Crashes to desktop

[skeeterfly 0]

Is there anyone here that has never had a crash to desktop? If so, what is your strategy? What are your computer specs? What ideas do you have to eliminate them?

[ev 3]

My computer crashes nearly every day. i just save alot

[Lol-Monster 1]

Like ev said, I just save every time I build or zone something in my city

[cody426 0]

mine rarely crashes... but in say a whole sunday afternoon (5-8 hours of playing) it sometimes crashes on me, but i think i cause it most the time when im using puzzle pieces. The Comp is an Athlon 64 X2 4400+, Nvidia 7800 GT video, 1GB Ram, XP Pro. I have about 2gigs worth of plugins.

The key I think is to have the machine doing as little as possible when you play SC4. Disable automatic updaters and any other software that starts on startup of windows, it just takes up memory and CPU. When looking at the task manager try to get the process count as low as you can and the available memory as high as you can. There is a lot you can do when it comes to cutting back the amount of memory windows/software uses.

Make sure the machine is clean inside. Most computers i get that people complain about crashing are overheating when they get put to work. If you have something that monitors temp (CPU and System) check it after booting the computer for the first time that day, after normal operation (internet, music, etc.), and during or right after your running SC4. If its substantially hotter after running the game you may want to look up the acceptable temp. level for you processor and make sure your within the limits. If it is over the limit, shut her down and take some dust-off to it and get the heat sinks cleared out.

[Dukat 2]

I play on Fairview, my biggest city is a medium size city with 180.000 citizens and it never crashed. I guess it starts crashing when the game runs just too slow?

[doorknob60 11]

Mine never crashes, using Linux Problem solved (Look in my sig )

[briantwigley 0]

The whole crashing bug with deluxe edition might cause it

[Dukat 2]

What crashing bug? I'm running Deluxe.

AMD Athlon 64 3200+

Asus K8V SE DX (800MHz Hyperthread)

2 Gigs of RAM DDR1

GeForce 6800 512 MB

Win 2k

[Madog 3]

Hi

well crashe can be a lot of thinks:

1.Plugins bug.You install a new plugin?

2.Bad SC4 config or bad requisits of your computer.

3.Other programs at the second plane(create a lag to crash on the simcity)

Look at that.Go to start,execute and digit msconfig.Go to the last tab and unselected the programs you don't run.

[rossjman1 0]

I have had this game for years. I originally bought it when it first came out. Lots of crashes then. Lots of crashes now. I am now using the Deluxe Edition and using plugins and custom lots. I don't think that mods and bats are to blame; the problem is just the fact that SimCity4 is very unstable. EA/Maxis did not do a good job making this game. Don't get me wrong, I love the game, but I get fed up with it everytime I play, because of the crashes and long loading times.

[briantwigley 0]

I'm running double those specs and I get intermittant crashes whenever the game feels like it, I learn to save often