How to Fix the BAD DATA Error in Spore

The problem with the BAD DATA bug is usually the NameGeneration Package File is missing from the LOCALE folder EN-GB

Heres how to fix it.

1. Go to your installation directory, mine was C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\SPORE drop the (x86) bit if your running a 32-bit version of windows, and i apologise to mac users as i have never really used a mac so dont know how to get to it on them

2. go into the folder named DATA

3. Go into the folder named LOCALE

4. Go into the folder named EN-US

5. at the top their should be a file called NameGenerator, right click and select COPY

6. come back to the LOCALE folder and find the folder called EN-GB should be just above the EN-US one

7. once your in that folder, just past the NameGenerator file into it, as you might notice thats the file thats missing

For XP Users:
1. Go to My Computer -> Control Panel
2. (Switch to classic view if its in category view)
3. Regional and Language Options
4. Select "Advanced" Tab
5. Select there "English (United States)"
6. Press Ok, Restart computer and you are ready to go

For Vista Users:
1. My Computer -> Control Panel
2. (Switch to classic view if its in category view)
3. Regional and Language Options
4. Select "Administrative" Tab.
5. Press "Change System Locale..." button
6. Select English (United States)
7. Press Ok, Restart computer and you are ready to go!

MAC fix:

1. To do this, in Finder go the following folder:

Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/SPORE Preferences/

2. Then right click "config" and Open with > TextEdit.

3. Scroll right down to the bottom, and you'll see the lines:

[appdefaults\\SporeApp.exe\\transgaming]
"cmdlineadd" = "-f"

4. Simply change the second line to read:

"cmdlineadd" = "-f -locale:en-us"

5. Save! Now load up Spore, and you're done!