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I can't seem to find why I can't put SC4 in full screen mode. Any suggestions please.
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Hi everyone, I have just changed my computer. Thus, I have followed Ulisee Wolf instructions when setting up the game. But now my play screen appears like this with everything being so small. Does any one have any solution for me?
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How do I increase resolution for my SC4 game?
Thad1990 posted a topic in SC4 Bugs & Technical Issues
I am trying to increase the resolution in my SimCity 4 game. First, I tried following this video's directions: SimCity 4 Custom Resolution Tutorial That did not work. So, I did the following: (1.) I right click on the game; showing several options-- "Open", "properties", etc. (2.) I click on "properties" (3.) In the upper left hand corner there is the option for "security"; I click on it (4.) It takes me to several options... -SYSTEM -Administrators (joe/administrators) (5.) I click on "Administrators (joe/administrators)"; it then says "to change permissions, click EDIT (6.) I press "EDIT" (7.) I click "Administrators (joe/administrators)" again and click "add"; now I am lost (8.) It takes me to "Select Users or Groups"; on the bottom it says "Enter the object names to select (examples):". It's a blank box. What do I write in that box? -
SimCity 4 screen resolution using Lossless Scaling
Turnstyled posted a topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion
Hello! I made a video a few nights ago in which I ran SimCity 4 through various scaling methods available in Lossless Scaling available for purchase on Steam. My display is 4K and I ran SimCity 4 in 1080p. If I cannot be heard that well in the video, I have a Shure XLR microphone, but I seem to have broken XLR functionality on my sound card's digital to analogue converter when I tried to repair it. Thus, I used my webcam's microphone at night in my apartment. I didn't want to be too loud. As I said in the video, selecting integer scaling did nothing. The reason for that is that my graphics card drivers support integer scaling. As a result, I have integer scaling set without setting it in Lossless Scaling. At the end of the video, I had said that something like this will have to be done on 8K monitors, which are a way off from even becoming popular for gamers. When I had said that, I didn't mean that one will have to use a scaling method available in a program like Lossless Scaling. I had just meant that because I'm already having difficulty seeing the user interface at native 4K, SimCity 4 in native 8K will be unplayable! Personally, I prefer the LS1 scaling method that I used in the video over integer scaling. In SimCity 3000 Unlimited on my PC, I can't play it at native 4K because the user interface is so miniscule. SC3KU is very playable at 1080p using integer scaling, however. As SimCity 3000 Unlimited is a 2D-only game, there is no noticeable loss in visual quality scaling from 1080p to 4K using integer scaling. The user interface is very visible, though. -
I would like to change the resolution in my simcity4 game. I downloaded it from Gog galaxy. I followed the directions in the following video: I added the following words (like the above video said): -CustomResolution:enabled -r1680x1050x32 I clicked “apply” and an access denied message appeared. The message read: “Access denied: you will need to provide administrator permission to change these settings. Click continue to complete this operation” I click “continue”. Nothing happens to the game. What can I do?
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How do I change the resolution to my SC4 game?
Thad1990 posted a topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion
I would like to change the resolution in my simcity4 game. I downloaded it from Gog galaxy. I followed the directions in the following video: I added the following words (like the above video said): -CustomResolution:enabled -r1680x1050x32 I clicked “apply” and an access denied message appeared. The message read: “Access denied: you will need to provide administrator permission to change these settings. Click continue to complete this operation” I click “continue”. Nothing happens to the game. What can I do? -
I dont know why but when i am recording with obs my mouse doesn't show up in sc4 and when i am not it does please help
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Hello, My SimCity 4 game screen is only a quarter showing the game, I've tried changing the resolution, etc., but the result is still the same. Does anyone have a solution? I really want to play this game.
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Problem Setting Custom Resolution for SimCity 4 with Origin
TheGreatDoge posted a topic in SC4 Bugs & Technical Issues
Hello! I recently reinstalled SimCity 4 from my Origin account today after not playing for about 5 years. I used to have a custom resolution for the game that worked perfectly but now, with the same commands under the target in the properties of my shortcut, it fails to work completely. It is killling me trying to figure out what is wrong with this. Is there a new way to set a custom resolution that I am unaware of? The one difference that I noticed from 5 years ago is that now, when I click the SimCity 4 shortcut to play the game, it first takes me to Origin to start the game in there instead. I wonder if this is part of the issue because it used to just start the game up without the Origin junk. Any help much appreciated! -
What's this？ And what the？？？The SC4 for me always will be have fresh update problem everyday！Well now，if i play the SC4 for a while，this situation will be happen. Pls~~~help me! Me=grateful!
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Never had a problem like this. Right from launch (Steam), my screen is pushed over to the left while about about 25% of the right is black. Everything was fine until I downloaded this along with all the dependencies: This building requires 2 coal plant files, and I've tried launching with and without them in plugins, to no avail. Interestingly, I went ahead and built the plant and it seemed to work fine. I'd appreciate any help, thanks.
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Hello, As you see in the picture i get every time i zoom in or out those stripes and the screen laps over the game. I use 3840 X 1080 and i have tried SC4 launcher and get the same issue. What can i do to solve it?
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I'm reinstalling SC4 for the first time in half a decade on Windows 10. It starts up without issue at 3840x2160 and doesn't crash. The entire screen however is completely upside down! I'd post a screenshot but the screens actually come out right-side up. While it's completely feasible for me to just use the hardware buttons on my screen to flip it every time I play i'd rather not if anyone knows what causes this. This is the GoG version of the game. As a side note, SC4Launcher does not work. It attempts to start the game then dies. CPU: AMD Ryzen7 1800x GPU: AMD RX580
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Hello, I have recently bought a new computer with a screen resolution of 1920x1080. Can someone remind me how I get the game to run in full-screen mode and not have the black bars either side of the screen? Thanks!
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Hello fellow mayors! haha I'm new to the community but have owned SimCity 4 for a while. I am currently running SimCity 4 on a Oracle VirtualBox 5.2 with Windows XP. DirectX (9.0c) is working along with the 2D and 3D accelerator. The only thing not enabled is the AGP Texture Accelerator but I'm not sure if that needs to be on or not. I was able to get the game to run, but, for some reason: 1. A pop-up displays saying Direct-Draw could not be activated but a second or two later the game runs (I hear that this is actually normal) 2. the display, which is the main problem, is all messed up (see attached file). For some reason its all tiled. I tried running the game in scaled mode and non-scaled mode but that doesn't seem to fix it. Tried looking online for a solution and only found this but it did not work for me: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Other-SimCity-Games/SimCity-4-Screen-Displacement-Issues/td-p/5546014 Has anyone encountered this before? I appreciate any tips/advice! Thank you -Owen P.S. I had originally posted this in General Discussions on accident... not sure how to get rid of it now...sorry about that.
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Hello all, I have found some strange colors and lines in my game, anyone know the cause... thanks
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Sorry but this is a repost of a topic I submitted earlier to the SimCity (2013) forum by mistake. I have recently begun to experience a very strange problem with my SimCity 4 game which was downloaded from GOG a few years ago. I have played this particular game for about 3 years and am just now beginning to have a problem with the language that appears on the screen when I play the game. A few days ago, for some reason, the screen language switched from English to what looks like some sort of Scandinavian language for no apparent reason (see screen shots below). I tried to research this to determine what was going on but could find nothing. I then decided to just solve the problem by doing a fresh, clean reinstall from my original GOG download but the same thing continues to occur. Except for this problem everything else is working fine as before. I am at a total loss and would really appreciate any guidance to help solve this anamoly. Thanks in advance for your help
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Grey screen with weird white animated people glitch on loading
Durfsurn posted a topic in Cities: Skylines Technical Help Q&A
https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?url=https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/929303676574856972/C67ECAF3CEC9F359E42E3574CFA1659EECC02091/ When I load an old save this happens (new city loads fine) - grey screen with weird completely white people doing weird animations. Any ideas on what is causing this? I thought it was a missing mod, or perhaps the incompatibility with Advanced Toolbar and 81+ tiles but still shows that with only Loading Screen mod loaded - is my save unsaveable? The thumbnail seems fine, as does an autosave 5 minutes later. -
Hello fellow citybuilders, I just found out that you can play our good old SimCity 3000 in HD... and thought that documenting the procedue would be a good idea. Here's the short version (can be found here : http://www.wsgf.org/dr/SimCity-3000/en) And here's a more visual version, because some people might feel intimidated by the "hex editor" part. First you need a Hex editor, a good choice is Hxd Hex Editor, that you can download from here : https://mh-nexus.de/en/downloads.php?product=HxD Once downloaded and installed let's get to work. You'll need to work on a game file, so I suggest you make a backup of it or work on a copy of the file. Launch Hxd Hex editor and open the SC3.EXE or SC3U.EXE (it's in the "Apps" directory of the installation location of the game). Search for 8b 4c 24 04 8b 44 24 08 53 - you will need to change the datatype to "Hex-values" Now just replace the first four bytes by c2 08 00 90 in the editor (place the cursor at the beginning of the sequence and type) Repeat the same operation : Search for 8b 4c 24 04 8b 54 24 08 81 f9 Replace the first four with c2 08 00 90 again Now save the file. If you worked on the original it's done, if you worked on a copy you will need to replace the original file with the one you've modified. Launch the game, in the preferences you will now see all the resolutions your GPU can support being listed : Enjoy your SimCity 3K now in HD : (Note: The intro video works perfectly on Win 10 for me).
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New and Much Improved thale5's Loading Screen Mod [Test]
ghosty20 posted a topic in Cities: Skylines Modding - Open Discussion
From the awesome thale5 who brought us the fantastic Loading Screen Mod. Comes a new and vastly improved version http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=833779378 even though this new version is still in testing the city load times of this version are vastly improved.. With the previous version of this mod the load time for one of my cities was 6.05 minutes and probably just the same without this mod, but with this test version that 6.05 minutes has been cut down to 1.45 minutes.. All I can say is wow just wow this makes not having to wait for ages for my city to load.. -
Please HELP! Game freezes/stops working at black Paradox screen.
Bipin posted a topic in Cities: Skylines Technical Help Q&A
So I woke up today, hoping to make a parking garage for Skylines. I opened the game at noon or so and played a bit, before doing so. I had closed it after noon, and worked away at my parking garage mod for 3 or 4 hours. I come back to the game to load the model, I make my lot, close the game, do a few chores, and come back to the game within an hour. I load it up, and the game just freezes (Cities Skylines has stopped working, Windows is trying to find a solution to the problem, etc.). Naturally, I think my newly made parking garage is giving the game grief, so I remove all files associated with it. Nothing changes. I use the --noWorkshop and --disableMods lines, that seems to fix things. But of course, I want to play with mods. I fool around with the game a bit, and find it'll run just fine if assets are loaded, but no mods (I use just the --disableMods line at this point). ...And naturally, I yet again assume it must be just a mod causing me grief. I do a binary search of all my files, it goes well, I'm almost done, and I load the game. I have about 80% of my files back where they should be - just 20% left to sort through as I try and find the culprit mod. Currently at 3.5-ish of 4+ GB's of mods and assets. I open the game up to test everything, open a city, play for a few minutes, and all is fine. I close the game, try it again and then the dreaded "Cities Skylines has stopped working" message appears. Yet again, at the Paradox black screen. I do a second binary search of these mods and assets. Not sure why it worked once, and not the second time, but in any case, I continue. I make my way back up to 2.6GB's worth of working mods and assets, I do the same thing, play for a bit, and after a few trials, the game stops working. By the end of the night, I've gotten to 1.5 GB's of mods and assets that work. Yet, binary searches just don't work any more. Even with smaller chunks of mod and asset files put back in place for testing, the game still freezes at the Paradox screen, albeit with an even lesser amount of them now - less than half of the custom content files I typically run. This is EXTREMELY frustrating. If anyone can offer help I would greatly, greatly appreciate it!!! It seems all my efforts are futile, given that so many of my custom content files are apparently broken, and it seems to be a rising number too. I have no idea what's going on. The closest I've come before to experiencing this is when Ngon deleted a bunch of his workshop items and I had to re-install them from another source. Debug if it helps: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/9e63419fd97392a4603c7803be9cdaeb I typically run 800+ mods (4+GB). There are normally a few errors, due to the fact that I run some older mods like American Roads and Road Colour Changer. These never cause a problem, and I've had them for nearly half a year. -
Moving screen the plop dissapear and the screen is green
AlanSaint15 posted a topic in SC4 Bugs & Technical Issues
Hello everyone, here's AlanSaint15 and I have another problem. Now, the problem is, when I move the screen in any direction, the plop dissapear and the screen becomes green, but when i stop the screen in Any part the plop returns to city and the screen turn around normal color. Here's the evidence!: I cannot take the picture with the program, i used Impr pant petsis to take this, when the mouse was in the down part of the map. Help me to solve this problem!. -
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This mod changes the lighting of the game so there is a little more contrast during the day and much darker shadows in unit areas at night. It also makes the sunrise more pink and the sunset more orange, It is especially useful when taking pictures of the game and works best when used in conjunction with filters such as the "warmer" filter. To install this mod, just extract the rar file into your SimCityData Folder. UPDATE (6/6/2014) File download works fine YOU MUST BE 100% logged into simtrop to download. -
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Custom Intro-Screen Description With a Graphics Program, iLive's Reader Tool and an image of your choice you can replace the Maxis Intro-Screen with something more to your liking. This is my first attempt at using the Reader Program, I figured that SimCity 4 would still run even if I screwed this up! This MOD has been developed and tested with Windows XP, running SimCity 4 Deluxe. Dependencies This MOD has no dependencies other than a bit of luck and a creative mind or whatever you have there. Installation This MOD requires the use of a Graphics Program and the included Template (or any image that is 768x600 pixels) to create a new PNG File. You will need iLive's Reader Program to replace the existing PNG Image in the Data File with your new PNG Image. When done, place the Data File anywhere in your Plugins Folder. Comments/Help/Information on Runamuck's Creations https://community.simtropolis.com/topic/60743-runamucks-creations/ https://sites.google.com/site/runamuckshooch/home - runamucks.hooch@gmail.com -
I was wondering if it was possible to run the game in 1920x1080 resolution, the game caps out at 1600x1200 in my menu but I've heard of people running at widescreen resolutions by adding instructions to the .exe target line in other games. Was just wondering if anyone has heard of this with SC4. Thanks.
