Spore ModAPI Launcher Kit

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Backup Spore Save Data

Spore saves all save data, including your galaxy (with all saved games), personal creations, downloaded creations, settings, saved login info, and cached data in one folder.

Locating Spore’s save data

Press Win+R and type in %appdata%\Spore. This folder contains all Spore save data.

Backing up data

Make a copy of this entire Spore folder in a safe location.

If the backup is too large, you may optionally exclude any GraphicsCache files, as these are not critical data and can be regenerated when needed.

Do not separate any other files. In particular, the following files are necessary to ensure your creations and galaxy are kept intact, and cannot be mixed and matched with other copies of save data:

Restoring data

To restore a backup, you must first remove or rename an existing %appdata%\Spore folder, if one exists. Merging or combining data is not supported and may result in corruption.

Place the Spore folder back in its original location. When the game is launched, all data should be restored.

The “My Spore Creations” folder

While the primary copy of creations is stored in the above location, the game also exports PNG copies of your own creations to the My Spore Creations folder in Documents. This folder may be backed up to OneDrive on Windows.

You can save a backup of this folder to have an extra copy of your creations.

It is not recommended to restore this folder to its original location. Instead, if needed, you should drag individual PNGs from the backup of this folder directly into the game while it is running. This is a more reliable way to import creations and will ensure they are sorted properly in the Sporepedia.

Tips for transferring data to a new computer