When I open the communications screen with my own empire, the species appears as a set of floating cubes instead of the proper species model like normal. Is there any way to fix this? Is there a way I can force Spore to update or recreate the proper model or something along those lines?
#Space Stage communication screen shows cubes instead of proper species model
brittle wagon
spare aurora
This happens when the creatures have parts that aren't in your game. Make sure the Creepy and Cute Parts Pack or Bot Parts or anything else you might have used are properly installed.
vernal scarab
If you continue to get this, there’s a way to force reload the models
Press win+r and type in %appdata%\Spore
In the folder that opens, delete all GraphicsCache files (there will be at least one just named GraphicsCache.package, possibly more with numbers in the name)
Do not touch any other files here
Before doing this, as mentioned above, you should check that all parts packs are working (in the creature editor), and if you use parts mods, that they are installed properly and using the mod launcher
Oh also make sure you’re not using the blocksMode cheat, which intentionally causes creatures to appear as blocks (if you’re unsure what this cheat is, you can ignore this, this won’t be the issue)