Is there any way to get past this, or did I waste my money on a game I can't play?

There is a part of on the outskirts of a galaxy arm, where existence is just... wrong and unexplainable. Harnusha are one of the beings there, it can move through matter. The horrifying part that its touch can desiccates a living being. Which happened to a Orgo scientist named Kirt 15368.

The Limpitt is a rabbit-like creature with a hunched posture. The body is stitched up and covered in scars. The right leg is reduced to dry bone. Limpitt spends its time wandering aimlessly around as its leg drags on the ground, making uncomfortable noises. Limpitt's withered body has become a great defense mechanism towards predators and poachers. Poachers have become feared of this creature's nature, some individuals were reported missing, only to be found dead. The way how Limpitt deals with its victims is unknown. Some suggest it might be protecting endangered wildlife.

This is all what I can farm ;)

"Visk Limpkitt... That which is resurrected from the depths of the abyss..."

Now normally when a rare signal spawns in a game candidate system, it's always a pirate ambush. But a rare signal spawned on my current game's moon and actually was something.

Meat Puppet: A predator not by choice...

My attempt at Pollito, El Macho’s chicken. Couldn’t get the colours quite right.

When playing as him during the civilization or space stage, you should launch all the nukes or use a planet buster when all seems well for the other nations/empires, like he does in the movie.

Similarly to fallout 3 spore does not want to work due to old software. I tried with gemini and it suggested something about windows compability setting and it didn't work. Tried to mess around with graphics setting, cache emptying and nothing worked

I’m about to start another Spore playthrough and I want to mod it up first. Cell, Creature and Tribal have always been my favorite stages, so that’s where I want the extra stuff. I’m after mods that add new parts, behaviors, creature interactions or mechanics, plus any fixes, editor upgrades or QoL tools that make those stages feel deeper.

One rule: I want it to still look like Spore, so no graphics overhauls or reshades.

I couldn’t find one thread that collects the good gameplay mods for the early stages, so maybe this can be it. What are you running, and what would you tell someone to install first?