Can i get some help?

[X L 0]

I recently started playing my SimCity 4 game again and it is having problems. The Wind Power poles are all glitchy and the vehicles are glitchy as they drive down the road. Also occasionally the game will close out of itself while i am playing, meaning i lose my game.  Does anyone have any ideas on how i can fix this problem? Is it possible to fix this problem? Please help me out if you have any ideas.  I really dont wanna lose my game

[CaptCity 4,683]

X L...  First, Welcome to Simtropolis...

Originally posted by: X L

I recently started playing my SimCity 4 game again...quote>

Has anything changed since you played before... New computer, for instance? If so, you might want to list the specifications...

Did you just re-install the game? If so, did you get the game patches?

Just a couple things to check first. Let us know...

CaptCity

[JakeMD 107]

I wonder if this is a graphics card issue.

[asd195 1]

my game closes out too but you just have too deal with it

P.S. I have vista

[JakeMD 107]

Originally posted by: asd195

my game closes out too but you just have too deal with it

P.S. I have vistaquote>

Things like this can usually be solved.

[timcravey 168]

Anti-virus running in the background was my problem. Try shutting it off while you're playing.

Too many animations might also be taxing your graphics card. Try setting your graphics options for automata down to medium or even low and see if that helps. You can always set them back at high when you're just kicking back watching the game play itself.

[Livin in Sim 83]

Originally posted by: timcravey

...watching the game play itself.quote>

LOL...can you think of any other games that play themselves?  "All this mayoring has tired me out, think I'll just watch for a bit...carry on, you crazy Sims..."

Speaking of things running in the background, before I got more RAM, I seemed to get less crashes when I disabled some things like my taskbar Weather Icon Program, and other excess processes that are running and can been seen in the Task Manager.  There's a list around here somewhere of what you can safely disable, but if in doubt, leave it,  It might be a necessary application. 

Enjoy the game.

--Liv

[X L 0]

I did get a new computer but it has more than the minimum requirements. Also i did reinstall i will try patching the game if that doesnt work ill let yall know.

[X L 0]

SOrry for a double post. However my game is still glitchy after installing the patch. Anyone have any other ideas?

[JakeMD 107]

What kind of graphics card do you have?

[Merlin of Flyote 8]

Originally posted by: X L

SOrry for a double post. However my game is still glitchy after installing the patch. Anyone have any other ideas?quote>

Being more accurate might help "glitchy" could be anything.

As for the crashes (CTD) save often!

[Sammow 0]

I had the same problem mate!

You have to go to properties and select "run this program as administrator" and run it under windows XP (service pack 2) or something like that

Don't know if it works but after that i got rid of the problem

[Random_ben7 0]

Try using software rendering, that helped me A LOT.

[Deathcat001 8]

I dont know bout you guys but im fine.. i use a 512mb RAM and a NVIDEA Geforce 2! lol, and i play on top graphics (so its a tiny bit of lagg but its bearable) and my game only crashs when i break the rules (say put two conflicting puzzle peices together) 

[X L 0]

I switched the game from hardware rendering to software rendering and now it seems fine. i am not really sure why that makes a difference but it does. Thanks for the advice everyone. if i have any other problems ill ask you guys! thanks so much!

[bigthing 35]

A little tip, if you put the texture option down a bit it can greatly improve the speed of the game

[SmartRoss1 0]

If switching the game to software rendering worked, then the problem's with your graphics card. It may not be powerful enough, it may not have enough memory, it may not have the latest drivers... But it's certainly the graphics card if that solution works.

[thiosk 0]

Originally posted by: SmartRoss1

If switching the game to software rendering worked, then the problem's with your graphics card. It may not be powerful enough, it may not have enough memory, it may not have the latest drivers... But it's certainly the graphics card if that solution works.quote>

I think its just plain too new, at least in my case.  Software rendering and the single-core affinity check fixed all my crashing problems.

[X L 0]

As it turns out the switch from hardware to software was just a temporary fix. The problem has come back. more suggestions would be great.