instant CTD at startup. Vista.

bluurrr · April 1, 2010

hi everyone.

After having a horrible time trying to get this game working, i had decided to uninstall the game completely and reinstalling a fresh copy.

I installed simcity 4 and updated it using "update-SKU2_to_p2". I then installed simcity 4 rush hour and applied "update_SKU2-TO_p1_B638".

The game version is now at 1.1.638.0.

When i go about starting the game, it loads the bridge screen and then breifly turns desktop black with a blank screen before returning to desktop 2-3 seconds later.

The game hasnt successful loaded as of yet.

Does anyone have any ideas and suggestions?

bluurrr · April 2, 2010

Config-log

Log generated on 4/2/2010, 16:21

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 = n/a

appName = SimCity 4

version = 1.1.638.0

osVersion = Windows NT 6.0

computerName = n/a

CPU = GenuineIntel

sglDriverName = DirectX

sglDriverVersion = 2.0

driverName = nvd3dum.dll

driverVersion = 8.17.11.9713, GUID: D7B71E3E-42D1-11CF-F373-33A20DC2CD35

cardName = NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

cardVersion = Vendor: 10de, Device: 0191, Board: 82331043, Chipset: 00a2

cardIdentity = NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

soundDriverName =

soundCardName = Primary Sound Driver

buildType = Release

Numbers

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cpuSpeed = 2400

memory = 4096

freeMemory = 4096

screenWidth = 1024

screenHeight = 768

screenBPP = 16

videoMemory = 739

textureMemory = 739

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

Dxdiag

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System Information

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Time of this report: 4/2/2010, 16:24:12

Machine name: n/a

Operating System: Windows Vistatm Ultimate (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.091208-0542)

Language: English (Regional Setting: English)

System Manufacturer: NVIDIA

System Model: NFORCE 680i SLI

BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG

Processor: Intel® Core2 Quad CPU @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz

Memory: 8190MB RAM

Page File: 1968MB used, 14461MB available

Windows Dir: C:\Windows

DirectX Version: DirectX 11

DX Setup Parameters: Not found

DxDiag Version: 7.00.6002.18107 64bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes

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Display Tab 1: No problems found.

Display Tab 2: No problems found.

Sound Tab 1: No problems found.

Sound Tab 2: No problems found.

Sound Tab 3: No problems found.

Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels

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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)

DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)

DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)

DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)

DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)

DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)

DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices

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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Manufacturer: NVIDIA

Chip type: GeForce 8800 GTX

DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC

Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0191&SUBSYS_82331043&REV_A2

Display Memory: 4067 MB

Dedicated Memory: 739 MB

Shared Memory: 3327 MB

Current Mode: 1440 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)

Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor

Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um

Driver Version: 8.17.0011.9713 (English)

DDI Version: 10

BGRA Supported: Yes

Driver Attributes: Final Retail

Driver Date/Size: 3/16/2010 07:51:59, 11906152 bytes

WHQL Logo'd: Yes

WHQL Date Stamp:

Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-42D1-11CF-0256-38A21CC2C535}

Vendor ID: 0x10DE

Device ID: 0x0191

SubSys ID: 0x82331043

Revision ID: 0x00A2

Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_B ModeWMV9_B ModeVC1_A ModeWMV9_A

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DDraw Status: Enabled

D3D Status: Enabled

AGP Status: Enabled