SimCity Society crashing (nVidia?)

[guitarkitty 0]

Hi,

As with the Sims 2, SimCity Societies crashes after a few minutes of playing, and I was wondering if it's the same problem as discovered with the Sims (ie. unsupported with nVidia graphics cards).

However, with the Sims 2 I discovered that if you type in the cheat code 'boolprop useshaders false' then the game lasts hours rather than minutes.

Is there a code like this that can be used in SimCity Societies ?



Thanks,

Selina

[tylersada 1]

I have gathered quite a few cheats as well as what is in the Prima Guide. I haven't seen anything like that yet.

[Rymac91 15]

Just out of curiosity, what Graphics card are you using in your computer?

[amdinside 2]

I got SCS for Christmas and mine freezes or crashes to desktop frequently. More frequently than SC4 and I do not have any custom content for SCS. I am very disappointed in the game performance. I have been adjusting the settings but there are a lot of them so I will have to expirement a lot to see if this helps. So far it has had no effect.

[tylersada 1]

I haven't had a great deal of problem with SCS crashing. I have an NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS. I have just updated my drivers from NVIDIA. I have all my graphics maxed. The game works fine unless I have a huge city, then it slows down.

[joe2102001 19]

I had the same problems with it myself, it worked after I manually updated my drivers, there also are two optional windows updates necessary if you have Vista which also need to be installed for the game to work. Hope this helps!

[AceZimmer 0]

Hi

Im new to the forums

I run simcity societies patch#2 on vista 64bit with a 8800gtx, i run the game in 1680x1050 with reflections off (big performance killer) and the detail clippings (2 options) down to medium/high. Found that is runs alot better, then everything else on ultra/high apart from AA/AF. Game runs fine but i find that when i have a big city the game can just hang which is very annoying, havent found away round that one yet.

Using nvidia 169.28 drivers from 3dguru and have updated my xfi drivers to the latest which also helps.

Apart from that afew more patches i think are required but i love the game reminds me abit of Anno1701. Not much of an helpful reply but afew performance tips.

Thanks

[michaelsjewel 0]

anyone else find it odd the AUTOSAVE FEATURE is defaulted at 10 minutes......????????????? the developers knew there was a problem to begin with - otherwise this feature wouldn't be so frequently needed as they set it....

btw......it's all graphic cards, not just nvidia

[BurroDiablo 222]

Originally posted by: michaelsjewel anyone else find it odd the AUTOSAVE FEATURE is defaulted at 10 minutes......????????????? the developers knew there was a problem to begin with - otherwise this feature wouldn't be so frequently needed as they set it....

btw......it's all graphic cards, not just nvidiaquote>

Camera was also set to restricted  by default so you wouldn't discover the massive amounts of lag when you zoom out

[michaelsjewel 0]

so many coverups....so many lame excuses to blame it on everything but the game itself....right?

[JanYpe 17]

Autosave is a bad thing now? Ya don't think that's grasping at straws to find flaws?

[michaelsjewel 0]

the autosave feature is so overused on the default settings of the game, it's sorta ironic that they have that feature and the game crashes for lots of people.... that's if they reach 10 minutes that is - i'm lucky i can go a few hours - depending on the size of the city......

simcity 4 didn't have an autosave feature, i could leave that game open for days, - only time it would crash is if i forgot to close a program like desktop weather saying "desktop weather would like to update now".....

if the game was stable enough, they wouldn't need an autosave feature, esp. defaulted at 10 minutes..... u don't think that's at all a little fishy? they knew people were gonna have problems, they just were told to meet a deadline i'm sure - perhaps they should've done an extension?

[mkaustin 1]

Originally posted by: michaelsjewel ... it's sorta ironic that they have that feature and the game crashes for lots of people...quote>

That isn't irony at all.  Also, look at the forums, SC4 crashes a lot for a lot of people.  Atosave may have been added to SCS because of all the complaints about SC4 crashing and people losing work. 

Ok, I am kind of playing devil's advocate, but seriously, that is just as rational an explanation.

That being said, I havent had a single crash yet is SCS.  I have ATI.

[Namesys 3]

mkaustin,

Neither one of those: SC4 and SCS crash, if you play them right.

You must leave video options alone and leave them as they are and do not raise them.

Install all the patches

Do not install any costum mods and buildings, just leave all vanilla.

And believe me, it doesn't crash. For both, SC4 and SCS i have them both and if I play by those rules, game never crashes. And yes, i have ATI. Get your info right, or at least don't make false comments.

[baertooth 330]

First off, the issue with SCS's autosave is not that it is an autosave feature, but the feature itself was causing some people's games to become unstable when the game would try to make the image for the save.  This is part of the memory problems Societies is having and it was one of the things EA support told me to do in order to make my game more stable (it didn't).

As for keeping the game "vanilla", that doesn't work Namesys.  It might for a few, but many of us are experiencing problems with fresh and uptodate installs of Windows and "vanilla" Societies and it still crashes.  In fact, one thing you gave advice for is actually contradictory to what's been the most effective solution and that's to turn the graphics down, if not all the way down, limit the audio channels to 16, and disable the autosave.

In fact, I have yet to hear of anyone blaming custom content for making the game unstable.  If you're following your advice, I would suggest that you may be limiting yourself for no reason and instead should take a look at what's available.  I've found some stuff and did some stuff that's made my game way more appealing.  However, until the stability is fixed, I'm limited to small towns.

[Namesys 3]

baertooth, if you barely pass the system requirements, you got the problem.

If you just pass the requirements, that doesn't mean you can play the game without problems. (If you have really good computer, then i take my post back)

about the options:

I didn't really meant to say leaving options. I meant to say, that if you think you got good computer, don't raise the options.

Making worse graphics has never been a bad thing to do, it is normal to do so, if game lags.

[tjf.au 0]

I am in the "10 minute freeze" category. Can I disable autosave, as it APPEARS when it does freeze, it is like with SC4 has a save; that - pause - just before it says saving. Maybe if I disable the auto save, it will work for a bit longer.Otherwise I think I have waisted money on this game.

And yes, I have done the update patch, but 10 minutes is the best I get.

[michaelsjewel 0]

Originally posted by: mkaustin

Originally posted by: michaelsjewel ... it's sorta ironic that they have that feature and the game crashes for lots of people...quote>

That isn't irony at all.  Also, look at the forums, SC4 crashes a lot for a lot of people.  Atosave may have been added to SCS because of all the complaints about SC4 crashing and people losing work. 

Ok, I am kind of playing devil's advocate, but seriously, that is just as rational an explanation.

That being said, I havent had a single crash yet is SCS.  I have ATI.quote>

 

i ran sc4 on a computer that didn't even meet the min. requirements - and it what - crashed maybe once every day? - after playing what - 8 hours or more at once....

and my newer computers, even 2004 computer - no crashes.....    

as for scs - it crashes at will - the bigger the city - the faster it crashes - 

sc4 may have had problems but they fixed them with the patch right away - scs excuse? oh - let's release a patch - and then say that most people weren't meeting requirements when they overexceeded those requirements so it doesn't look so bad on our programming skills...the game is flawed - 

you're very one of the few that haven't had a crash at all - maybe u only build small towns - who knows - but like i said - ONE OF THE FEW - perhaps your computer is just like the one they used....

the game is flawed - with so many having problems - it's almost absurd to say that it's everyone's computers....esp. when most posting about it exceeded the requirements.

autosave feature seemed pretty peculiar to me - every 10 mins. by default? did sc4 crash that much? don't think so - maybe once every 8 hours if even that ...... scs - crashes to some before they even open the game!  

believe what you want - but my theory does stand up and makes perfect sense - they knew there was a problem with the game before release - every 10 mins. by default auto save..... tell me - how many games have autosave in them?     this is the first one i've ever seen - even rct3 (which has way better graphics with blowing trees and moving rides) - crashes less - in fact, not at all!!!!! - and no autosave feature!

[michaelsjewel 0]

Originally posted by: Namesys mkaustin,

Neither one of those: SC4 and SCS crash, if you play them right.

You must leave video options alone and leave them as they are and do not raise them.

Install all the patches

Do not install any costum mods and buildings, just leave all vanilla.

And believe me, it doesn't crash. For both, SC4 and SCS i have them both and if I play by those rules, game never crashes. And yes, i have ATI. Get your info right, or at least don't make false comments.quote>

 

i know your messaage was to someone else - but ....

leaving the options what the game sets them at - and leaving it vanilla - doesn't work - in fact i find it works better if u set the settings all down to low - but what's the point of a high end graphics card from ATI if i cannot access that in the game? - yah......doesn't work.

i don't have crashes that often - maybe after an hour or two - so perhaps i'm lucky.  some last what - 10 minutes?

[Aspire 3]

Dude... why do you play SCS? i mean, i had tried playing it for about a month, then, it all just suddenly went downhill from the first week. the graphics card might definitely have an impact on the game, and what causes most errors on the computer is either one or a combination of things: 1. The RAM in the graphics card is too low. -to fix this, (if internal, set your bios to use at least 128-256 MBs of ram from the motherboard.) -i have yet to learn of an external way. 2. The RAM in the computer is too slow. -to fix this, buy more Ram from you local best buy: male sure you check your ram # next to DDR/or DDR2/or SDRAM so you completely think this is a waste of time... 3. SCS has probably not been tested on X64 Bit Windows Vista or XP, or regular Vista. you might have some bugs e.a might have to fix. 4. your graphics settings are to high. -to fix this, start by turning everything to low, then bringing it up gradually to see if its the problem. -some things, you will have to keep down to speed up gameplay. 5. processor cannot handle the pressure. -to fix this , you will have to completely replace the entire motherboard, CPU, and/or RAM. -if you have something like pentium 4 with HT technology: this will NOT Help YOU AT ALL. -you WILL HAVE to either get a Core Duo (Good), Core 2 Duo (better), Core 2 Quad (Greatest), or the Core 2 Extreme (Insanely Great). -also, you will have to take a good look at what fits the motherboard that you have in order to use this kind of stuff. -the only sockets these come in are LGA 775, 774, 66something (forgot) if you have a laptop: its a whole nother story, which i am not going to tell right now----|=( lazy

[Austinaut 0]

I know this thread is old but here is my 2 cents.

I have:

Core 2 Duo E8500

4GB DDR2 PC2-9600 CL 5-5-5-12

Evga 780i motherboard

Evga GeForce 8800 ultra SE 630MHZ 768MB 2.2GHZ  w/175.19 Video drivers

Windows vista w/SP1 and fully updated to current

I  play:

Race Driver:Grid maxed settings

Crysis on high

Half-life2 maxed settings

Bioshock maxed

And many more I only get crashes once in a while, more on really hot days

But SimCity Society is crashing all the time. More often as the city gets bigger. Most times after less then ten minutes.

This is with settings on high default with no patches.

[dirtdog84 0]

i have a NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X

is this not enough to run the game? what do i do?

[Pedjica 43]

I have NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X too and i would like to konow is this graphic card compatible for Sim City Societies???

[WC_EEND 9]

Originally posted by: tylersada I haven't had a great deal of problem with SCS crashing. I have an NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS. I have just updated my drivers from NVIDIA. I have all my graphics maxed. The game works fine unless I have a huge city, then it slows down.quote>

i have the same grapgics card and it works fine as well with me