SimCity 4 Crashes in Vista

shadow1515 · 06-05-2008, 05:12 PM

I've tried with both the SC4 + Rush Hour deluxe edition, and the original SC4 standalone release, and both have the same issue.

Randomly while playing the game (usually within about 30 minutes) the game exits to the desktop. No warning, no error messages, I'm just suddenly looking at my desktop as if I'd exited the game myself. I've seen people posting about this issue all over the 'Net, so I'm sure Vista and not my hardware or drivers, but I haven't seen any answers yet.

Does anyone have any idea what's going on? Eventually I'm just going to wipe my PC and start over with XP again, but I'd like a fix so I can play SC4 now, because I need a 500 GB external HD before I can backup my files for a reinstall.

**sobeit** · 06-05-2008, 05:21 PM

try installing the game in xp compatibility mode.

Personally I have had no problems with simcity4 in my 32 bit vista. could not get it to run properly in 64 bit.

06-05-2008, 05:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
shadow1515 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 55 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium	SimCity 4 Crashes in Vista I've tried with both the SC4 + Rush Hour deluxe edition, and the original SC4 standalone release, and both have the same issue. Randomly while playing the game (usually within about 30 minutes) the game exits to the desktop. No warning, no error messages, I'm just suddenly looking at my desktop as if I'd exited the game myself. I've seen people posting about this issue all over the 'Net, so I'm sure Vista and not my hardware or drivers, but I haven't seen any answers yet. Does anyone have any idea what's going on? Eventually I'm just going to wipe my PC and start over with XP again, but I'd like a fix so I can play SC4 now, because I need a 500 GB external HD before I can backup my files for a reinstall.

06-05-2008, 05:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
sobeit TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 6,013 OS: windows/linux	Re: SimCity 4 Crashes in Vista try installing the game in xp compatibility mode. Personally I have had no problems with simcity4 in my 32 bit vista. could not get it to run properly in 64 bit. __________________ Do not feed the trolls.