Regions Graphics bug

[Malgaran 1]

I am having a graphics issue with my Regions screen.  One of my cities has a horrible "tower" of background imaging that blocks several other cities on my region map

 

 

Cant figure out how to get rid of it.

 

Running SimCity4 Deluxe

NAM 31.1

Computer:

Asus U47VC

Intel Core i5 -3210m 2.5ghz

8192m RAM

Pagefile 3642used, 12511 avl

750g HD

W7 home premium

NVidia GeForce GT-620M driver 320.49 - 1 gig dedicated DDR3

Intel HD Graphics 4000 driver 18.15.10.2653 1696 mb max memory - Default memory

DirectX 11

 

 

I have 2 graphics card on this machine. The Intel is native default but I have the game running on the Nvidia card.

 

The game install is about 5 months old.  The game was purchased and downloaded from Gamestop so I have no actual disc to reinstall from

 

Things I have tried to fix the issue:

Rebooting - no fix

Not much else I really know how to do.  I'm not very experienced at the technical side of computing.

 

I have considered just wiping everything and reinstalling from scratch but I dont want to lose the stuff I have built. plus I dont have an actual install disc so i would have to re-DL everything I think. Dont really want to do that but will if I have to.

 

Not sure how to backup my cities or export the info for backup. Is there a way to export or backup my cities so i can maybe nuke and renstall the game? or does anyone have a way to fix this without nuking it?

 

Thanks in advance>

 

Mal

 

[Magneto 316]

Very strange, I've never seen anything like this but hey, we all know how buggy this game can be at times...

 

If your game is running fine apart from this I doubt it's related to your computer or graphic card, but maybe someone knows better.

 

Have you installed new plugins just before the bug happened?

Are you using the Region Census mod by Sabertooth?

 

There's a possibility of recovering it, but it require the use of reader, a program used to read sc4 files. Since you're not on the tech side I won't spend time explain you how to do it but I can give it a shot for ya. Send PM if you want.

 

To backup your region: the folder of your region should be located under C:\Users\???\Documents\SimCity 4\Regions. Simply copy/paste the folder like you would do for any other file to create a backup.

[Malgaran 1]

Only mod I'm running is NAM 31.1.  havent been brave enough to try anything else.  No other plugins or mods been bade to my computer.  I found another thread with the same issue but nobody has a fix on that one either.  I missed it during my initial research.  

 

As to backups.  Is there a way to backup cities?  I was thinking if I could, i could just nuke the offending city and re-import it from a backup and see if that fixes the issue.

[Magneto 316]

Your cities are stored in the Regions folder, just open it and you'll see your cities filesaves.

 

However I doubt nuking and reimporting the city will solve the problem.

 

You have to open the filesave with follow instructions given in

[Malgaran 1]

Your cities are stored in the Regions folder, just open it and you'll see your cities filesaves.

 

However I doubt nuking and reimporting the city will solve the problem.

 

You have to open the filesave with follow instructions given in

 

That fixed it GREAT!!  Thanks Soo Much!!

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

In any case, pick up NAM 31.2.  It is the final release of NAM 31 and contains some good fixes.