June 2021
I was playing Sim City 4 through Origin when it crashed and went to desktop. Since the game crashed, Sim City 4 now crashes during launch 100% of the time. When it does, the EA animation has begun and EA logo is showing.
I've got a brand new computer, just out of the box. Just purchased and downloaded Sim City 4 In Origin and had been playing for about an hour when the game first crashed.
I have tried:
Any help would be great
June 2021 - last edited June 2021
Hi @nebneferek - Great job on your initial troubleshooting! Since you've already eliminated most of the basics, the only other thing I would recommend is to make sure SimCity 4 is added to exception lists for your antivirus.
The game was built back in 2003, so it can have issues running under our new systems, especially utilizing more than one processor core. To fix, there are a few command line switches you can use to force it to play nice. Hopefully this will get the game back to running on your system. Close out of the game - make certain SimCity 4 is not running any processes (you might want to just close out of Origin and reboot your pc, just to make sure)
-d:soft -intro:off -CPUCount:1 -f -CustomResolution:enabled -r1920x1080x32
These are the most common switches used, you may not want or need the full screen mode or resolution settings. Hopefully, the software rendering and forcing the cpu count to only one core will fix the crashing. Skipping the intro video can also help, since they usually play in a different resolution and cause issues.
Hope this helps! Happy Building!