In-game Texture Problem

[SilentLarry 0]

I just installed Simcity 4 Deluxe on Windows 7, and applied the EP1 update as well as move in the plugins I was using while playing the game on Windows XP. When I started to make my first city, over time I would experience flickering graphics throughout the game. Sometimes it would be minor, such as a texture out of place or a small segment of the screen out of color. Other times it would be severe, such as a stuttering blob of texture covering most of the screen or my buildings disappearing temporarily. Sometimes the problem goes away by zooming in and out, but sometimes not. Also, when I pause the game by pressing the Windows key, when I get back, the graphics act really crazy. I haven't encountered any CTDs from this. Any idea how I can fix this?

Here is my system information.

Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core Processor 2.20 GHz

RAM: 3.00 GB

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Hard Drive Capacity: 298 GB

I also have some pictures relating to this problem, but have problems adding them. Could you help me on that as well?

[CaptCity 4,684]

For your graphics issues, I would check that all settings for the video card that can be set to "Application Controlled" be set for that since the game pre-dates many video capabilities that exist in today's hardware.

For posting images...

First the must be of the jpg type for posting in the forums. For game images, you can use the game's camera which stores images in the My Documents\SimCity 4\Albums folder. Or you can use Print Screen and make the image in MS Paint. Images should then be uploaded to a third-party hosting site (Photobucket, Imageshack, etc.). The hosting site should provide a link to the image that can be pasted into the "Insert Image" selection window that pops up when selecting that option (see the small square with a tree in it in the options above).

[SilentLarry 0]

The settings are set accordingly. I'm still getting problems, however. I did notice that my Antialiasing Gamma Correction and Transparency are both off.

As for the pictures, I dunno. I set them as jpg and uploaded them to Imageshack, yet it still won't allow me to upload them to this thread.

  Edited June 30, 2011 by SilentLarry  

[CaptCity 4,684]

If I remember correctly, at Imageshack, you select the "Share It" button beside the image and copy the link for "Direct." That's the link to paste into the "Insert Image" window here in the post window.

I'll try it here...

Yes, it worked... Are you clicking the "Insert Image" button in the post menu?

Or copy the "Thumbnail" Link directly into the post window...

[SilentLarry 0]

It worked. Thanks.

[CaptCity 4,684]

Hmmm... Seeing your images, the only thing else I can say to try would be to run the game in "Software" mode. That has helped some with these types of graphics issues. Perhaps someone else will be along that has more experience with this. I'm still running an old dinosaur for a system...

[SilentLarry 0]

Actually, I think that did the trick. I switched to Software rendering and didn't experience any problems. I tested with the Windows key as well, and I didn't experience any graphic messups.

I'm hoping that it won't mess up again. Thanks for the help!