Simcity 4 crash to desktop windows 7

Here's how it looks for me. If it still doesn't work, you can try using the SC4 Launcher. I'll take a quiet life A handshake of carbon monoxide. It occurs to me, it might be better if you paste here what you input into the launch options window. Then we'll know for sure if there is any error in the syntax.

Otherwise, perhaps this guide on Steam is helpful. It also mentions using a launcher to run the game, it will allow you to set these commands in a user-friendly interface. Quote from: Girafe on December 28, , PM. Found a solution. Search the plugin folder for zipfiles and delate em. Also change the cpu count to cpu0. This fixed my game. From that day zero crashes! The query exemplar is the standard one added by PIMX for this lot type. In fact, I don't see anything unusual in the building exemplar.

I would appreciate some help on what else to check. I decided to uninstall the game and redownload it from GOG. When I had the game From Galaxy it never showed this set-up it was all about the resolution. Also with the Galaxy version installed, I could never get the resolution set in the game.

When I started the game after the reload the resolution was already set to x I have since changed the resolution. So if anyone is having the same problem hopefully the information I have provided will help you with your problems with the game crashing to the desktop.

Hello to all! Again I am having some issues I am using an Acer Aspire laptop with Windows 7 Professional Please login or register. Did you miss your activation email? January 14, , AM. Login with username, password and session length. Do your cities no longer load, or the game crashes as soon as you load your cities?. If this works for you, move to point 4. Run your game and make sure it does not crash. Remember that there are two Plugins folders: One in the Program Files folder, and the other one in My Documents folder.

Make sure both are backed up and empty. Do it step by step. Move one plugin and run your game and test your city. It works?. Move the next plugin. It crashes? You found a bad or conflicting plugin. Move it out of the game's folders, and continue moving the plugins one by one until you have moved everything but the bad guys back to the plugins folder.

Now that your game is "clean" and you have one or more conflicting plugins located, make sure that: 4. For instance an old NAM version. To solve this simply donwload the latest plugin version and install it. If it does not, then you may need to require further assistance from the plugin's author. You can post your help requests in the appropriated threads in these forums. For instance, two terrain mods can not be installed at the same time.

Same goes for some tree controllers, and so on. Make sure you read all the documentation about the plugin before installing it, to make sure it wont conflict with an already installed plugin.

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Choose them carefully and test them inmediately after installing every one of them. Test them in empty and in existing cities. Do not clutter your menus with hundreds of icons if you wont use them regularily. I do really hope that this list will help you to solve your CTD's and make your gaming experience much more enjoyable. I am currently not active - Please, contact Tarkus for any site related matter.

That's great info, jeronij. I'll throw in a few tips of my own, for good measure. I'd add to no. The better-made custom content often has an installer that uses default paths- these are best left alone, as conscientious content creators have generally thought through an organization scheme for their work. If there is no installer, try using subfolders to organize similar content- like placing all textures in a subfolder, lots in another, and mods in still another.

Using a subfolder for each creator is also frequently done. You can generally place further levels of subfolders in these subfolders in order to achieve whatever degree of organization you would like. If you find your game crashing during a session while you are just moving around the screen- There is a bug affectionately known to the jaded and burned the voice of experience here, eh? The bug announces its arrival by crashing the game the desktop, sometimes preceded by screen freeze.

How do you resolve this? Well, don't move your cursor over transit networks while placing transit-enabled lots, for starters. More seriously, you should always know what transit-enabled lots you have in the game, and keep them in mind while building your networks. Also, save often! I have now started to utilize the "save" option periodically while playing.

I have lost at least 3 improvements to cities due to crashes during game play. Very frustrating when trying to balance the budget. What is the launch options you're using to run the program? If you don't have -CPUCount:1 as part of it, the game will not be stable and will regularly crash.

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