GOG Spore + Spore ModAPI + Dark Injections = black screen and crash on startup

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Hello! I have this following problem:

- I just bought GoG version (collection) of Spore to install mods

- I installed ModAPI and using the ModAPI launcher starts Spore just fine

- I installed Dark Injections through ModAPI Easy Installer and launch through ModAPI launcher

Result: A black screen opens up for half a second then closes. No error, nothing. Fresh install. No other mods.

- I uninstall Dark Injections and installed a bunch of other mods, to check if the API is the issue, from part editors to animations, to even an overhaul. It works perfectly fine!

Conclusion: Dark Injections is the issue. How do I fix this? I've been looking through Devo forums and Reddit posts and found nothing to fix :(

Fix attempt that did not work: Fresh reinstall of EVERYTHING. Deleted Spore in %appdata%, in Documents. Same with ModAPI. There was nothing left, everything was squeaky clean install. Dark Injections butchers it anyway.

Please help me... I've bought this game *again* just to use mods and I can't access the biggest one... :(

EDIT: Flexible Camera is the culprit. Is there any talk about a future fix? Disabled it for now, but it's a shame as it was a very useful feature.
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EDIT: Flexible Camera is the culprit. Is there any talk about a future fix? Disabled it for now, but it's a shame as it was a very useful feature.
I also made a comment that Flexible Camera was causing malfunctions, even vertical/horizontal movement doesn't work! :( I didn't have any problems starting the game, but it crashed as soon as I resumed a game left in the Civilization Phase! I reported it on Dark Injection's bug report.

- I found other mods for the camera, allowing to see under the creature (but not vertically/horizontally unfortunately):
https://davoonline.com/phpBB3/viewtopic ... 769#p41769

- For this one, it's not said, but it does.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTUd9mm ... &index=423

- Not said either, but the mod DanceAnimations allows to zoom in and out the camera more in the test mode. If that might interest you.
https://davoonline.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=9826
I'm French, sorry if there are sentences or words that may seem confusing once translated, or other errors... :?

I play the game disk version, on Windows 7.
I have all the game's expansions and it is up to date.

I have Spore Hero too.
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Have you double checked your Spore file for any missing or corrupt files and that the version matches the ModAPI, if these two conflict it will affect and cause an error. Raft Wars
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