X-Man_from_Althuette

Hey Guys, just an information for all who have been wondering whether Sim City 4 is running on Windows 8. I have some good and some bad news. The good news: Yes, the game runs on Windows 8 The bad news (but maybe not everybody affected): I could only run in windowed mode when graphics-mode was set to hardware (maybe other graphics hardware or a future update of the driver or Windows is solving this problem, Software-Mode worked) Computer Specs: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 6420: 2 x 2,13 GHz 2 GB System Memory (RAM) DDR2 NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT (DirectX 10 Support) 512 MB DDR2 NVIDIA Driver Version 296.17, DirectX Runtime Version 11 OS: Windows 8 Consumer Preview (Build 8250) 64-bit Note: All plugins worked (At least they were loaded) For further information contact me by PN or write an answer in this topic. Greetings from South Germany X-Man

To push this thread; I just recognized, that I'm having the same problem. Is there a a solution in the meantime? Btw: You can reproduce the bug by placing a road on a retaining wall and then dragging a rail over it, so you may get constructions like this: Maybe that helps to find a solution

I have problems with the new NAM and the Rail Addon Mod; seems to have some Adress Violations (missing textures at the Crossings STR<->Road); is that because of the new NAM and/or will there be an Update of the RAM?

Originally posted by: i-photon I found a LUA script that controls the speeds at which all the UDI vehicles travel<br />(TGI = 0xca63e2a3, 0x4a5e8f3f, 0xff71c15f) amongts other things regarding UDI as well.<br /><br />I was able to modify the train brake rate to something more sane for how fast they go, however it only looks good for about 1 second, then it snaps to a halt (looking far tackier than the original braking). Any ideas as to what may be causing this weirdness?quote> Same problem, tried to modify all variables in this lua-file (which i'm not sure what they do) without success Anybody out there who can help

Originally posted by: mrbisonm alarm-siren from SimCity 3000??? Was ist das? Alarm fuer was?......... Never heard of it, although I played a lot of SC3K before. I don't think that there's a SC4 mod for it. mrbquote> i mean this alarm (small circle on the right side of the picture in control-bar (as you can see it's a sc3k screenshot)) ich mein den alarm (kleiner kreis im bild rechts in der steuerleiste (wie ihr seht, ein sc3k screenshot))

Is there a modd, which brings back that alarm-siren from SimCity 3000???

first of all, if you turn off paging please make sure, that your RAM is big enough to run your operating system on its own (without the pagefile) because (I made this experience one time with an old Pentium2 with only 64MB RAM running with WIN 2k SP4) if the RAM is too small you're OS may will never start, so first you should check out how much virtual memory your operating system needs on its own (Task Manager etc.)(Here be may some recommended values: on win 2k there should be 512MB, on XP 1GB; i've never worked with vista so I don't know but I think it should at least 2GB or even more). In fact the managing of the virtual memory is weak spot of windows (especially of the older NT versions like 2000 and less) e.g. the pagefile is fragmenting very fast and windows does not take full advantage of the RAM. The point is that the Pagefile is handled as a system-file and can't be defragmented and it has every time (also after a reboot) the same position on the hard drive (of course it changes but only when it really HAS to); but there is a way you can delete it without turning off paging (I would say its an alternative method which is a bit safer and "healthier" for you and your computer) but now lets get to it: there is a hidden option in the registry (regedit.exe; for them who don't know, this is the file where all settings are saved) 1) go to the registry (it's in your windows-directory; something like C:\WINNT\regedit.exe) 2) get the following path (left side): HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Session Manager\Memory Management 3) there should be a value with name ClearPageFileAtShutDown (right side) if this setting is activated, windows is deleting the pagefile when it's shutting down and creating a whole new one which is not fragmented when booting (it may be fragmented if there is not enough disk space) 4) to change the value double-click on it change the value and press OK (the value is 1 for enabled and 0 for disabled) the negative thing about it is that it may take longer to shut down/start the computer (it depends on the size of your Pagefile) you also can set the value back to 0 afterwards.(i set it to 1 for ever) it should work on win 2000 and XP now to get Windows to take (nearly) ALL the RAM BEFORE using the pagefile (it normally does not do that) you have to set the initial value of the pagefile very LOW (not 4096-4096 but maybe 64-4096 or 128-4096; the initial value should be enough to start windows ONLY) and if windows needs more it's taking it (I don't know if it's the same in XP but in 2000 there is a warning-message if the initial pagefile is not enough anymore) if there are any questions, post it Sorry for my not so good English; I'm from Germany

It seems to be great work, but I can't download it, because the latest link - and of course also the first - are broken: The first ( http://www.epicedit.com/SC4ExtraCheats.zip - see on page 1) reports "The Page cannot be found The second ( http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/20/800718/SC4ExtraCheats.zip - see on page reports also File not Found I don't know what to do but I want to have this mod, cause it seems to be great stuff May someone help me please