SC4 Crashes to Desktop

[phoenix7 3]

I am using sc4 deluxe. I go into my region's only city and it begins to load, the crashes to the desktop. I renamed my plugins folder and made a new empty one, but it still crashes. Here is the exception report: Exception time: 06/28/2008, at 11:49:39.

Exception code: 0xC0000005 (-1073741819) ACCESS_VIOLATION.

Current thread ID: 2796 (0x00000aec).

Version information:

Application/module path: C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe

Application/module version name: SimCity 4

Application/module version: 1.1.610.0

System version: Windows NT 5.1

System memory: 2048 Megabytes total, 1288 Megabytes free.

Exception module:  C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe.

Exception address: 0x005d504c. Sectionffset: 0x01:0x001ce04c.

Registers

   EAX: 00000000

   EBX: 02175600

   ECX: 00000000

   EDX: 00ac59b8

   ESI: 189eae54

   EDI: 0501da94

   CS:EIP: 001b:005d504c

   SS:ESP: 0023:0012fa24  EBP:00000000

   DS:0023  ES:0023  FS:003b  GS:0000

   Flags: 00010202

[tungston 19]

The first thing is you haven't installed the game update patch. The second, if you have used a conflicting plugin, just removing it doesn't always remove it from the city file. Try a new city, in a new region, without the plugins, then go from there, adding the plugins a few at a time. Or follow the procedure in the "Howto: Identify Faulty Plugins" stickie.

[Theirishnintendonerd 13]

It could be a memory leak , Try and get another stick of ram If you can

[szarkoz 8]

Posting your computer specs might be useful for us. In case you had a dual-core processor, check out this link:

https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=5060.msg162241#new

(I can't make a hyperlink, I don't know why)

[phoenix7 3]

It was a conflict between the new NAM and Marrast's ancient underpasses. Thanks for the help everyone.

[seopro007 0]

I'm having the same problem, every time I try to run the patch:

patchsku1top1

or

patch-sku1-to-p2

I get this message:

Old file Not Found. However, a file of the same name was found. No update done since file contents do not match.

Does any one know what this means, and how to fix the crashing to desktop prob?

Cheers

[tungston 19]

I don't know why that message comes up, but it doesn't seem to mean anything. Check the version of the "SimCity 4.exe" file, if it is 1.1.638.0 then the patch was successful.

There are several reason why you might experience a crash to desktop, more details would be needed to help you with that.

[seopro007 0]

Vista 64bit OS

3GB RAM

2x 1GB Geforce GX2 Graphics Cards

1TB Hard Drive

266Ghz Dual Core Intel Processor

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Tried this on another system that's more powerful, same problem

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this is my log file

Log generated on 6/28/2008, 18:55

Flags

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hardwareDriver = true

DXT = true

fullscreen = true

MMX = true

FPU = true

backingStore = true

forcedFSAA = false

Strings

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userName = SEOPRO

appName = SimCity 4

version = 1.1.610.0

osVersion = Windows NT 6.0

computerName = SEOPRO

CPU = GenuineIntel

sglDriverName = DirectX

sglDriverVersion = 2.0

driverName = nvd3dum.dll

driverVersion = 7.15.11.7740, GUID: D7B71E3E-41D4-11CF-6E73-5B230EC2CD35

cardName = NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

cardVersion = Vendor: 10de, Device: 0294, Board: 35b10de, Chipset: 00a1

cardIdentity = NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

soundDriverName =

soundCardName = Primary Sound Driver

buildType = Release

Numbers

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cpuSpeed = 2672

memory = 3072

freeMemory = 1688

screenWidth = 1280

screenHeight = 1024

screenBPP = 16

videoMemory = 504

textureMemory = 504

textureStages = 8

bogoFPS = 0

bogoMPPS = 0

Rules

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applying Sound

applying high sound detail

applying City Detail and Day/Night Settings

applying low computer power>

applying high computer power

option 9 = 3

option 13 = 1

option 15 = 3

applying Texture Quality and Building Variety Settings

applying low memory>

applying high memory

option 3 = 3

option 14 = 3

applying Variable Speed Automata

applying default

option 10 = 1

applying Standard hardware

option 0 = 1

option 1 = 1

option 2 = 1

option 4 = 0

option 5 = 1

option 8 = 1

option 7 = 1

option 6 = 1

option 11 = 0

option 12 = 0

applying Standard hardware>

option 1 = 2

applying Standard hardware>>

option 0 = 2

applying Standard hardware>>>

option 2 = 2

applying Standard hardware>>>>

option 4 = 1

applying Standard hardware>>>>>

option 11 = 1

applying Two stages

applying Lotsa vidmem

applying Not Slow GeForce

applying Fast card

applying Fast card>

option 12 = 1

applying Fast card>>

option 1 = 3

applying Fast card>>>

option 0 = 3

applying Fast card>>>>

option 2 = 3

applying Fast card>>>>>

option 4 = 1

Options

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Visual Effects current: 3 recommended: 3

Cars/Sims current: 3 recommended: 3

Shadows current: 3 recommended: 3

Atmospheric effects current: 1 recommended: 1

Water effects current: 1 recommended: 1

Software/Hardware current: 1 recommended: 1

Cursor current: 1 recommended: 1

VariableSpeedAutomata current: 1 recommended: 1

Translucent UI current: 1 recommended: 1

Graphic Detail current: 3 recommended: 3

Building Load Speed current: 3 recommended: 3

Texture Quality current: 3 recommended: 3

Properties

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forcesoftwaredriver = false

renderdynamicview = true

renderstaticview = true

renderwatereffects = true

rendercloudsandfog = true

forcepointsampling = false

forcebilinear = false

forcenoalphablend = false

forcenoalphatest = false

rendershadows = true

renderdecals = true

usesecondstage = true

forcedebugtexture = false

renderparticleeffects = true

renderflorashadows = true

renderterrain = true

showupdateregions = false

usecursoreffects = true

drawlottextures = true

drawlotfoundations = true

drawlotwalls = true

forcetexturerepeat = false

usescreenshake = true

renderui = true

useupdaterectclipping = true

usevertexbuffers = true

showboundingboxes = false

useoverlayculling = true

rendersnapshot = false

noaddsigned = false

nopartialbackingstorecopies = false

usescreenflash = true

renderautomata = true

preferopaque = false

displayalertborders = true

drawlotopaquetextures = true

useviewcleanup = false

doautozoomandrotationchanges = true

viewoffsety = 0

viewoffsetx = 0

texturebits = 32

lodoffset = 0

shadowdebug = 0

maxparticlestarget = 10000

particlelodoffset = 0

effectprioritylevel = 5

backingstoremaxzoomall = 5

backingstoremaxzoombuildingsprops = 5

backingstoremaxzoomterrain = 5

backingstoremaxzoomflora = 5

shadowquality = 2

minvehiclezoom = 3

minpedzoom = 4

cursortype = 1

depthoffset = 2

debugtexture = 0

dirtyrectmergeframes = 2

sounddetail = 2

buildingvariety = 2

buildingloaderspeed = 1

modellodoffset = 0

stringtexturecachesize = 1024

particleeffectslod = 5

splattexturescale = 50

texbindmaxfree = 8

particledensity = 1

particledamping = 0

particlescale = 1

lightingupdatedelta = 0.0001

shadowmodelthreshold = 12

demolishmodelthreshold = 12

rendermodelthreshold = 6

rendermodelthresholdscroll = 40

particlesizethreshold = 300

maxvehiclepct = 1

maxpedpct = 1

opaqueuialphavalue = 0.55

This file is the Graphics Rules.sgr file.

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#############################################################################

#

# property groups for options set via the UI

#

set VisualEffects 0

set CarsSims 1

set Shadows 2

set TextureQuality 3

set CloudsFog 4

set Waves 5

set Driver 6

set Cursor 7

set Translucency 8

set CityDetail 9

set VariableSpeedAutomata 10

set ScreenSize 11

set ScreenDepth 12

set DayNight 13

set BuildingVarietyGroup 14

set BuildingLoaderSpeedGroup 15

#############################################################################

set Off 0

set On 1

set Low 1

set Medium 2

set High 3

set CursorBW 0

set CursorColor 1

set Software 0

set Hardware 1

set Screen_800x600 0

set Screen_1024x768 1

set Screen_1280x1024 2

set Screen_1600x1200 3

set Depth_16 0

set Depth_32 1

#############################################################################

optionGroup $VisualEffects

option $Low

property particleDensity 0.25

property particleScale 2.0

property maxParticlesTarget 400

property particleDamping 0.0

property particleLODOffset 2 # subtracted from the zoom.

property effectPriorityLevel 1

property useScreenShake false

property useScreenFlash false

property demolishModelThreshold 24

option $Medium

property particleDensity 0.5

property particleScale 2.0

property maxParticlesTarget 1200

property particleDamping 0.0

property particleLODOffset 0 # subtracted from the zoom.

property effectPriorityLevel 3

property useScreenShake true

property useScreenFlash true

property demolishModelThreshold 18

option $High

property particleDensity 1

property particleScale 1

property maxParticlesTarget 5000

property particleDamping 0.0

property particleLODOffset 0 # subtracted from the zoom.

property effectPriorityLevel 5

property useScreenShake true

property useScreenFlash true

property demolishModelThreshold 12

end

optionGroup $CarsSims

# Sadly, we have no off

# option $Off

option $Low

property maxVehiclePct 0.0

property maxPedPct 0.0

property minVehicleZoom 5

property minPedZoom 5

# option $Low

# property maxVehiclePct 0.2

# property maxPedPct 0.2

# property minVehicleZoom 5

# property minPedZoom 5

option $Medium

property maxVehiclePct 0.5

property maxPedPct 0.5

property minVehicleZoom 4

property minPedZoom 5

option $High

property maxVehiclePct 1

property maxPedPct 1

property minVehicleZoom 3

property minPedZoom 4

end

optionGroup $Shadows

# Sadly, we have no off

# option $Off

option $Low

property shadowQuality 0 # off

property shadowModelThreshold 40

property lightingUpdateDelta 0.2

# option $Low

# property shadowQuality 2

# property shadowModelThreshold 40

# property lightingUpdateDelta 0.2

option $Medium

property shadowQuality 3

property shadowModelThreshold 22

property lightingUpdateDelta 0.05

option $High

property shadowQuality 5

property shadowModelThreshold 12

property lightingUpdateDelta 1e-4

end

optionGroup $CloudsFog

option $On

property renderCloudsAndFog true

option $Off

property renderCloudsAndFog false

end

optionGroup $Waves

option $On

property renderWaterEffects true

option $Off

property renderWaterEffects false

end

optionGroup $Cursor

option $CursorBW

property cursorType 1

option $CursorColor

property cursorType 3 # 256-color

end

optionGroup $Translucency

option $On

property preferOpaque false

option $Off

property preferOpaque true

end

optionGroup $CityDetail

option $Low

property renderModelThreshold 12

option $Medium

property renderModelThreshold 6

option $High

property renderModelThreshold 2

end

optionGroup $BuildingVarietyGroup

option $Low

property buildingVariety 0

option $Medium

property buildingVariety 1

option $High

property buildingVariety 2

end

optionGroup $BuildingLoaderSpeedGroup

option $Low

property buildingLoaderSpeed 0

option $Medium

property buildingLoaderSpeed 1

option $High

property buildingLoaderSpeed 2

end

optionGroup $TextureQuality

option $Low

property modelLODOffset 2

option $Medium

property modelLODOffset 1

option $High

property modelLODOffset 0

end

#############################################################################

#

# Configuration Rules

#

#<

Current configuration sources, with example values:

Flags (has, hasNo):

hardwareDriver = true

DXT = true

fullscreen = false

MMX = true

FPU = true

backingStore = true

Strings (stringMatch, stringNotMatch):

userName = awillmott

appName = SimCity 4

version = 1.0.238.0

osVersion = Windows NT 5.0

computerName = AWILLMOTT-6776

CPU = GenuineIntel

sglDriverName = DirectX

sglDriverVersion = 2.0

driverName = nv4_disp.dll

driverVersion = 6.13.10.3082, GUID: D7B71E3E-4110-11CF-F576-37200CC2CD35

cardName = NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600

cardVersion = Vendor: 10de, Device: 0250, Board: 371545, Chipset: 00a3

cardIdentity = NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600

soundDriverName = Unknown

soundCardName = Unknown

buildType = Beta

Numbers (atLeast, atMost):

cpuSpeed = 1894

memory = 1024

freeMemory = 624

screenWidth = 1600

screenHeight = 1200

screenBPP = 16

videoMemory = 123

textureMemory = 123

textureStages = 4

Processing stops after a rule if the rule matches.

Partial rules continue processing.

A rule with -any is accepted if any of its conditions are

met -- the default is that all conditions must be met.

#>

# Sound

partialRule "Sound"

rule "high sound detail"

atLeast cpuSpeed 1500

property soundDetail 2

end

rule "medium sound detail"

atLeast cpuSpeed 800

property soundDetail 1

end

rule "low sound detail"

property soundDetail 0

end

end

partialRule "City Detail and Day/Night Settings"

rule

# Windows XP

stringMatch osVersion "Windows NT 5.1"

rule "high computer power"

atLeast memory 800

atLeast cpuSpeed 2400

option $CityDetail $High

option $DayNight $On

option $BuildingLoaderSpeedGroup $High

end

rule "medium computer power"

atLeast memory 600

atLeast cpuSpeed 1800

option $CityDetail $Medium

option $DayNight $Off

option $BuildingLoaderSpeedGroup $Medium

end

rule "low computer power"

option $CityDetail $Low

option $DayNight $Off

option $BuildingLoaderSpeedGroup $Low

end

end

rule

# Windows 2000

stringMatch osVersion "Windows NT 5.0"

rule "high computer power"

atLeast memory 700

atLeast cpuSpeed 2000

option $CityDetail $High

option $DayNight $On

option $BuildingLoaderSpeedGroup $High

end

rule "medium computer power"

atLeast memory 500

atLeast cpuSpeed 1400

option $CityDetail $Medium

option $DayNight $Off

option $BuildingLoaderSpeedGroup $Medium

end

rule "low computer power"

option $CityDetail $Low

option $DayNight $Off

option $BuildingLoaderSpeedGroup $Low

end

end

rule

# Windows 98, or anything beyond Windows XP.

rule "high computer power"

atLeast memory 500

atLeast cpuSpeed 1800

option $CityDetail $High

option $DayNight $On

option $BuildingLoaderSpeedGroup $High

end

rule "medium computer power"

atLeast memory 400

atLeast cpuSpeed 1600

option $CityDetail $Medium

option $DayNight $Off

option $BuildingLoaderSpeedGroup $Medium

end

rule "low computer power"

option $CityDetail $Low

option $DayNight $Off

option $BuildingLoaderSpeedGroup $Low

end

end

end

partialRule "Texture Quality and Building Variety Settings"

rule

# Windows XP

stringMatch osVersion "Windows NT 5.1"

rule "high memory"

atLeast memory 500

option $TextureQuality $High

option $BuildingVarietyGroup $High

end

rule "medium memory"

atLeast memory 300

option $TextureQuality $Medium

option $BuildingVarietyGroup $Medium

end

rule "low memory"

option $TextureQuality $Low

option $BuildingVarietyGroup $Low

end

end

rule

# Windows 2000

stringMatch osVersion "Windows NT 5.0"

rule "high memory"

atLeast memory 500

option $TextureQuality $High

option $BuildingVarietyGroup $High

end

rule "medium memory"

atLeast memory 200

option $TextureQuality $Medium

option $BuildingVarietyGroup $Medium

end

rule "low memory"

option $TextureQuality $Low

option $BuildingVarietyGroup $Low

end

end

rule

# Windows 98, or anything beyond Windows XP.

rule "high memory"

atLeast memory 500

option $TextureQuality $High

option $BuildingVarietyGroup $High

end

rule "medium memory"

atLeast memory 200

option $TextureQuality $Medium

option $BuildingVarietyGroup $Medium

end

rule "low memory"

option $TextureQuality $Low

option $BuildingVarietyGroup $Low

end

end

end

partialRule "Variable Speed Automata"

rule "default"

option $VariableSpeedAutomata $On

end

end

partialRule "Recommend Software" -any

stringMatch cardIdentity "3D Labs*"

stringMatch cardIdentity "*Kyro*"

partialRule "Non-shared memory"

stringNotMatch cardIdentity "Intel*"

atMost videoMemory 15 # less than recommended

end

property forceSoftwareDriver $prefsFirstTime

end

# must come before software driver rules, after "Recommend Software".

partialRule "No backing store"

hasNo backingStore

property forceSoftwareDriver true # need to force this immediately

end

rule "Standard software"

hasNo hardwareDriver

option $VisualEffects $Low

option $CarsSims $Low

option $Shadows $Low

option $CloudsFog $Off

option $Waves $Off

option $Translucency $On

option $Cursor $CursorBW

option $Driver $Software

option $ScreenSize $Screen_800x600

option $ScreenDepth $Depth_16

partialRule

# Enable more visual effects if user has decent computing power.

atLeast memory 128

atLeast cpuSpeed 1000

option $VisualEffects $Medium

end

partialRule

# Enable clouds and fog if user has decent computing power.

atLeast memory 256

atLeast cpuSpeed 2400

option $CloudsFog $On

end

property useSecondStage false

property texBindMaxFree 4 # Software now caches DXT.

property dirtyRectMergeFrames 1 # software is pretty good about BS updates

property TextureBits 32 # software hardwired for 32-bit internally.

end

rule "Standard hardware"

option $VisualEffects $Low

option $CarsSims $Low

option $Shadows $Low

option $CloudsFog $Off

option $Waves $On

option $Translucency $On

option $Cursor $CursorColor

option $Driver $Hardware

option $ScreenSize $Screen_800x600

option $ScreenDepth $Depth_16

property useSecondStage false # Default, overridden below in most cases.

property texBindMaxFree 4 # To stop thrashing, plus a little pad.

property dirtyRectMergeFrames 6 # Default, for low-end card.

property TextureBits 32 # mostly just for preview -- everything else

# should be DXT

partialRule

# Enable more cars and sims if user has decent computing power.

atLeast memory 256

atLeast cpuSpeed 1600

option $CarsSims $Medium

end

partialRule

# Enable more visual effects if user has decent computing power.

atLeast memory 128

atLeast cpuSpeed 700

option $VisualEffects $Medium

end

partialRule

# Enable more shadows if user has decent computing power.

atLeast memory 256

atLeast cpuSpeed 1800

option $Shadows $Medium

end

partialRule

# Enable clouds and fog if user has decent computing power.

atLeast memory 300

atLeast cpuSpeed 1600

option $CloudsFog $On

end

partialRule

# Enable higher screen resolution if user has decent computing power.

atLeast memory 256

atLeast cpuSpeed 1600

option $ScreenSize $Screen_1024x768

end

partialRule "No DXT"

hasNo DXT

property TextureBits 16 # we'll need all the VRAM we can get...

option $ScreenDepth $Depth_16

end

partialRule "Two stages"

atLeast textureStages 2

property useSecondStage true

property dirtyRectMergeFrames 4

end

partialRule "Lotsa vidmem"

atLeast videoMemory 100 # includes AGP

property texBindMaxFree 8 # keep a little more round

end

partialRule "Slow card"

stringMatch cardIdentity "ATI*128*"

stringMatch cardIdentity "ATI*Rage*"

stringMatch cardIdentity "ATI*Mach*"

option $Shadows $Low

end

# The Radeon series has a very slow path for partial

# depth buffer copies. This has apparently been

# fixed for 9500 and later models in the latest drivers,

# but cannot be fixed on previous Radeons because of

# hardware limitations.

# NOTE: disabling this rule unnecessarily may lead to

# very poor graphics performance.

partialRule "Radeon"

stringMatch cardIdentity "*Radeon*"

partialRule "SlowSubrectDepthCopy" -any

stringMatch cardIdentity "*7?00*"

stringMatch cardIdentity "*8?00*"

stringMatch cardIdentity "*9000*"

stringMatch cardIdentity "*9100*"

stringMatch cardIdentity "*9200*"

stringMatch cardIdentity "*9300*"

stringMatch cardIdentity "*9400*"

stringMatch cardIdentity "ATI, Radeon"

stringMatch cardIdentity "ATI, Radeon VE"

stringMatch cardIdentity "ATI, Radeon Mobility"

stringMatch cardIdentity "ATI, Radeon FireGL"

# results in special low-impact scrolling mode.

property noPartialBackingStoreCopies true

# try to reduce the number of dirty rects.

property dirtyRectMergeFrames 8

# use black and white cursors. The Radeons seem

# to work with colour for a while, but in low

# memory situations revert to flickering.

option $Cursor $CursorBW

end

end

partialRule "Kyro"

# still doesn't work great -- has problems

# minifying textures in zoom 1.

stringMatch cardIdentity "*Kyro*"

property useSecondStage false

option $CloudsFog $Off

option $Waves $Off

end

partialRule "Poor color cursor" -any

stringMatch cardIdentity "ATI*128*"

stringMatch cardIdentity "ATI*Rage*"

stringMatch cardIdentity "ATI*Mach*"

stringMatch cardIdentity "S3*"

stringMatch cardIdentity "Trident*"

stringMatch cardIdentity "3dfx*" # The banshee reportedly works, but this is simplest.

stringMatch cardIdentity "Intel*" # 815E is BW only. 845+ is unknown but to be safe....

option $Cursor $CursorBW

end

partialRule "NoAddSigned" -any

# this shows up as odd zone colours.

stringMatch cardIdentity "ATI*128*"

stringMatch cardIdentity "ATI*Rage*"

property NoAddSigned true

end

partialRule "Not Slow GeForce"

# We don't want the 'fast card' rules to apply to these GeForce cards, though possibly to other GeForce cards.

stringNotMatch cardIdentity "*GeForce 256*"

stringNotMatch cardIdentity "*GeForce2 *"

partialRule "Fast card" -any

# We run well on these cards, so up the defaults.

stringMatch cardIdentity "NVidia*Geforce*"

stringMatch cardIdentity "NVidia*Quadro*"

stringMatch cardIdentity "ATI*9700*"

stringMatch cardIdentity "ATI*8500*"

stringMatch cardIdentity "Matrox*Parhelia*"

partialRule

# Enable 32 bit graphics if user has decent computing power.

# Paul P: My tests have shown that my GeForce uses less memory in 16 bit mode than 32 bit mode.

atLeast memory 256

atLeast cpuSpeed 1000

option $ScreenDepth $Depth_32

end

partialRule

# Enable more cars and sims if user has decent computing power.

atLeast memory 256

atLeast cpuSpeed 1400

option $CarsSims $High

end

partialRule

# Enable more visual effects if user has decent computing power.

atLeast memory 256

atLeast cpuSpeed 1600

option $VisualEffects $High

end

partialRule

# Enable more shadows if user has decent computing power.

atLeast memory 512

atLeast cpuSpeed 2000

option $Shadows $High

end

partialRule

# Enable clouds and fog if user has decent computing power.

atLeast memory 256

atLeast cpuSpeed 1000

option $CloudsFog $On

end

property dirtyRectMergeFrames 2

end

end

end

# For figuring out what kind of card we are

sinclude "Video Cards.sgr"

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[seopro007 0]

Hmm, I've even increased the pagefile system for the hard drive, removed all plugins and still the same thing.

Helllllllllllllllp.