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SC4 installation on Win Vista Business help please?
Pete4350 posted a topic in SC4 Bugs & Technical Issues
I need help with installation on Windows OS Vista Business please? Im on the older side of 50+ but have a pretty good idea on how things work. i use a Windows based PC for older games and my main computer is a MacBook Air. I've tried all sorts of ways to instal SC4 Deluxe, but I just can't get it to start. -
Back Story; I had SC4 running on my PC with a disk copy for about 3 years and accumulated around 2-3gb of mods for it and lots of knowledge on the game in general, and even for some of that time SC4 was running on my old Vista machine before I got a new one with Win7 and everything was working great (well, great as in it worked). The SC4 disk broke in half and I ended up getting SC4 on Steam, as it was something like €5. I hadn't yet gotten the chance to install it on my desktop before we moved so I'm not sure if it works on that, but while we're waiting for all that stuff to arrive, which will be 2 months or so, I tried it on the laptop, which is low spec and runs on Vista. But whenever I try to start it up, whether it's with a game launcher, in compatibility mode (all the available OS') or through the Steam client it doesn't start, it loads for 5 seconds, nothing on the screen and then nothing happens. I have spent a good while searching for a resolution but nothing seems to work. My game is up to date and is the Delux version, and here's the game launcher I use (Which I used with the disk version as well) I have no other mods My PC specs: Dell Inspiron 1525 Win Vista, 32 Bit Intel Core2 Duo T5800 @ 2.00GHz 3GB RAM Mobile Intel 965 Chipset I read somewhere space might be an issue so in case, I have 80GBs free of 220 total, but I do have an external which has a total of 500GB, about half is full
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Plugins failing to load - invisible base textures
Map Guy posted a topic in SC4 Bugs & Technical Issues
Hi folks I have an issue which cropped up a little while ago in another region that I played that is now happening in a new one I've recently started for my CJ. Whenever I load a city up, it frequently fails to load all of my plugins, so that items are missing in the menus. This has so far only affected non-Maxis lots, and I've seen both ploppable and also a few growable Industrial lots affected. The result of the plugins that fail to load is a transparent base texture - they appear normal except for the missing base - no brown boxes, no missing props, etc. The terrain texture beneath is visible. The unfortunate outcome is that the game now is largely unplayable with plugins as it's now a lottery as to which will load up! And if ones I've already used don't, then I get the transparent base texture. The problem has only come about since I started playing SC4 again recently after a couple of months away from it. In that time, I can think of two things that have changed that might have caused this. 1. I installed NAM 32 2. Windows has updated Vista in this timeframe. The fact the lots still load and the props are still there leads me to believe that it isn't a prop pox. And I don't think it's my laptop struggling to load plugins - it could be, but I have only installed NAM 32 and a handful of other new bits and pieces since I started playing again. Has anyone else had this issue, and if so, is there a solution? Is it Windows demonstrating their increasing inability to release stable software updates? As an aside I've noticed my laptop has various problems after I exit SC4 now, varying from programs not running at all, to resolution and display issues, certain applications not working, Windows Explorer not working, all at different times. This makes me think it could be the Windows updates, but if that's the case then it can't just be me having these problems. Admittedly there can't be many people running SC4 on Vista these days, I'm one of the last of a dying breed! But there must be others on Vista that might know about this perhaps? I've attached some pictures below to illustrate the problem. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Here, the market stalls have failed to load: You can see the missing texture on Matt325b's Courthouse here: And finally the base textures for the church and bus stop are missing here. It affects transit-enabled lots the same as standard lots.
