Nothing in the guides fixed my problem entirely, even having a legit Spore on Origin with an activated key DID NOT WORK and I know I'm not alone in that experience. The version they gave me had its CD Key already activated, because well, they gave it to me so why wouldn't it be activated? (I attempted to activate it manually but it told me that is was already redeemed) Here's what a lot of people aren't mentioning and find out after getting their free version - this version ALSO doesn't let you register a new Spore account, despite the fact that it has a CD Key when you right-click it in Origin. Realise I have no CD Key - go to EA Support Live Chat, explain that my Steam version isn't working because it has no CD Key, prove my purchase with privacy-invasion screenshots, and they add an Origin version to my EA Account (I downloaded the Origin app for this ofc) and then I installed the Origin version. Link my Steam account to Origin (the consensus is we think this helps, nobody is certain) My process is not perfect, but here it is:īuy everything on Steam in bundle (game + DLC) - just don't download it The error message you want (if any) is the above "An unknown error occurred. The bottom-line is, this means the server said "no, not even considering it". Your computer might be offline." - this seems to appear even when your connection is FINE, but you entered the wrong EA Account info during registration OR the game doesn't detect a CD Key. There is also another misleading error message you might get in-game: "There was an error connecting to the Spore servers. Please try again." in-game - from my rough understanding, this seems to imply that your EA Account registration information was correct, but the server is not convinced that your device legally owns Spore (which is obviously stupid). "An unknown error occurred during registration. The lack of a CD Key anywhere (I have everything working now, but everything in my registry is still "%CDKEY%" so there is some magic going on that nobody has actually disclosed) I went through all of the shenanigans in the popular Spore registration/Online guides yesterday, here are my key takeaways and my process:
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