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Hi!

I'm trying to confirm if Spore will run on Linux. With "run" I mean without cracks or other strange tricks.

If it doesn't run, what is the problem?

Thank you
Roland

The AppDB has mixed reviews about it, maybe you could try some of the setups there and see what works for you (if anything):
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=13652

env WINEPREFIX="/home/rolhei/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/Spore" wine C:\\\\Program\\\\Electronic\\ Arts\\\\SPORE\\\\Sporebin\\\\SporeApp.exe -safe fixme:ntdll:NtQuerySystemInformation info_class SYSTEM_HANDLE_INFORMATION
fixme:ntdll:NtQueryObject Unsupported information class 3
err:rpc:I_RpcGetBuffer no binding
fixme:d3d_caps:select_card_intel_mesa Card selection not handled for Mesa Intel driver
fixme:d3d_caps:init_driver_info Unhandled vendor 8086.
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x2928e40,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d_caps:select_card_intel_mesa Card selection not handled for Mesa Intel driver
fixme:d3d_caps:init_driver_info Unhandled vendor 8086.
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x29289c0,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:psapi:EnumPageFilesA (0x1de88d0, 0x2909814) stub
fixme:psapi:EnumPageFilesA (0x1de88d0, 0x28d4130) stub
fixme:d3d_caps:select_card_intel_mesa Card selection not handled for Mesa Intel driver
fixme:d3d_caps:init_driver_info Unhandled vendor 8086.
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x28701c0,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d_caps:select_card_intel_mesa Card selection not handled for Mesa Intel driver
fixme:d3d_caps:init_driver_info Unhandled vendor 8086.
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x286fd40,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d_caps:select_card_intel_mesa Card selection not handled for Mesa Intel driver
fixme:d3d_caps:init_driver_info Unhandled vendor 8086.
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x287004c,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d_caps:select_card_intel_mesa Card selection not handled for Mesa Intel driver
fixme:d3d_caps:init_driver_info Unhandled vendor 8086.
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x286fbcc,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d_caps:select_card_intel_mesa Card selection not handled for Mesa Intel driver
fixme:d3d_caps:init_driver_info Unhandled vendor 8086.
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x287004c,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d_caps:select_card_intel_mesa Card selection not handled for Mesa Intel driver
fixme:d3d_caps:init_driver_info Unhandled vendor 8086.
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x286fbcc,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d_caps:select_card_intel_mesa Card selection not handled for Mesa Intel driver
fixme:d3d_caps:init_driver_info Unhandled vendor 8086.
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x286f648,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d_caps:select_card_intel_mesa Card selection not handled for Mesa Intel driver
fixme:d3d_caps:init_driver_info Unhandled vendor 8086.
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x286f1c8,0x00000000), stub!
wine: Unhandled page fault on write access to 0x00200000 at address 0xf752ccd5 (thread 0009), starting debugger...

I'm not sure what it means but Wine seems to start something and then it quits.


select_card_intel_mesa Card selection not handled for Mesa Intel driver

You're intel integrated "graphic" card is not supported, this is definitly not a 3D card. Even is it "work" with Windows, Mesa driver (linux) is not enough for 3D.