References