Running SC4 on Steam

[matecri 2]

Hi!

I have bought SC4 deluxe edition on Steam because the disc version does not run on Windows 10.

Now what can I do to make the downloads (MODs & BATs) work? Are they working on SC4 bought on Steam?

Thanks for answers

[twalsh102 1,601]

There should be no issues with any either of these working with the Steam version. All digital versions of SC4, except for the one offered by Origin, come fully patched (which is required for installation of some mods like NAM). Just FYI, the Origin version is not only not patched, it isn't patchable either!

[rsc204 21,807]

13 hours ago, matecri said:

Now what can I do to make the downloads (MODs & BATs) work? Are they working on SC4 bought on Steam?

In essence, all versions of SC4 make use of the Documents folder every Windows user account has. Inside that folder, is a folder for SimCity 4, inside of which are two further folders, Plugins and Regions, among others. Regions contains a folder for every region in your game, plus individual files for each city within them, i.e. the save data. Plugins is used for locating your custom mods. In both cases, if you have data you'd like from a previous install of SC4, these two folders just need to be copied over and they'll work as before with your new install. Depending on how you upgraded your system, such data might even still be in place.

[Matrim Cauthon 344]

One crucial thing to do when running SC4 from steam  is setting the game to only use one CPU core.
To do this, in steam right click on the game and select properties, It'll open a window with a button to "set launch options" in it. Clicking that will display the launch arguments for launching the exe.

There are guides for this that go more in depth, but the essential line to add is:

-CPUCount:1

That line sets SC4 to only use one CPU core, and greatly increases game stability.

 

This can also be used to set a custom resolution or alter other game options.

This sets the resolution:

-CustomResolution:enabled -r1920x1080x32

This turns off the intro video

-Intro:off

 

So all three of these together would like like this:

 

-CustomResolution:enabled -r1920x1080x32 -Intro:off -CPUCount:1

 

[matecri 2]

Thank you very much guys!!