Simcity 4 Deluxe Build 641 Hang

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

This may be Linux/wine related but I don't think so.

I was working on one of my Aryan Transpacific cities (Hostigos) creating a seaport with the game in pause.  I had just finished creating an elaborate CDK3 Bulk port with lots of side lots including a ferry depot, cop shop and fire station.  The entry street overlapped the port road, and so I dezoned two tiles on the street and the game hung in the middle of the destruction of these two tiles.  I had to kill the game, and didn't even get a dump.  Worst of all, I was so stupid that I didn't get a save, either.

Has anyone experienced this type of hang in the program?  What were the circumstances?

SimCity 4 deluxe build 141

Ubuntu 15.04 with wine-1.7.44

DirectX rendering with AMD RS780 chip set, Gallium 0.4 driver under X-org.

Memory 3.5 GB, backing store 20 GB

Athlon X2 dual core

Command script:

#!/bin/bash
date
echo "Starting SimCity 4 Deluxe - DirectX rendering"
env WINEPREFIX="/home/john/.wine" \
wine "C:/Program Files/Maxis/SimCity 4 Deluxe/Apps/SimCity 4.exe" \
 -intro:off -CustomResolution:enabled -r1920x1080x32 -d:directx \
 -CPUCount:1 -f &>~/sc4.log
wine --version &>>~/sc4.log
date

Nobody should want to see the 200+ lines of wine log that produce nothing but garbage and no new information.

 

[citycowboy 183]

what pieces were you using? I couldn't google them. I think I have all the possible seaside pieces and don't know what you're talking about. 

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

what pieces were you using? I couldn't google them. I think I have all the possible seaside pieces and don't know what you're talking about. 

Pretty much all the CDK3 plops that go with the break bulk port.  Since I lost the image, I can't be very specific but it was a large installation.  However the problem did not occur with the CDK pieces, it happened using the remove zone (v) key on a couple of street tiles.

I am really an ID 10 T error in this regard.  I should have done a save when I finished the port.

Now I get to do this over, which is usually not all bad.  I might even get a better idea or two.

[citycowboy 183]

oh, the "train set on 3" portset, I've never had a problem bulldozing anything near them, including streets. sorry i cant help you.

[rsc204 21,808]

If it just hung once, I wouldn't go overboard trying to diagnose the problem, SC4 can run very reliably but still has the odd hiccup every now and again. Since a lot of the CDK pieces are Transit Enabled for Street, Road and/or Rail are you sure you didn't hover a puzzle piece over a lot because that would do it.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Actually, with a puzzle piece, it would expect a CTD.  No, I am just looking for similar experiences.  If we can diagnose any problem we might be able to deduce a fix.

But anyway, I rebuilt my port (lots of saves) today and while it is not fully developed yet, here it is:

Because the population is low at the moment, I'll be working on this one for a couple of months, on and off, until I get it to be the principle city in Aryan Transpacific.  I am extrapolating what would have happened if the novel had continued to 20th century times.