This tutorial is the most comprehensive tutorial on how to install spore mods. My conclusion is that any time a mod attempts to affect the game in any capacity, it crashes. The Mod adds feature that Spore should have put in the game on release. A Year in Review - March Feature 12 comments 2009 has been a fantastic year for modding and indie gaming. I'm fairly certain that I have the latest patch, as I only installed the game about a week ago and I'm able to utilize all of the asymmetry features Browse BetterSpore mod for Spore article direct from modders. Moving Galactic Adventures over to the Origin Launcher had no effect, and it wouldn't let me add base Spore to Origin due to the code having already been used (I was still able to play everything via Galactic Adventures in Origin, however) I then proceeded to try and install the Dark Injection mod to see if it was that specific mod causing the issue - It actually let me boot up the game, until entering or attempting to do anything related to the mod such as the creator, at which point the game would crash again When attempting to launch the game via the mod launcher, it would immediately crash - this problem was fixed after I uninstalled the mod Wanting to connect to the online servers, I downloaded both the ModAPI launcher and the OpenSSL mod, installing the latter I recently purchased a disc copy of Spore and was able to download both it and Galactic Adventures without issue So, just some backstory as to what's been going on:

How to install mods for spore