Creator Problem

[adamgod8]

I just bought the game for my macbook and it plays fine and everything except for one thing. I can't see anything when i'm creating my creature (or buildings, airplanes, etc.). The toolbar is up and i can add things but the screen where i add them is all black. When i go into paint mode i can see my creature, but its impossible to modify blindly. I can see the spine and manipulate it but thats all. Any help?

[ManagerJosh]

Could you post up detailed system specifications on your macbook?

[adamgod8]

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz


im not sure what all you need to know.

[ManagerJosh]

CPU
RAM
HDD
Graphics Card
Mac OS X Version

[adamgod8]

I just recently got my macbook back from apple after they erased the hard drive so its totally freed up. Its just the simple black macbook intel core duo.

Graphics Card - heres whats listed under graphics
Intel GMA 950:

Chipset Model: GMA 950
Type: Display
Bus: Built-In
VRAM (Total): 64 MB of shared system memory
Vendor: Intel (0x8086)
Device ID: 0x27a2
Revision ID: 0x0003
Displays:
Color LCD:
Display Type: LCD
Resolution: 1280 x 800
Depth: 32-bit Color
Built-In: Yes
Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Display Connector:
Status: No display connected

Mac OS X Version - 10.5.3

[ManagerJosh]

In our Omnipedia entry, Maxis told us that the GMA950 is unsupported for Mac OS X users.

http://terraspore.com/omnipedia/articles-2/spore-system-requirements---macintosh-18/

So maybe Apple might have some drivers that might be newer that could help counter that? I'm not sure.

[adamgod8]

so i should just return it?

[adamgod8]

or is there anything i can do (besides drop another $100)

[ManagerJosh]

Try playing on a PC? Or the other possibility is see if Apple has patches available to solve it possibly.