Cities XL Crashing.

[ben995 0]

So i just built a new build and fromated my harddrive. I install Cities XL and the patch. The game loads up and everything ,then I click play solo and it brings up the regions selection for a secound then crashes?  I try tourtorial , It starts up for a secound then crashes? Any ideas?

Here are my specs:

ASUS P6X58D Premium Motherboard

Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz

Kingston HyperX 6GB DDR3 1333MHz Memory

Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler

Western Digital Caviar Green Hard Drive 1.5tb (2)

Western Digital Caviar Green Hard Drive 1tb

Western Digital Caviar Black Hard Drive 250gb

EVGA GeForce GTX 470 (2) In SLI

Thermaltake Spedo VI90001W2Z Full-Tower Case

XION Supernova Lan Party Ed. Power Supply

Aerocool V12XT Touch Panel Fan Controller - 2x 5.25

and a few extra fans here and there.

[kingBosko15 1]

i see your computer is way enought strong to run this game =)

try update every driver in your computer.

try run the game with administration privilages(*run as administrator right click*)

try different settings in-game( change the resolution, anti-alissing....etc)

i hear the first time for that problem.

[ben995 0]

Lol no kidding.

I did update all my drivers so i could bench mark and run Metro 2033.

I tried running as admin nothing. I downed everything to low, still same problem?

[ben995 0]

Anyone out there have any ideas???

[Jesse Swiss 6]

check website for parts that are compatible with the game

[ben995 0]

All my parts over qualifies the system requirements, so it can't be that?

[kiwispanker 1]

what does your log file say (near the bottom when it crashes)? your Log folder can be found here (on vista/7) : C:\Users\*you*\AppData\Local\Monte Cristo\Cities XL\log

you can open the log file with any regular text reader.

also, are you on the current version of the game and have downloaded the C++ 2005 (or maybe it's 2008) redistributable from microsoft?

[ben995 0]

Alot of data and they all say error. Yes i can't load it without the patch. Yes i do have C++ 2008.

[Xidillon 0]

Another strong runner that cant play the game...I feel your pain. Although SLI works for me, Have you maybe tried disabling it yet to see if that may be a cause for your problem? 3D clocks for our cards dont kick in until the game screen displays an image. When my cards are overclocked and become unstable they display for a moment and then kick me out of the game. The game is minimized so it doesnt actually stop running. Is this something youre experiencing? or does it do something else?

also, Ive had one of the newer video cards and from what I gather from others' experiences is that this game has issues with GDDR5 memory equipped cards. This is only apparent when you have many many buildings placed. Im hoping for a fix from FHI.

Also, what wattage is that PSU youre using. It doesnt sound "reliable"

-If its less than 750 watts, you need another psu. That series is ~75%efficiency @750w rating =580 watts usable. Half of that is gone with both of those cards just sitting there looking cool, or hot being Fermi

[ben995 0]

Originally posted by: Xidillon

Another strong runner that cant play the game...I feel your pain. Although SLI works for me, Have you maybe tried disabling it yet to see if that may be a cause for your problem? 3D clocks for our cards dont kick in until the game screen displays an image. When my cards are overclocked and become unstable they display for a moment and then kick me out of the game. The game is minimized so it doesnt actually stop running. Is this something youre experiencing? or does it do something else?

also, Ive had one of the newer video cards and from what I gather from others' experiences is that this game has issues with GDDR5 memory equipped cards. This is only apparent when you have many many buildings placed. Im hoping for a fix from FHI.

Also, what wattage is that PSU youre using. It doesnt sound "reliable"

-If its less than 750 watts, you need another psu. That series is ~75%efficiency @750w rating =580 watts usable. Half of that is gone with both of those cards just sitting there looking cool, or hot being Fermi quote>

The problem with my verison is my game crahses. I can change settings and all but as soon as i click toutorial or play game, it laggs and then crashes.

My cards brand new i just recently built this system and i have a bunch of fans on this thing so heat isn't a problem for me. My power supply is 1000 wat power supply. The name sounds funny cause its xion's limited edition modualr power supply, as well its 80 plus efficentsy and also has the Nvidia SLI ready badge. http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4398389&Sku=A406-1113 theres the link if you would like a look?

[Xidillon 0]

I would still try it without SLI. Other than that. If they worked with previous version of cxl, forget I said anything

[ben995 0]

I've ran these cards in SLI with cites XL before formatting my HDD and reinstalling it. I believe cat260 is have the same problem?

[ben995 0]

Fixed it. Thanks for all the people who tried helping me! What fixed it? A simple format. God the things I will do to play this game.

Thanks for the help!