![]() ![]() However, it was criticized for its difficulty and its demands on computer performance. It received widespread acclaim, won several awards, and was one of the top ten selling PC games of 2003. SimCity 4 was praised for being the first game in the main SimCity series to primarily use a 3D engine to render its graphics, following the implementation of 3D graphics in SimCity 64 for the Nintendo 64DD. External tools such as the Building Architect Tool (BAT) allow custom third-party buildings and content to be added to the gameplay. SimCity 4 introduces night and day cycles and other special effects for the first time in the SimCity series. For the success of a city, players must manage its finances, environment, and quality of life for its residents. Players can zone different areas of land as commercial, industrial, or residential development, as well as build and maintain public services, transport and utilities. The game allows players to create a region of land by terraforming, and then to design and build a settlement which can grow into a city. SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition contained the original game and Rush Hour combined as a single product. SimCity 4 has a single expansion pack called Rush Hour which adds features to the game. It is the fourth major installment in the SimCity series. The game was released in January 2003 for Microsoft Windows and in June 2003 for Mac OS X. Performance wise it seems to run at least as solid as it did with XP SP3.SimCity 4 is a city-building simulation computer game developed by Maxis, a subsidiary of Electronic Arts. I get the odd glitch with audio - it sort of replays a few seconds, but nothing that really matters. I have SC4 graphics set to run 32bit hardware and only use 1024x768. I've seen some strange graphic issues (such as multi colour EL train lines), but nothing major and from what I can tell they seem to be those glitches already being reported due to the NAM 31 mod - which I have to say is an amazing update! This setting seems rather important else my system takes forever to actually get the game running. drivers.Īnti virus is ESET Nod32 6.0.314.0 set to gamer mode before executing SC4. Sound is the motherboard Realtek with ver 6. My card is an NVidia 9800GT with ver 314.07 drivers. I'm not running in any XP compatibility mode nor with Admin privileges selected. Thanks to those whom have posted suggestions - I seem to have a very stable install without any significant issues.įor those interested, I installed to ProgramFiles (original SC4, then SC4 RH, then patch), configured the shortcut with the target extras of -intro:Off -CPUCount:1, run maximised and disabled visual themes. Watching with complete dismay the train wreck which is the latest Simcity release, I decided to see if I could get SC4 running. I've only recently retired XP and moved "up" to Win 7 SP1. * Note : Please post on here, if this has worked for you as well This fix is so simple, so extremely basic, I'm not sure why I have never seen it posted anywhere on the net on any site, perhaps this has already been covered, It is something so basic, I would be surprised if it hadn't already. This directory has free reign and does not require admin for changes,Īnyways the point of all this, is I have now clocked over 120 hours of game play, with over 200 plug-ins, and had absolutely not 1, crash. I simply installed it in C:\Program Files, note that it is not the (x86) directory. The problem people have with installing Simcity 4, rush hour or whichever, is they allow it to auto install in the C:\Program Files (x86) directory, as we know,Īny changes in this directory require admin authorisation, and for some reason it just does not work well with Simcity 4. So far out dated, considering it was released 12 years ago. I've tried pretty much all these and I still had problems, and I know of many players whom simply have held on dearly to the XP operating system, which is now ![]() Over time, I've read so many 'fix's' or attempted 'fix's' for installing and successfully running Simcity 4 on a windows 7 PC,įrom setting the affinity, or switching to compatibility mode, administrator, or windowed mode. Note: This is in reference to Windows 7 64 bit / 1 step instant guaranteed performance and running with absolutely ZERO CRASHES EVER! ![]()
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