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Get help with SimCity 4 technical problems, including graphical, hardware and compatibility issues.

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Graphic error

By MufasaNigel, July 23, 2006
- 1 Reply
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- greyveil
- July 23, 2006
Painfully Slow city loading and game play

By dahawk, July 22, 2006
- 9 Replies
- 386 Views
- dahawk
- July 23, 2006
Region generation not working

By Dinges, July 21, 2006
- 7 Replies
- 296 Views
- PhilsCafe
- July 22, 2006
City background has gone missing.

By Thorondae, July 21, 2006
- 5 Replies
- 580 Views
- Thorondae
- July 21, 2006
Railroad Texture issue.

By blueflame13, July 20, 2006
- 4 Replies
- 232 Views
- blueflame13
- July 21, 2006
Menus are broken!

By pilotdaryl, July 21, 2006
- 2 Replies
- 180 Views
- greyveil
- July 21, 2006
game wont save

By skaaater, July 20, 2006
- 8 Replies
- 239 Views
- prince_of_sims
- July 21, 2006
El Train skin problem

By amc1222, July 9, 2006
- 14 Replies
- 554 Views
- A Nonny Moose
- July 20, 2006
another problem with BAT

By creator, July 20, 2006
- 4 Replies
- 225 Views
- prince_of_sims
- July 20, 2006
New airports not working

By felixpitty, July 19, 2006
- 13 Replies
- 406 Views
- felixpitty
- July 20, 2006
my building is floating

By aztecgold, July 19, 2006
- 3 Replies
- 275 Views
- aztecgold
- July 20, 2006
small problem with BAT and gmax

By creator, July 19, 2006
- 9 Replies
- 347 Views
- prince_of_sims
- July 19, 2006
Gmax trouble

By Micah, July 18, 2006
- 2 Replies
- 293 Views
- eiregobrach
- July 19, 2006
Exception Report

By octaves, July 15, 2006
- 15 Replies
- 428 Views
- octaves
- July 19, 2006
game crashes and does not come up right

By ianclowe4c, July 18, 2006
- 3 Replies
- 225 Views
- tungston
- July 18, 2006
NAM help: traffic capacity not increacing

By spysammo, July 18, 2006
- 4 Replies
- 341 Views
- tungston
- July 18, 2006
problem with lights in skyline

By Johny-Walker, July 18, 2006
- 4 Replies
- 263 Views
- A Nonny Moose
- July 18, 2006
All Airports and Seaports Not Upgrading

By john8888, July 5, 2006
- 6 Replies
- 424 Views
- Meastro444
- July 18, 2006
Job Problem on Ploppable R$, R$$, R$$$

By octaves, July 18, 2006
- 2 Replies
- 287 Views
- octaves
- July 18, 2006
Elevation bug

By Ptownluvr89, April 30, 2006
- 2 Replies
- 200 Views
- Ptownluvr89
- July 18, 2006
Trees and Flowers dont appear in parks

By giorgos69, July 17, 2006
- 8 Replies
- 348 Views
- giorgos69
- July 18, 2006
Getting NAM to work

By Gaston, July 18, 2006
- 3 Replies
- 268 Views
- Gaston
- July 18, 2006
Airport Crime

By Sim1013, July 17, 2006
- 1 Reply
- 360 Views
- A Nonny Moose
- July 17, 2006
Fuzzy rendering

By trulsismann, July 17, 2006
- 5 Replies
- 200 Views
- tungston
- July 17, 2006
no road connection bug

By bambii, July 17, 2006
- 6 Replies
- 516 Views
- tungston
- July 17, 2006
Browser problem on Simtropolis

By Amorette, July 17, 2006
- 10 Replies
- 376 Views
- Amorette
- July 17, 2006
Avatar creation

By DOXXP29, July 17, 2006
- 4 Replies
- 189 Views
- callagrafx
- July 17, 2006
Obselete Memory Problem

By Goldfish4209, July 13, 2006
- 4 Replies
- 221 Views
- tungston
- July 17, 2006
Periods of Slow Gameplay: Request for Help.

By UltraGIR XL, July 12, 2006
- 20 Replies
- 539 Views
- prince_of_sims
- July 16, 2006
bridgebuilding problem: bridge over sunken avenue

By utora, July 15, 2006
- 3 Replies
- 439 Views
- utora
- July 16, 2006

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