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[ImFromSweden 8]

Hi there! I have a little problem.. When i go 2 the edges of my city, this problem is showing up. Everything is starting to get... strange. Pic: 

EDIT: Bigger image http://www.lmk-cs.se/oldie/upload/filer/buggjpg.JPG

[dada222 9]

The image is looking a bit fuzzy... I'm not sure what's your problem. Maybe you could provide a link/thumbnail to a bigger image.

[tungston 19]

I am not sure what you are talking about.

Please convert the images form png to jpg before posting them, png format doesn't show up on all browsers.

[ImFromSweden 8]

Ahhh, sorry. The problem is that everything is starting to repeat. http://www.lmk-cs.se/oldie/upload/filer/buggjpg.JPG <-- Bigger image

[dada222 9]

I'm really not sure, are you sure you have updated to 638 (you know, off simcity.ea.com)?

Btw, that is lots of money.

[ImFromSweden 8]

Yeah, the money.. Cheeeeaaaat

[cogeo 960]

This appears to be a gfx card problem (the game itself rather looks OK.

Get the latest version of the gfx card driver, preferably from the site of the chipset manufacturer.

Alsi check if you have the last version of DirectX.

[Glenni 1,444]

No wonder you got problems, you're Swedish!

Just kidding, just a friendly joke from a Norwegian, no pun intended.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

@Glenni:  You are now working for Loki are you?

Your problem is something to do with your graphcs arrangements.  Please post your machine configuration with special regard to memory, virtual memory, graphics card and drivers.

We can't shoot at a forest, but if we can see the objects, we might get a hit.

[Sirvanzeek 0]

I have that exact same problem. There are graphic "remnants" left when scrolling in any mode. I have all settings on high - when "Visual effects" is set to anything other than LOW this problem occurs. Ive tried changing resolution > no change / changed everything possible and updated ALL drivers and DirectX and still no change when visual effects is higher than LOW.

I have downloaded a small amount of plugins and have systematically ruled all of them out as the problem. Also have the most current version directly from EA. Seems to be a rare problem as this is the only post ive found after 5 hours of searching.

Below is a jpeg of the "problem"

[tungston 19]

Please read the message just above you, you have not given enough information about your hardware. Have you installed the game update?

[Sirvanzeek 0]

Did a complete reinstall. I traced it down to 1 of 3 things. 1) Bad or corrupted region I had downloaded earlier in the day. 2) Bad combination of plugins although they all seemed to work fine hours before this mess started. 3) Bad or corrupted program files (NAM in particular as it was only one I had installed at the time).

After full reinstall of all of the above listed, everything is fine. My only other suggestion is if someone can figure out why changing the "Visual effects" from LOW to anything else causes that problem then we can get closer to fixing it. Let me also say changing from Hardware render to Software render did absolutely nothing. Systems specs as follows:

Support request generated by EAsy.  Copyright 2002 Electronic Arts.

         Product: SimCity 4 Rush Hour

----EASy System Summary--------------------------------------

     Video Card                    : NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE
     Video Driver                  : nv4_disp.dll
     Driver Version                : 6.14.11.6218
 
     DirectX                       : DirectX 9
     Operating System                Windows XP Service Pack 2 5.1.2600

----EASy System Output---------------------------------------

CPU Info

     CPU Count                     : 2
     CPU Type                      : 2762 MHz GenuineIntel Pentium IV
                                     15 4 7

     RAM                           : 2046 MB Total
                                     1534 MB Free
     Virtual RAM                   : 0 MB Total
                                     -88 MB Free

     Operating System              : Windows XP Service Pack 2 5.1.2600

     Default Browser               : Internet Explorer
     Version                       : 7.0.6000.16512

------------------------------------------------------------

----Display Info--------------------------------------------

     Number of Displays            : 1

     Current Mode (Primary)        : 1024x768 32

Primary display device

     Description                   : NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE
     Manufacturer                  : NVIDIA
     Video Memory                  : 512 MB

     Main Driver                   : nv4_disp.dll
     Version                       : 6.14.11.6218
     
Supported Display Modes

              |  16  |  256  | 16 bits| 24 bits| 32 bits
     ---------------------------------------------------
     640 x 480|  *   |   *   |    *   |       |   * 
     800 x 600|  *   |   *   |    *   |       |   * 
     1024x 768|      |   *   |    *   |       |   * 
     1152x 864|      |   *   |    *   |       |   * 
     1280x1024|      |   *   |    *   |       |   * 
     1600x1200|      |   *   |    *   |       |   * 

----Direct X------------------------------------------------

DirectX Info
     Version                       : DirectX 9

DirectDraw Info
     Version                       : 5.03.2600.2180
     Certified                     : Not certified

DirectSound Info
     Version                       : 5.03.2600.2180
     Certified                     : Certified

DirectPlay Info
     Version                       : 5.00.2134.0001

DirectInput Info
     Version                       : 5.03.2600.2180

----CDRom Info----------------------------------------------

Drive Letter C
     Volume Name                   :
     Type                          : Fixed
     File System                   : NTFS
     Total Space                   : 228.14 GB
     Free Space                    : 157.17 GB

Drive Letter D
     Volume Name                   : SC4RUSHHOUR
     Type                          : CDRom
     File System                   : CDFS
     Total Space                   : 645.69 MB
     Free Space                    : 0.00 KB

----Monitor Information-------------------------------------

Primary monitor

     Description                   : Plug and Play Monitor
     Manufacturer                  : Microsoft
     Max. Resolution               : 1600,1200

----Network Information-------------------------------------

     Description                   : Intel® PRO/1000 PL Network Connection
     Manufacturer                  : Intel
     Driver                        : system32\DRIVERS\e1e5132.sys

----OpenGL Information--------------------------------

OpenGL Info

     Version                       : 5.1

----Task List-----------------------------------------------

[system process]
system
smss.exe
csrss.exe
winlogon.exe
services.exe
lsass.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
Explorer
ehtray.exe
stsystra.exe
iaanotif.exe
dmxlauncher.exe
ctsysvol.exe
rundll32.exe
dlactrlw.exe
issch.exe
clclean.0001
jusched.exe
mskagent.exe
siteadv.exe
realsched.exe
rundll32.exe
ctdetect.exe
ctfmon.exe
wmpnscfg.exe
dlg.exe
ctsvccda.exe
ehrecvr.exe
ehsched.exe
svchost.exe
iaantmon.exe
hwapi.exe
mcmscsvc.exe
mcnasvc.exe
mcods.exe
mcpromgr.exe
mcproxy.exe
redirsvc.exe
mcshield.exe
mcsysmon.exe
mpfsrv.exe
msksrver.exe
nvsvc32.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
elservice.exe
mcrdsvc.exe
wmpnetwk.exe
mcagent.exe
creativelicensing.exe
ehmsas.exe
dllhost.exe
alg.exe
iexplore.exe
simcity 4 rush hour_ez.exe
gtb.exe

Thank you for your help

[Shadow_prophet 91]

Is your graphics settings set to either hardware render or software render in the in game graphics option?

Try switching between both and see what happens.

Lol just a thought..

[trolleyman515 0]

? in my Misc. Transportaion menu i get missing idems but when i scroll it names them but doesnt showem i got grafics set to high have i gone over the plugin limit gosh they so many good ones got have'ems out there any ideas on what is doing this thanks

[Gryphonite 0]

I'm having exactly this problem. I don't think its graphics card related as I've had this issue with 2 Ati cards now, on both software and hardware mode, whilst OP has Nvidia card. Any help would be appreciated. System specs below:

------------------
System Information
------------------
Time of this report: 11/20/2007, 18:16:34
       Machine name: STUDY
   Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
       System Model: AWRDACPI
               BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
          Processor: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3500+,  MMX,  3DNow, ~2.2GHz
             Memory: 2048MB RAM
          Page File: 584MB used, 5402MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
    DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

---------------
Display Devices
---------------
        Card name: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
     Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
        Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x9588)
         DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
       Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9588&SUBSYS_200317AF&REV_00
   Display Memory: 512.0 MB
     Current Mode: 1440 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
          Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
  Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
      Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
   Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6727 (English)
      DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
 Driver Date/Size: 9/29/2007 03:06:17, 268800 bytes
      WHQL Logo'd: Yes
 
-------------
Sound Devices
-------------
            Description: SB X-Fi Audio [AC00]
 Default Sound Playback: Yes
 Default Voice Playback: Yes
            Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0005&SUBSYS_00311102&REV_00
        Manufacturer ID: 1
             Product ID: 100
                   Type: WDM
            Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
         Driver Version: 5.12.0001.1187 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
            WHQL Logo'd: Yes
          Date and Size: 8/17/2006 10:17:10, 500480 bytes
            Other Files:
        Driver Provider: Creative
         HW Accel Level: Full