It is very hard to decypher what you try to ask. What d5? What Nf3? Did you set up the chessboard upside down?
Anyway, the answer to your question is no. The spanish (Ruy Lopez) is a good opening. Again, it is hard to figure out what you had in mind.
Playing Ruy Lopez, for example, does Black need to play d5 and Nf3 for White to be "successful"? If Black deviates from those moves, does White's opening go south?