AmericanInfantry

Ah well. The game works now. So THAT was the hidden problem. I'll PM CaptCity to lock this now that it's solved.

Originally posted by: Matches I un-installed Avira and the game now loads properly! Nice find, john_smith_. Guess I have to find some other Antivirus software.quote> That sucks, I like Avira. Oh well, you win some, you lose some.

Could be that Avira's the issue.

Originally posted by: john_smith_ My problem does not refer to SC4 but another EA game. But since this is the ONLY topic i found witch matches the error message i think i can narrow the problem after some research via google. So my question (and hope): Does anyone of you with that problem use Avira? quote> Avira could be the problem. I'm using it as well. Maybe it's the culprit? By the way, which EA game do you have that isn't working? And welcome to Simtropolis!

You have to make the Plugins folder yourself. On topic, I even went so far as to edit the data in the registry for the game. img718.imageshack.us/img718/364/sc4reg.png It said "data not set" before I put the serial code in. Guess what happened what I booted up the game? Nothing. I might need to poke around in the registry a bit more.

I feel like I'm just being a pest but I absolutely cannot fix this issue. I hit a dead end, a brick wall. I don't understand how this could happen, SC4 not working. I need a drink....

Originally posted by: tungston When you do a uninstall/reinstall, delete all the folders, and files in the Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 folders before you install the game. If you have a wide screen monitor, be sure to use a custom resolution that the monitor is capable of displaying.quote> I did that and it didn't work. I'll try that again. Edit: It did not work. No amount of vulgarity can explain how this all makes me feel. I do not have a widescreen monitor, in case you wanted to know. Tungston, would you have any idea on how to go through this dead end?

They probably do but it wouldn't help at all. I did a restore to the 6th (when SC4 was working) but it did not work. Alas, this is a very strange issue. I still wonder if anyone else experienced it before....

There could have been an update that did something but there's no way to reverse that I think.

This is a very strange mystery. I dunno if anyone experienced this before us but I'm calling people out if they did: what was your solution?

Removed reference to topic not permitted. -CaptCity This is really angering me; there should be no reason for this. And I cannot email EA Tech Support about this because their website is a mess and I doubt they would help anyways.

Originally posted by: Reikhardt I'm sorry if this a really stupid suggestion, but have you tried reinstalling the lastest version of Direct x? I often find it is a cure for many of xp's ills.quote> I'll try that, it could work.

Originally posted by: Matches AmericanInfantry, I am having the same problems. Very sad as I was hoping to pick this game up again after a long hiatus.quote> Same here except the hiatus was a few days. I really don't see any reason or cause as to why or how this happened. It's a pretty urgent situation for all of us, it seems, to not be able to play our favorite game.

Seems to be a common, yet new, issue to me. I sent A Nonny Moose a PM, hope he can help us.

LoD, did you fix this problem? If so, how?