I recently started playing SC4 again after 6 months or so, but periodically the game crashes to the desktop, no error message. Some system information:
3.2GHz Pentium 4
1GB memory, pagefile set to 4GB fixed
GeForce 6800GT, 97.92 drivers
Audigy 2 ZS sound card
When a crash happens 2 items appear in the event log, but they don't give much information. The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: 6.quote>The second message is identical except it says 7 at the end instead of 6. Some other information:
Tried video drivers 84.56, 93.71, and 97.92
Removed all plugins
Defragmented the drive and pagefile
Does not create an Exception Report in My Documents\SimCity 4\Exception Reports
Tried various ingame options
Average of 30 minutes between crashes
Occurs even if I pause the game and walk away from the computer
Happened at the region view once as well
US version of SC4 and Rush Hour, newest update installed
Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated.