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Hello, I have been using NAM for several years and know and use the 4GB patch (as there is no other way to play NAM. I use other mods as well. I fully use Ulisse Wolf's Performance and Graphics list to configure my PC. I have played SimCity 4 Deluxe modded with the sage advice from Simtropolis users for years now. Please bear with me as this is a long entry. I have tried to include every step I have taken as well as its result. A few weeks ago, after having dealt with general slow-down and bog of my PC's performance to my liking (completely unrelated to SimCity 4 Deluxe) and I decided to format the drive, reload Windows 11 Pro and start installing programs again to get up and running. SimCity 4 Deluxe was at the top of my list of course because it is my favorite game. As a rule I try to format and start reinstalling my computer programs from scratch once a year just to keep things running as smoothly as possible. Sadly though, SimCity 4 Deluxe would no-longer work and I have looked at the variables that were different this time from the last time I loaded up everything. Before I get started my specs are: CPU=AMD Ryzen 5950X GPU= AMD Radeon 6950XT RAM= 128GB. I have more than two terabytes free space on my NVMe drive. I am having no other issues with my PC. Right off the bat I want to point out that a major difference is now I am using Windows 11 25H2 as that is the version that now comes as default. I don't know if this is the culprit; but I am kind of surprised because 25H2 is not that strong a departure from 25H1. Nonetheless, I can't rule it out. There was also a very recent update to JAVA. Again, shouldn't be an issue; but I'm not ruling anything out. I am using the exact specifications outlines in how to run SimCity 4 Deluxe for an AMD card as opposed to Nvidia, etc. I have nothing running. It is pure default. I outlined the steps I took and noted when it would last work patch wise. I installed the 4GB patch, launched SimCity 4 with it, all was well. - I then backed everything up. I installed the SC4CPUOptions, launched SimCity 4 with [Admin] set to TRUE and [Priority] set to AboveNormal, all was well, I then backed up separately in my Documents\SimCity 4 folder. Then I installed the SC4GraphicsOptions with the only following modification. I switched [WindowWidth] from 1920 to 2560 and [WindowHeight] from 1080 to 1440. When I launched it, the game seemed to start, then crashed to desktop. If I switched it back to 1920x1080, it would work. I own a 2560x1440 monitor. It worked fine with my old install of SimCity 4 Deluxe with my mods; what has changed, I don't know. I backed up the Documents\SimCity 4 folder separately just in case I would need something to cite. Then I installed and ran SC4Fix in 1920x1080 and it launched fine. I backed things up separately. Then I installed SC4AutoSave, launched SimCity 4 it, all was well. Then I installed the just freshly updated DgVoodoo 2. Again, I was running in 1920x1080 still. No problems. I backed things up separately. Then I installed Transparent Texture Fix DLL. I launched SimCity 4 no problem. I backed that iteration up separately. Then I installed SimCity 4 Disable FPS Limits, launched SimCity 4 no problem. I backed that iteration up separately. Then I installed Region Thumbnail Fix DLL, launched SimCity 4 no problem. And I backed that up separately. Following that I installed the latest version of NAM49. I launched SimCity 4 no problem, I backed that iteration up separately. Finally, I installed Pegasus CDK3 Collection. I launched, had no problems, and backed that up as well separately. At this point I was disturbed that the game wasn't running in the 2560x1440 mode it used to, but, I thought I'd play a while, then make an entry here about it. So, I launched the game, set up a region, then tried to go into the game. The game when through it's normal launch up sequence with the region highlighted and the randomized words appearing at the top. It seemed though to be taking a longer than usual time. Then it crashed to desktop again. I tried it just using the Timbuktu region, but the same thing happened again. Something has gone awry, and I'm not finding any information as to what that could be from general research. Believe me, I am looking. I figure it's either something boneheaded I did, or something has changed and is affecting my sort of setup. To be sure, I have tried over and over and over after blowing everything away, even doing registry cleaning after that. Nothing I do is fixing this problem. I have tried installing things in different order (save the 4GB patch which must always go first), yet nothing changes. I would appreciate any advice from those who might be aware of a workaround, or are aware what the issue is, and to let me know people are working on the problem. Any help you could give would be most appreciated.
