10.5: Run Spore in OS X 10.5.2
Sep 10, '08 07:30:00AM
Contributed by: ~Coxy
While Spore (the full game, not Creature Creator) states that it require OS X 10.5.3, it's possible to get it running on OS X 10.5.2. I thought that I'd try to get it to run under 10.5.2 first in case it was possible, so I wouldn't need to upgrade. Unfortunately, 10.5.3 and later breaks compatibility with Starcraft, Diablo and some other older games on Nvidia 8x00 graphics.
Here's how I got it running in 10.5.2:
- Insert the CD, then using Terminal or something that can see invisible files, copy the whole contents of the CD to your hard disk, to somewhere like /Spore/.
- Navigate to /Spore » SPORE(TM) Install.app » (Control-clcik and Show Package Contents) » Contents » Resources.
- Open tgInstall.plist in your favorite pure text editor. Comment out the $INSTALLVOLUME line, as shown below:
<key>InstallVerify</key>
<array>
<!--<string>$INSTALLVOLUME/installer/INSTALLDATA.tgz=6352d7a8f78e9750444ba8aa26806a7201dd66fb</string>-->
</array>
- Find and replace $INSTALLVOLUME throughout the whole document with /Spore (or the full path to wherever you copied the contents of the disc).
- Change the MinimumSystemVersion so that the "string" line reads 10.5.2.
- Install the game!
After installation, you've got one more change to make. Go to /Applications » SPORE » SPORE.app » (Control-click and choose Show Package Contents) » Contents and edit Info.plist. Change the MinimumSystemVersion "string" entry like so:
<key>MinimumSystemVersion</key>
<string>10.5.2</string>
It's working fine for me on 10.5.2 with an 8800GT video card, but your mileage may vary, of course.
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