City does not load

[Tomato660 25]

Hello. In my region, when loading one of the cities, the game closes. I removed all the plugins, however the city is not loading. Other cities in this region are loading. I have a backup of this region. This city from the backup works, but why does this error occur? I would not want to lose other cities.

In Exception Reports the message appears:

Spoiler

Exception time: 10/14/2019, at 15:39:54.

Exception code: 0xC0000005 (-1073741819) ACCESS_VIOLATION.

Current thread ID: 5892 (0x00001704).

Version information:

Application/module path: C:\GOG Games\SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition\Apps\SimCity 4.exe

Application/module version name: SimCity 4

Application/module version: 1.1.641.0

System version: Windows NT 5.1

System memory: 1024 Megabytes total, 1024 Megabytes free.

 

Exception module:  C:\GOG Games\SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition\Apps\SimCity 4.exe.

Exception address: 0x006ea35a. Section:Offset: 0x01:0x002e335a.

 

Registers

   EAX: 00000014

   EBX: 276085e4

   ECX: 03567514

   EDX: 03610014

   ESI: 26ff2984

   EDI: 00000000

   CS:EIP: 0023:006ea35a

   SS:ESP: 002b:0018f674  EBP:0018f6c0

   DS:002b  ES:002b  FS:0053  GS:002b

   Flags: 00210206

 

Loaded Modules

   Address          Size Module             Path

   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

   0x00400000    8159232 SimCity 4.exe      C:\GOG Games\SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition\Apps\SimCity 4.exe

   0x77460000    1503232 ntdll.dll          C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll

   0x74e40000    1310720 KERNEL32.DLL       C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\KERNEL32.DLL

   0x76bf0000     880640 KERNELBASE.dll     C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\KERNELBASE.dll

   0x72410000     655360 apphelp.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\apphelp.dll

   0x71e60000    2584576 AcLayers.DLL       C:\WINDOWS\AppPatch\AcLayers.DLL

   0x76f10000     798720 msvcrt.dll         C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\msvcrt.dll

   0x76450000    1388544 USER32.dll         C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\USER32.dll

   0x77110000    1105920 GDI32.dll          C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\GDI32.dll

   0x75070000   19640320 SHELL32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SHELL32.dll

   0x77300000     282624 SHLWAPI.dll        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SHLWAPI.dll

   0x76d50000     618496 OLEAUT32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\OLEAUT32.dll

   0x72b20000      90112 MPR.dll            C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MPR.dll

   0x76980000    1773568 SETUPAPI.dll       C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SETUPAPI.dll

   0x72ae0000      12288 sfc.dll            C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\sfc.dll

   0x73b70000     413696 WINSPOOL.DRV       C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WINSPOOL.DRV

   0x765d0000     761856 RPCRT4.dll         C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\RPCRT4.dll

   0x76800000    1560576 combase.dll        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\combase.dll

   0x76340000     245760 CFGMGR32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CFGMGR32.dll

   0x765b0000     122880 SspiCli.dll        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SspiCli.dll

   0x72ad0000      61440 sfc_os.DLL         C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\sfc_os.DLL

   0x74c40000      40960 CRYPTBASE.dll      C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CRYPTBASE.dll

   0x77220000     266240 sechost.dll        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\sechost.dll

   0x74be0000     344064 bcryptPrimitives.d C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\bcryptPrimitives.dll

   0x72ac0000      57344 SortServer2003Comp C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SortServer2003Compat.dll

   0x76cd0000     159744 IMM32.DLL          C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.DLL

   0x76df0000    1122304 MSCTF.dll          C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSCTF.dll

   0x74f90000     507904 ADVAPI32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ADVAPI32.dll

   0x735a0000      32768 WSOCK32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WSOCK32.dll

   0x73130000    2797568 WININET.dll        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WININET.dll

   0x72a30000     528384 DSOUND.dll         C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DSOUND.dll

   0x74200000     143360 WINMM.dll          C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WINMM.dll

   0x74760000      32768 VERSION.dll        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\VERSION.dll

   0x71ca0000     909312 OPENGL32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\OPENGL32.dll

   0x72af0000     143360 MSVFW32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSVFW32.dll

   0x76d00000     323584 WS2_32.dll         C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WS2_32.dll

   0x6eac0000    2314240 iertutil.dll       C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\iertutil.dll

   0x74770000     110592 USERENV.dll        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\USERENV.dll

   0x76fe0000    1216512 ole32.dll          C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ole32.dll

   0x72ed0000     262144 POWRPROF.dll       C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\POWRPROF.dll

   0x741d0000     143360 WINMMBASE.dll      C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WINMMBASE.dll

   0x72a00000     151552 GLU32.dll          C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\GLU32.dll

   0x71bb0000     966656 DDRAW.dll          C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DDRAW.dll

   0x73dc0000     561152 COMCTL32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_5.82.9600.17810_none_7c5b6194aa0716f1\COMCTL32.dll

   0x76380000      28672 NSI.dll            C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\NSI.dll

   0x74720000      61440 profapi.dll        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\profapi.dll

   0x741a0000     135168 DEVOBJ.dll         C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DEVOBJ.dll

   0x729f0000      28672 DCIMAN32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DCIMAN32.dll

   0x76330000      24576 psapi.dll          C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\psapi.dll

   0x745f0000     569344 SHCORE.dll         C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SHCORE.dll

   0x746c0000      36864 kernel.appcore.dll C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\kernel.appcore.dll

   0x73f00000     970752 uxtheme.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll

   0x73ee0000     106496 dwmapi.dll         C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\dwmapi.dll

   0x76b60000     577536 clbcatq.dll        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\clbcatq.dll

   0x721b0000    1286144 PROPSYS.dll        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\PROPSYS.dll

   0x71b10000     651264 rasapi32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\rasapi32.dll

   0x729c0000     159744 rasman.dll         C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\rasman.dll

   0x719d0000    1273856 nvumdshim.dll      C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\nvumdshim.dll

   0x72990000     167936 nvinit.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvinit.dll

   0x0f000000      24576 detoured.dll       C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\CoProcManager\detoured.dll

   0x71970000     339968 nvd3d9wrap.dll     C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\CoProcManager\nvd3d9wrap.dll

   0x71e20000     241664 nvdxgiwrap.dll     C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\CoProcManager\nvdxgiwrap.dll

   0x70f70000   10457088 igdumdim32.dll     C:\WINDOWS\system32\igdumdim32.dll

   0x70bf0000    3624960 igdusc32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\igdusc32.dll

   0x70b10000     913408 D3DIM700.DLL       C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\D3DIM700.DLL

   0x70ab0000     339968 MMDevApi.dll       C:\WINDOWS\System32\MMDevApi.dll

   0x70a50000     393216 AUDIOSES.DLL       C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUDIOSES.DLL

   0x71e10000      40960 Secur32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\Secur32.dll

   0x71de0000      40960 ondemandconnrouteh C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ondemandconnroutehelper.dll

   0x74790000     647168 winhttp.dll        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\winhttp.dll

   0x73d10000     307200 mswsock.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll

   0x74830000     131072 IPHLPAPI.DLL       C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\IPHLPAPI.DLL

   0x74730000      32768 WINNSI.DLL         C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WINNSI.DLL

   0x72980000      40960 avrt.dll           C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\avrt.dll

   0x6d510000     507904 DbgHelp.dll        C:\GOG Games\SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition\Apps\DbgHelp.dll

 

Call stack:

(Debug information (.pdb files) appears to be absent).

0x0001:0x002e335a C:\GOG Games\SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition\Apps\SimCity 4.exe.

0x0000:0x00000000 .

0x0000:0x00000000 .

0x0002:0x00031994 C:\GOG Games\SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition\Apps\SimCity 4.exe.

0x0001:0x0005f4a0 C:\GOG Games\SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition\Apps\SimCity 4.exe.

0x0000:0x00000000 .

 

Stack data: (ESP is 0x0018f674)

0x0018f4f4   c8fb1800 80734f77 9ef5197d 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000

0x0018f514   00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000

0x0018f534   00000000 00000000 00000000 1400f817 7e0b9300 a82cd602 9826b600 ed515000

0x0018f554   38f61800 71cf9000 14666227 0d646200 14666227 05000000 38f61800 e0f51800

0x0018f574   04000000 04000000 d9455f00 64666227 a8f51800 c0f51800 01000000 bc656227

0x0018f594   00000000 25d69000 4c5f6506 00000100 00000000 00000000 500af726 500af726

0x0018f5b4   7e0b9300 74ebd917 d4f2da17 00000000 54816827 78f61800 be4d6200 00000000

0x0018f5d4   00000000 00000000 f0f51800 a80bf726 a80bf726 039d4a00 d4f2da17 58816827

0x0018f5f4   54816827 00000000 a80bf726 78f61800 789d4a00 34f61800 00000000 54816827

0x0018f614   7cfd5f27 00000000 c4856027 c0f61800 7e0b9300 a82cd602 9826b600 cf555e00

0x0018f634   01000000 8429ff26 62cf9000 04000000 9aca5100 c4856027 1406a802 8429ff26

0x0018f654   c0f61800 d4b85403 18755603 e4856027 3aa36e00 50000000 18755603 4fa36e00

0x0018f674   00000000 00000000 e8f2da17 a80bf726 8429ff26 94d64a00 1406a802 14f04410

0x0018f694   949e7817 140af726 180af726 00000000 a80bf726 00000000 9401fe17 b00c0113

0x0018f6b4   64ff0013 fe040000 8c4ef817 7cfd5f27 80fd5f27 80fd5f27 1b074f00 cccccc3d

0x0018f6d4   cccc4c3f cccccc3d 79be4a00 00000000 00000000 a8e60f0e 30f71800 3484bd00

0x0018f6f4   00000000 180af726 30f71800 0aeb9200 c11ed326 3c84bd00 1484bd00 4c84bd00

0x0018f714   4ce10f0e 74e70f0e 4ce90f0e d400bd00 8827a11d 00000000 00000000 58f71800

0x0018f734   b0e09200 949e7817 00000000 1484bd00 64000000 75020000 00000000 949e7817

0x0018f754   58eda801 f4010000 b79a4400 00000000 d481ad02 5480ad02 1cc4a60e 2000c000

0x0018f774   04000000 d481ad02 178696fe 12000000 00000000 00000000 9b594500 64000000

0x0018f794   f4010000 88130000 2000c000 1408bf00 14ec980e f4223b08 76000001 14c4a60e

0x0018f7b4   d481ad02 1484bd00 01ec980e 0c2baa00 00000000 00000000 0100aa0e e8030000

0x0018f7d4   94a5aa0e 04000000 2000c000 a7dad0fb 12000000 00000000 00000000 bedc7a00

 

Instruction data: (EIP is 0x006ea35a)

0x006ea2da   8b 4c 24 14 8b 11 ff 52 08 5d 5f 5e b0 01 5b c2 04 00 cc cc cc cc 51 53 56 8b 71 44 8b 1e 3b de

0x006ea2fa   89 74 24 08 0f 84 97 00 00 00 55 8b 6c 24 14 57 8d 9b 00 00 00 00 8b 7b 08 8a 47 0c 84 c0 74 3d

0x006ea31a   8b 35 08 3d b4 00 8b 06 8b ce ff 50 04 0f bf 47 10 0f bf 4f 0e 8b 16 6a 01 50 51 8b ce ff 52 18

0x006ea33a   85 c0 89 47 20 74 07 8b 10 8b c8 ff 52 04 8b 06 8b ce ff 50 08 8b 74 24 10 c6 47 0c 00 8b 7f 20

0x006ea35a   8b 17 8b cf 89 7c 24 18 ff 52 04 8b 45 04 3b 45 08 74 0c 85 c0 74 02 89 38 83 45 04 04 eb 16 6a

0x006ea37a   01 6a 01 8d 4c 24 20 51 8d 54 24 24 52 50 8b cd e8 d1 26 e3 ff 8b 1b 3b de 0f 85 77 ff ff ff 5f

0x006ea39a   5d 5e 5b 59 c2 04 00 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 56 8b f1 8d 4e 24 c7 06 dc 27

0x006ea3ba   ab 00 e8 ef 94 d7 ff 8b 46 14 85 c0 74 09 50 e8 95 2b 22 00 83 c4 04 f6 44 24 08 01 74 09 56 e8

 

[Cyclone Boom 16,846]

Hi Tomato660,

From your exception report I see you're running the GOG version of the game which is fully patched (1.1.641.0) so all good there. Being on Windows XP (NT 5.1) also is no problem either, and wouldn't directly be the cause of a city not loading.

It's good news how you're able to access neighbouring tiles and from your backup just fine. That proves how there's nothing wrong for how the game is, and testing without plugins to rule out anything being the cause there. My immediate thought is perhaps the city you're attempting to load has become corrupted. This can occur if the save process fails to complete, and there happens to be risks when using the 1-step process for saving and exiting.

Quoting from as I explained in my Save Warning mod:

Quote

Regardless of how the save is initiated, the game writes out the city tile's game data which is in memory to the save file, along with updating neighbouring tiles. The potential problem can occur when using either of the and options (Save and Exit or Save and Quit).

Apparently Maxis never envisioned the sheer quantity of custom content many of us use today. When using either and option, the game code only allows a certain amount of time for the save to occur, before it proceeds to initiate the Exit or Quit. Should the save process not be completed when this happens, the save file will likely be corrupted.

Subsequent loading of a corrupted tile will either immediately crash to the desktop (CTD), or the whole city tile will be missing and show as a flat area in the region view.

 

Maybe this was the possible cause if saving as such, and how this is more likely to happen in a large heavily populated city tile containing plenty of custom content.