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SimCity 4 Deluxe Patch Problem

By Flavi0Gamer, July 24, 2013
- 27 Replies
- 6,224 Views
- A Nonny Moose
- July 1, 2014
SimCity 4 in Linux with Steam Play
By Alejandro24, August 24, 2018
- steam
- linux
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  wine
- 5 Replies
- 6,175 Views
- Miss Cuddly
- February 25, 2019
After Updating from Simcity.com do you have graphics problems?

By A Nonny Moose, March 18, 2006
- 0 Replies
- 6,132 Views
- A Nonny Moose
- March 18, 2006
[HELP] Mouse Scroll Wheel too Fast. Is there an option to adjust in game?

By Bantocks, February 23, 2013
- 5 Replies
- 6,087 Views
- A Nonny Moose
- February 24, 2013
Can't complete the Rush Hour tutorial

By PassiveSmoking, December 30, 2014
- 5 Replies
- 6,004 Views
- Laerte Santi
- July 10, 2016
SC4 Mapper Trouble

By ADGNova1984, November 14, 2007
- 10 Replies
- 5,970 Views
- VeNDeTTa.UsA
- March 22, 2009
Errors and issues when installing CAM [Solved]
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By Thorx21, April 27, 2018
- error
- datpacker
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  colossus addon mod
  
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- 40 Replies
- 5,969 Views
- MasterSim
- April 21, 2022
Binary Search for Plugins Conflicts

By A Nonny Moose, February 24, 2012
- 15 Replies
- 5,913 Views
- nos.17
- September 16, 2023
SimCity 4 won't start
By Red 27, September 9, 2015
- windows 10
- disk
- 12 Replies
- 5,865 Views
- vinlabsc3k
- September 10, 2015
How to run SimCity 4 from an external hard drive?

By FlyHigh, November 21, 2010
- 12 Replies
- 5,721 Views
- A Nonny Moose
- September 29, 2012
Patch installing problem "Old file does not exist"
By alo, July 10, 2015
- patch
- simcity 4
- 9 Replies
- 5,691 Views
- alo
- July 10, 2015
SimCity 4 Crashes when loading city tile

By Pioneer, September 14, 2013
- 12 Replies
- 5,609 Views
- thisissim
- June 9, 2023
Playing SC4 in widescreen resolutions through EA's Origin

By CitizenCecil, May 12, 2012
- 5 Replies
- 5,557 Views
- A Nonny Moose
- May 27, 2012
Sim City 4 Windows 8
By bergerrunner, January 26, 2013
- sim city
- windows 8
- 14 Replies
- 5,555 Views
- A Nonny Moose
- July 26, 2013
Sim City 4 Installation Issue - Windows 8 Pro

By QueenQcoeurleene, January 5, 2014
- 8 Replies
- 5,304 Views
- Prophet42
- January 6, 2014
white circle cursor

By Resolve-, October 12, 2010
- 3 Replies
- 5,267 Views
- Resolve-
- October 12, 2010
Simcity4 Display resolution and wide screen format.

By quill714, May 18, 2010
- 4 Replies
- 5,221 Views
- quill714
- May 19, 2010
Simcity 4 RH Startup Black Screen but hearing music

By ironjaw, July 25, 2010
- 2 Replies
- 5,213 Views
- A Nonny Moose
- July 31, 2010
SimCity won't start

By Mad777, July 7, 2012
- 11 Replies
- 5,210 Views
- A Nonny Moose
- July 9, 2012
***_NOT_IN_TEXT_DATABASE_*** text@cc102679 Error message appears

By shakuntala, November 20, 2010
- 9 Replies
- 5,191 Views
- shakuntala
- November 21, 2010
No road access zot problems

By TDINTBL, January 4, 2009
- 9 Replies
- 5,186 Views
- surfasb
- April 28, 2009
Where can I get SimCity 4 to work on Windows 10?
By poshbakerloo, March 22, 2017
- windows 10
- help
- 6 Replies
- 5,152 Views
- poshbakerloo
- March 29, 2017
SimCity 4 and 32-bit color in full screen
By Mister Giggles, September 20, 2015
- 32-bit
- 16-bit
- (and 1 more)
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- 29 Replies
- 5,121 Views
- TheMurderousCricket
- May 18, 2022
Region View Glitch
By FlyHigh, January 17, 2017
- graphics
- glitch
- 15 Replies
- 5,109 Views
- Compdude787
- January 19, 2017
Can't click on buildings - Mouse cursor just stays round

By Tensdale, October 7, 2012
- 2 Replies
- 5,088 Views
- A Nonny Moose
- October 7, 2012
Confused between DirectX, OpenGL, and Software
By Sam4, October 31, 2018
- glitches
- systems
- (and 7 more)
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  graphics
  
  smooth
  
  performance
  
  hardware
  
  software
  
  simcity 4
- 7 Replies
- 5,085 Views
- jeffryfisher
- November 1, 2018
High-resolution and multiple displays

By PBGV103, March 10, 2011
- 7 Replies
- 5,068 Views
- gio10469
- March 28, 2011
Setting up for the game to run in Window or Fullscreen Mode
By luvs2draw, August 15, 2018
- setup
- window
- (and 1 more)
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- 5 Replies
- 5,006 Views
- luvs2draw
- August 15, 2018
Please Help! - SimCity 4 Crash To Desktop

By SkeletonTiger, October 23, 2012
- 10 Replies
- 4,977 Views
- SkeletonTiger
- October 24, 2012
Error Message: "Cannot locate the Simcity4 Deluxe play disk"

By Mischief61, October 29, 2011
- 8 Replies
- 4,885 Views
- A Nonny Moose
- August 2, 2012

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  Quite odd. I don't have any answer for it, but I'm glad y'all use a workaround.
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  Yes. Simply tone done the maximum number of samples in the Render Properties tab. No. There's no such fact. There's no hard limit in width or depth. It's not a BAT4Blender error, but a Blender error. The limiting factor seems to be your system specs. Switching from HD to SD reduces render width and height in half. Disabling super-sampling reduces render width and height in half, as well. Using HD for anything larger than, say, 20 meters is ill-advised, as it degrades the Z5 quality. The night lights are applied entirely in the Compositor (i.e. after rendering). I'm not sure if there is a way to replicate the night view in the Viewport render. Use the Preview button instead, as that's the only render view that really matters.
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