Buildings dissapearing & game crashing

[Chokkie 1]

Hi guys I bourght the new Simcity game on the release date but I've been having a lot of issues trying to get it to play. I've registered the game and tried multiple servers. I suspect it's probably related to the settings but I don't understand half the stuff there and I don't have the slightest clue how to set it properlly. Nevertheless I've mucked around with it a bit, trying to get it to work and now I can't even remember the default settings, lol. Anyway I've written everything down and hopefully someone will be able to point out the cause of the problem. Btw I'm running this on a windows vista, which I understand isn't the best computer around for video games...

 

Screen resolution: 1280 x 768, 60Hz

Full screen: yes

Lighting: high

Textures: high

Shadows: high

Geometry: low

Animation detail: high

Tilt shift: standard

Anti aliasing: not ticked

Framerate cap: 30 Fps

V-sync: yes

Brightness: high

Filter: off

 

[Chokkie 1]

Bump.

 

To expand on the issues the buildings dissapear, reappear, I get all of these strange shadows, the screen constantly looks like areas have been cut out, then they'll re-appear as well. The few times when I've been able to start a city, the game frequently pauses and usually crashes within like 5 mins.

[Chokkie 1]

So anyone?

[Panos 29]

What is your computer spec?

[endorken 13]

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/

 

also:

 

Minimum System Requirements

• Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ or Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.0GHz or better
• Operating System: Windows XP/Vista/7
• RAM: 2GB RAM
• Hard Drive: 10GB HD Space
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA 7800 or ATI Radeon HD 2x00 or Intel Series 4 integrated graphics or better*
• Broadband Internet: Minimum 256 kbps download, 64 kbps upload

 

*Minimum of 256MB of on-board RAM and Shader 3.0 or better support.

Recommended System Requirements

• Processor: Intel Core i5 or faster
• Operating System: Windows 7
• RAM: 4GB RAM
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA GTX 275 or ATI 5850 or better

[Chokkie 1]

What is your computer spec?

What do you mean? I'm not the most computer literate person out there.

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/

 

also:

 

Minimum System Requirements

• Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ or Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.0GHz or better
• Operating System: Windows XP/Vista/7
• RAM: 2GB RAM
• Hard Drive: 10GB HD Space
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA 7800 or ATI Radeon HD 2x00 or Intel Series 4 integrated graphics or better*
• Broadband Internet: Minimum 256 kbps download, 64 kbps upload

 

*Minimum of 256MB of on-board RAM and Shader 3.0 or better support.

Recommended System Requirements

• Processor: Intel Core i5 or faster
• Operating System: Windows 7
• RAM: 4GB RAM
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA GTX 275 or ATI 5850 or better

 

I have a Windows Vista XPS 14z, which is fairly new since I only got it last year. I think it has a NVIDIA thing but I'm not sure.  

[Panos 29]

XPS 14Z came out 2011, and had Windows 7 not Vista. If you have vista, are you sure you have 14Z? Because since 2010 everything was coming new with W7. 

 

Minimum they came with 6GB ram and minimum Intel i5-2430M which I believe you are fine. 

But, it has Nvidia 520M with 1GB Ram or Intel HD 3000. 

 

Given that spec, if you have Intel HD3000 you can't play that game. If you have 520M you have to set everything  LOW. 

My laptop has 555M and works only on medium/low, with i7 at 1080p.

 

(GTX570 & overclocked T1090 on home pc everything is set high at 120hz with 3D glasses). 

 

But check your graphic card please.