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SimCity 4 Deluxe Steam edition crashes on startup, Windows 11

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Here are my specs on my gaming laptop that I have this game currently installed on:

ASUS Strix ROG Scar

CPU: i9-12900H, 14 cores, 20 threads

RAM: 16GB

GPU RTX 3080

I installed the game, and right after the SimCity 4 Deluxe logo pops up,  it crashes to desktop. I tried the SC4 Launcher with 1 or 2 cores, messed with the resolution, and even the -CPUCount:1 fix with and without quotes...all to no avail. I've yet to get this game to work. The GOG SimCity games I bought seem to work just fine though and they are much older (SimCity 3000 Unlimited, SimCity 2000 Special Edition)

Any suggestions?

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CTDs right after the splash screen point to issues with your graphics card. Specifically it’s ability to handle the legacy modes of DirectX SC4 requires. Note too that SC4 may be using any on-board Intel GPU unless the system can be forced to use the NVidia one.

I suspect you are best off using a special Wrapper that helps with DirectX backwards compatibility, dgVoodoo2 will also allow you to ensure your dedicated GPU is used too. 

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    Thank you bro, this helped

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