SimCity Startup Manager won't work

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I'm wonder if I could sort my STEX to certain regions, like modern buildings to Shayden then Civilization for an Island. Would I be able to do it?

[joshriddle 29]

The Startup manager lets you make certain "laws" of sort to load certain regions with crtain plugins. Startup Manager

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It didn't work, I need to download SimCity 4. I have Deluxe Edition.

[joshriddle 29]

Originally posted by: Sirron Kcuhc

It didn't work, I need to download SimCity 4. I have Deluxe Edition.quote>

What do you mean by download? And I have SC4D with RH and it worked fine for me.

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How would I get it then?

*And I meant install SimCity 4* Sorry.

[The Bluejay 40]

Sim City 4 Deluxe includes both Sim City 4 and Rush Hour - You should be able to download and use Startup Manager with absolutely no problem.

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Is there a certain way I need to use it? I downloaded it and it was installed, but when I click on it it says: "SimCity4 not installed. SimCity4 StartupManager can not run without an installation of SimCity4" I got SimCity 4 Deluxe from Amazon so it should be working. But it's not so I don't know.

[joshriddle 29]

Heya

Looks like you are in a real predicament yes? To be honest it isn't easy to make remote diagnostics for a situation like this, but I'll try.

First of all, I am wondering if the game even launches. If SUM thinks that SC4 isn't installed, try reinstalling SUM. At a last resort reinstall the game. Usually reinstalling the game helps greatly. Also, do you have the patches for the game?

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Oh. Well Sim City 4 Deluxe Edition Opens just fine, I've even made some islands on it. But SUM won't open up.

[tungston 19]

I am going to move this topic to Modding Open Discussions, maybe you will get an answer there.

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Oh ok. Sorry I wasn't sure of where to put it. I thought it be with the bugs

[SC4BOY 21]

Might be useful if you said what operating system you are using. I am currently on XP SP3 and SUM works fine (I don't use it anymore, but I used to use it all the time and it hasn't changed any). Perhaps there are special circumstances for installing it under others such as Vista or Win 7. So you are saying that if you don't use SUM that you can run SC4 and all works fine, but that you'd like to use SUM to control what custom content goes with each City TIle... this can certainly be done by setting up profiles for each city. There is a support thread for SUM. Have you looked over that to see if it can help you any?

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Actually, my SimCity 4 works fine no matter what, but I can't open SUM, it says it needs an installation of SimCity4. Which I have deluxe edition. And I have Windows XP

[SC4BOY 21]

I suggest you post in the thread mentioned above.. that is the support thread. I tried starting the program again and it works fine. Have you read SUM documentation and installed it properly as it says? Are you starting SUM BEFORE SC4? (You have to do this.. not AFTER SC4).. Do you have SC4 installed in a non-standard spot? I have mine in an odd place and SUM looks in the old My Docs spot. Sorry, but I expect only Andreas or JPL2 will be able to find your problem.. that message "SimCity4 not installed. SimCity4 StartupManager can not run without an installation of SimCity4"  is not listed in the "troubleshooting" part of the program.

[CaptCity 4,915]

Sirron Kcuhc, you might try to find where your SimCity 4.exe file is located. I believe that SUM checks the C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps folder. If the exe file is somewhere else, SUM may not find it, and is giving you that error.

[Andreas Roth 629]

Sirron Kcuhc PM'd me, and I suggested to reinstall SC4, as the SUM is reading the path from the registry. He tried that, and it seems to work again.

[RIAU 0]

Hi, er I don't know if it's alright to post here or not but I downloaded SC4 Start-up manager and It crashes when I try to start-up, do I need to download a programming file?

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I don't mind. But it'd probably be a better idea to make a new one.

[Andreas Roth 629]

The readme describes a few alternative ways to the the SUM working, maybe you should try those. If everything fails, there's still the old version of the SUM available at SimCityKurier: http://kurier.simcityplaza.de/details.php?file=515

[Vern 29]

Might be useful if you said what operating system you are using. I am currently on XP SP3 and SUM works fine (I don't use it anymore, but I used to use it all the time and it hasn't changed any). Perhaps there are special circumstances for installing it under others such as Vista or Win 7. So you are saying that if you don't use SUM that you can run SC4 and all works fine, but that you'd like to use SUM to control what custom content goes with each City TIle... this can certainly be done by setting up profiles for each city. There is a support thread for SUM. Have you looked over that to see if it can help you any?

This link above seems to go into the bit bucket. I realize that this probably has to do with the current upgrades. Does someone have a working link to the SUM support thread? TIA.

[CaptCity 4,915]

Might be useful if you said what operating system you are using. I am currently on XP SP3 and SUM works fine (I don't use it anymore, but I used to use it all the time and it hasn't changed any). Perhaps there are special circumstances for installing it under others such as Vista or Win 7. So you are saying that if you don't use SUM that you can run SC4 and all works fine, but that you'd like to use SUM to control what custom content goes with each City TIle... this can certainly be done by setting up profiles for each city. There is a support thread for SUM. Have you looked over that to see if it can help you any?

This link above seems to go into the bit bucket. I realize that this probably has to do with the current upgrades. Does someone have a working link to the SUM support thread? TIA.

Probably this one... (Link)

[Vern 29]

Might be useful if you said what operating system you are using. I am currently on XP SP3 and SUM works fine (I don't use it anymore, but I used to use it all the time and it hasn't changed any). Perhaps there are special circumstances for installing it under others such as Vista or Win 7. So you are saying that if you don't use SUM that you can run SC4 and all works fine, but that you'd like to use SUM to control what custom content goes with each City TIle... this can certainly be done by setting up profiles for each city. There is a support thread for SUM. Have you looked over that to see if it can help you any?

This link above seems to go into the bit bucket. I realize that this probably has to do with the current upgrades. Does someone have a working link to the SUM support thread? TIA.

Probably this one... (Link )

Thanks!!! I was able to resolve my issue and posted it on that thread.