Gridlines problem

[cardiomonkey 32]

Hi Everyone

 

I have started to get dashed black gridlines even when the grid is OFF. Is this normal?

 

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Is this how it should be or is there potentially something weird going on here? I cannot say I have seen them before and they stick out like a sore thumb.

 

[Haljackey 17,339]

I believe this is due to your graphics settings. Try adjusting them, and setting your render from either software to hardware, or hardware to software... Whichever you are not using now.

 

Hopefully that will fix it!

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Make sure the grid is off.  Press the 'g' key once.

[cardiomonkey 32]

I believe this is due to your graphics settings. Try adjusting them, and setting your render from either software to hardware, or hardware to software... Whichever you are not using now.

 

Hopefully that will fix it!

 

Make sure the grid is off.  Press the 'g' key once.

 

Hi Haljackey and Nonny

 

The grid is definitely 100% off. 

I have tried with changing screen resolution and I have been running from the start on hardware. I switch to software and it makes no difference, save both the setting and then the game and then reload the game again and it is back on hardware in settings. The problem seems to be persisting and is a fairly new thing, just noticed it today.

 

I have to mention I am on MAC and the time is coming when I might need to invest in a PC (My first in 15 years) to optimally play SC4. Some mods crash the game for no reason and some (despite being identical in type, .dat, sc4 or .model) work great! It is a mysterious beast and the MAC seems to augment my problems.

 

Where to go from here on my MAC with this issue is hard to say. Tried many combinations of resetting and changing resolutions and accepting default, but no luck.

 

Thanks a lot anyway and if there is something else you think I can try, then awesome 

 

Otherwise, I think a PC is needed. I just have no idea which is the best setup for PC (as far as optimal hardware and software).

[TekindusT 3,809]

If I'm not mistaken, this problem appears to all those who run SC4 on a Mac, but I'm not sure. Ask on the SC4 Mac Users forum, those guys are the real deal.

[cardiomonkey 32]

Yes, maybe this should be moved to the MAC discussion page or the bug, technical issue, sorry about that. Should have thought of that first before firing off this topic post.

[GMT 389]

It's definitely a mac problem (iirc like the dot shadows) and to my knowledge there's no fix for that

[cardiomonkey 32]

Thanks GMT.

 

Yes, it is something that only turned up today (after 5 weeks since I got it). I think I just have to live with it.

Funnily it is only over zoned and built areas, the unzoned areas are not affected. Doesn't alter my gaming, just the aesthetics of future pictures.

 

Thanks again for all the help.

 

PS. Haljackey, up to part 17 and loving it   

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

My dear friend, you do not need to invest in a new hardware platform to run the Windows version.  Just some free software, namely wine.  Wine is a windows executive layer that can be added to your O/S.  It works like a JIT execution layer something like the .NET interpretation system and converts windows calls into native calls.

 

To run your Windows version of SC4 you call the program like this:

 

 

wine "C:/Program Files (x86)/Maxis/SimCity 4 Deluxe/Apps/SimCity 4.exe"  -intro:off -CustomResolution:enabled -r1920x1080x32 -d:directx  -CPUCount:1 -f

 

That's my command line for my Linux system, but it should work the same.  What it does is call wine and directs it to run SC4 with all my nice options.

 

You might find this link interesting.

 

If you wish, you could dual boot Ubuntu and run with wine, but I think that is more overhead than you want.

 

With either option, you would have to repurchase the game's Windows version from a download vendor (Gog.com, gamersgate.com, amazon.com).  Besides, I wouldn't want to lure you away from your MAC, which suits the medical crowd very well indeed.

[cardiomonkey 32]

My dear friend, you do not need to invest in a new hardware platform to run the Windows version.  Just some free software, namely wine.  Wine is a windows executive layer that can be added to your O/S.  It works like a JIT execution layer something like the .NET interpretation system and converts windows calls into native calls.

 

To run your Windows version of SC4 you call the program like this:

 

 

wine "C:/Program Files (x86)/Maxis/SimCity 4 Deluxe/Apps/SimCity 4.exe"  -intro:off -CustomResolution:enabled -r1920x1080x32 -d:directx  -CPUCount:1 -f

 

That's my command line for my Linux system, but it should work the same.  What it does is call wine and directs it to run SC4 with all my nice options.

 

You might find this link interesting.

 

If you wish, you could dual boot Ubuntu and run with wine, but I think that is more overhead than you want.

 

With either option, you would have to repurchase the game's Windows version from a download vendor (Gog.com, gamersgate.com, amazon.com).  Besides, I wouldn't want to lure you away from your MAC, which suits the medical crowd very well indeed.

 

Always sage advice. It might just be time for me to take the plunge and run through Wine. I have Wine and it works perfectly whenever I use it, so maybe that will be the most ideal way to go.

 

You are right, in the medical crowd MAC has become really popular and as I said, made the switch 15 years ago.

A big thank you again