![]() This disables the audio, some modern soundcards can prevent SC4 running, in some cases simply not having any speakers/headphones plugged in, causes crashes. If those commands don't help, try adding: So might as well add this whilst we're here. But, when you do get the game working, assuming you're system has a multi-core CPU, without this you'll experience general game instability. It seems the low resolution of them simply can't be displayed by certain hardware, causing the game to crash on startup.Īdding this won't make a bit of difference to your current problem. This simply disables the intro videos, but some users have found this necessary on some modern videocards. Since both options are rendered differently by Windows, it can be that one works, where another doesn't. This tells the game to run in Full Screen mode, conversely you can use -w instead to use Windowed Mode. The first two force custom resolutions, necessary for all widescreen setups, 1920x1080 would only be correct, if your monitor can support it, although it should since it's the very standard Full HD. CustomResolution:enabled -r1920x1080x32 -f -Intro:off -CPUCount:1Įach command begins with a hyphen, above are five. The first steps would be to try the following command in the Launch Settings: If you have literally installed the game and without any modifications, it fails to start, then almost certainly you have a compatibility issue between your system's videocard/drivers and DirectX. Originally posted by MGB:We really need to know a few things about your setup to troubleshoot an issue. Thankfully most such problems can be solved, if you are willing to do a little tinkering. The game's code has not been updated since then either. In most cases it has more to do with the fact that your hardware doesn't work the way things did in 2003. ![]() This has nothing to do with Windows sucking or being broken. Trying to play a 2003 game on modern hardware can require some manual configuration or even 3rd party tools. Do you know what graphics card(s) you have in your machine? Most likely there is some problem with your graphics setup supporting DirectX 7. Knowing how far you are getting (or not), helps to narrow down the likely cause. When you say you can't get it to start, can you be a little more specific? What happens when you try to start the game in Steam? Yes disk versions won't run, so you'll need a digital copy. There is no actual problem running SimCity 4's code under Windows 10.
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