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Cannot Play SC4 in 1920x1080 Fullscreen - Pseudo "Crash" to Desktop
ChronicHiker posted a topic in SC4 Bugs & Technical Issues
UPDATE: After more troubleshooting, it is the full screen setting that causes this to "crash" to desktop. Running the game windowed with the "-w" command at 1920x1080 works 100% of the time. But as soon as I switch it to fullscreen via "-f" command or otherwise, it will do the black screen glitch as described below. As many know, you can use the command "-CustomResolution:enabled -r1920x1080x32" (source) in the Steam launcher to play SC4 in 1920x1080 resolution. This is causing my game to "pseudo-crash" to the desktop as described below. It doesn't actually crash, it just doesn't load the game either. I have also tried using a launcher and gotten the same results. Currently I must play the game at default resolution if I don't want to spend 5-10 minutes trying to boot up the game. Every time I try to launch SimCity 4 (Deluxe) in 1920x1080, it will black screen for a few seconds, then pseudo-crash to the desktop. THE GAME HAS NOT ACTUALLY CRASHED. It will still be running as seen in task manager and the task menu bar. I'll click into the game again, or use alt+tab to enter the game again. I'll again be presented with a black screen for a few seconds, then another "pseudo-crash" to desktop with the game still running in the taskbar. Once again, the game is still running. I'll do this around 10-15 times and suddenly the game will randomly work and run normally. This happens regardless if I use the SC4 launcher, or launch from Steam. Has anyone experienced an issue like this? It's quite annoying to spend several minutes just launching the game each time you want to play. I've done a complete uninstallation and reinstallation of the game and experience the identical results. I am 99.99% sure none of my mods actually affect this bug. The only variable that triggers it is the "-CustomResolution..." command line, or any other method of playing in non-default resolutions. What's also strange is that the same thing will happen if I set the resolution using the in game menu settings to either one of the "higher" resolutions like 1600x1200. Specs SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition, from Steam Launching glitch happens when using Steam with "-CustomResolution:enabled -r1920x1080x32" or the SC4 Launcher Happens regardless of using the "-CPUCount:1" command Windows 10 CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 16 core GPU: MSI Geforce GTX 1600, 6GB VRAM 64 GB RAM PC Build on PC Part Picker Comprehensive List of All My Mods (most shouldn't affect this whatsoever) 4 GB patch SC4Fix Industry High Tech fix SC4 Launcher Save WarningSC4 LauncherNetwork Addon Mod Sudden Valley Terrain Cascadia Tree Controller (and dependencies) SC4 Terraformer- 4 Replies
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Got a weird one: Anyone had a scenario where if you minimized the game to do something on your desktop or online and then bring the game back up it will be a black screen with the game cursor "flickering"? This has been happening since I had an AppCrash error about a week ago. I copied the link to a more detailed explanation of the issue here: https://community.simtropolis.com/forums/topic/73693-really-weird-ctd/ The only thing I've done since is disable the visual themes setting in the game's properties and changed the compatibility from XP SP2 to SP3, since I don't know what else to do. This is really random.... Before this, I added my graphics card to the Graphic Rule and Video Cards docs and the game ran a little better than it used to for a couple of weeks. For the last two days though, it's been a toggle-fest trying to revert to where it was. Update: I have just reloaded the game and checked the Graphics tab and it has changed to 1024x768 by itself; where it used to be so I'm hoping whatever I did fixed it. But if not I'd like to pick the brain of whoever is a tad more tech-savvy than me for any thoughts?
