Hello,
This morning when I tried to play Sim City 4 it would show the intro and title screen, and then just crash to desktop.
Which is pretty strange seeing as yesterday it worked fine, and I haven't installed any plugins since then or done anything to my PC.
The game runs on 1 CPU because I have a quad core processor. I did install Traffic Simulator Z ultra a few days ago, but as I said it was working fine. My Specs are as follows:
- Windows Vista Home Premium ( 32bit)
- 4GB of RAM
- Intel Core 2 Quad CPU
- Ninvidia GeForce 220 GT
- 1920 x 1080 ( Although I play SC4 in 1600 x 1200 )
I would be very grateful if anybody could look into this,
Thanks
I just remembered that I installed the RAM STR last night, Although that was still working!
I have found an exception report! Here it is :
Exception time: 04/28/2010, at 06:52:02.
Exception code: 0xC0000005 (-1073741819) ACCESS_VIOLATION.
Current thread ID: 2360 (0x00000938).
Version information:
Application/module path: C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe
Application/module version name: SimCity 4
Application/module version: 1.1.610.0
System version: Windows NT 6.0
System memory: 2048 Megabytes total, 1756 Megabytes free.
Exception module: C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe.
Exception address: 0x007ab881. Sectionffset: 0x01:0x003a4881.
Registers
EAX: 00008001
EBX: 0fb71394
ECX: 0fb71394
EDX: 00008080
ESI: 00000204
EDI: 0df3cf50
CS:EIP: 001b:007ab881
SS:ESP: 0023:0012fad8 EBP:00000000
DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:003b GS:0000
Flags: 00210202
Loaded Modules
Address Size Module Path
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0x00400000 8158830 SimCity 4.exe C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe
0x776e0000 1208320 ntdll.dll C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll
0x76bd0000 901120 kernel32.dll C:\Windows\system32\kernel32.dll
0x77280000 811008 ADVAPI32.dll C:\Windows\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
0x76ec0000 798720 RPCRT4.dll C:\Windows\system32\RPCRT4.dll
0x71930000 28672 WSOCK32.dll C:\Windows\system32\WSOCK32.dll
0x77910000 184320 WS2_32.dll C:\Windows\system32\WS2_32.dll
0x77350000 696320 msvcrt.dll C:\Windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
0x77900000 24576 NSI.dll C:\Windows\system32\NSI.dll
0x77030000 942080 WININET.dll C:\Windows\system32\WININET.dll
0x75d90000 364544 SHLWAPI.dll C:\Windows\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
0x75df0000 307200 GDI32.dll C:\Windows\system32\GDI32.dll
0x76f90000 643072 USER32.dll C:\Windows\system32\USER32.dll
0x77820000 12288 Normaliz.dll C:\Windows\system32\Normaliz.dll
0x77120000 1257472 urlmon.dll C:\Windows\system32\urlmon.dll
0x76d40000 1331200 ole32.dll C:\Windows\system32\ole32.dll
0x76cb0000 577536 OLEAUT32.dll C:\Windows\system32\OLEAUT32.dll
0x769e0000 1998848 iertutil.dll C:\Windows\system32\iertutil.dll
0x75ed0000 11599872 SHELL32.dll C:\Windows\system32\SHELL32.dll
0x6e7b0000 458752 DSOUND.dll C:\Windows\system32\DSOUND.dll
0x74250000 204800 WINMM.dll C:\Windows\system32\WINMM.dll
0x741d0000 249856 OLEACC.dll C:\Windows\system32\OLEACC.dll
0x74fe0000 106496 POWRPROF.dll C:\Windows\system32\POWRPROF.dll
0x75330000 32768 VERSION.dll C:\Windows\system32\VERSION.dll
0x6a2c0000 831488 OPENGL32.dll C:\Windows\system32\OPENGL32.dll
0x6ad60000 143360 GLU32.dll C:\Windows\system32\GLU32.dll
0x6e8e0000 937984 DDRAW.dll C:\Windows\system32\DDRAW.dll
0x74030000 24576 DCIMAN32.dll C:\Windows\system32\DCIMAN32.dll
0x77400000 1613824 SETUPAPI.dll C:\Windows\system32\SETUPAPI.dll
0x73da0000 49152 dwmapi.dll C:\Windows\system32\dwmapi.dll
0x6f4d0000 143360 MSVFW32.dll C:\Windows\system32\MSVFW32.dll
0x73200000 544768 COMCTL32.dll C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_5.82.6001.18000_none_886786f450a74a05\COMCTL32.dll
0x77260000 122880 IMM32.dll C:\Windows\system32\IMM32.dll
0x77610000 819200 MSCTF.dll C:\Windows\system32\MSCTF.dll
0x6b8a0000 122880 ShimEng.dll C:\Windows\system32\ShimEng.dll
0x75bc0000 180224 apphelp.dll C:\Windows\system32\apphelp.dll
0x6a000000 2179072 AcGenral.DLL C:\Windows\AppPatch\AcGenral.DLL
0x74ba0000 258048 UxTheme.dll C:\Windows\system32\UxTheme.dll
0x759b0000 483328 NETAPI32.dll C:\Windows\system32\NETAPI32.dll
0x75cf0000 28672 PSAPI.DLL C:\Windows\system32\PSAPI.DLL
0x73ec0000 81920 MSACM32.dll C:\Windows\system32\MSACM32.dll
0x72fe0000 20480 sfc.dll C:\Windows\system32\sfc.dll
0x6fde0000 53248 sfc_os.dll C:\Windows\system32\sfc_os.dll
0x75c40000 122880 USERENV.dll C:\Windows\system32\USERENV.dll
0x75c20000 81920 Secur32.dll C:\Windows\system32\Secur32.dll
0x75700000 81920 MPR.dll C:\Windows\system32\MPR.dll
0x77810000 36864 LPK.DLL C:\Windows\system32\LPK.DLL
0x77830000 512000 USP10.dll C:\Windows\system32\USP10.dll
0x6c1b0000 20480 avgrsstx.dll C:\Windows\system32\avgrsstx.dll
0x74c40000 1695744 comctl32.dll C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.6002.18005_none_5cb72f96088b0de0\comctl32.dll
0x75e40000 540672 CLBCatQ.DLL C:\Windows\system32\CLBCatQ.DLL
0x74530000 303104 rasapi32.dll C:\Windows\system32\rasapi32.dll
0x74510000 81920 rasman.dll C:\Windows\system32\rasman.dll
0x744d0000 200704 TAPI32.dll C:\Windows\system32\TAPI32.dll
0x74720000 49152 rtutils.dll C:\Windows\system32\rtutils.dll
0x10000000 294912 SimCity 4 Extra Ch C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Plugins\SimCity 4 Extra Cheats Plugin.dll
0x74de0000 184320 WINTRUST.dll C:\Windows\system32\WINTRUST.dll
0x755f0000 991232 CRYPT32.dll C:\Windows\system32\CRYPT32.dll
0x75770000 73728 MSASN1.dll C:\Windows\system32\MSASN1.dll
0x76e90000 167936 imagehlp.dll C:\Windows\system32\imagehlp.dll
0x75070000 241664 rsaenh.dll C:\Windows\system32\rsaenh.dll
0x75480000 217088 ncrypt.dll C:\Windows\system32\ncrypt.dll
0x75430000 282624 BCRYPT.dll C:\Windows\system32\BCRYPT.dll
0x75bf0000 135168 NTMARTA.DLL C:\Windows\system32\NTMARTA.DLL
0x778b0000 299008 WLDAP32.dll C:\Windows\system32\WLDAP32.dll
0x75aa0000 69632 SAMLIB.dll C:\Windows\system32\SAMLIB.dll
0x75030000 86016 GPAPI.dll C:\Windows\system32\GPAPI.dll
0x755b0000 237568 slc.dll C:\Windows\system32\slc.dll
0x6bbb0000 110592 cryptnet.dll C:\Windows\system32\cryptnet.dll
0x71950000 24576 SensApi.dll C:\Windows\system32\SensApi.dll
0x734d0000 86016 Cabinet.dll C:\Windows\system32\Cabinet.dll
0x67940000 9449472 nvd3dum.dll C:\Windows\system32\nvd3dum.dll
0x70fc0000 24576 IconCodecService.d C:\Windows\system32\IconCodecService.dll
0x73dc0000 999424 WindowsCodecs.dll C:\Windows\system32\WindowsCodecs.dll
0x74e30000 163840 MMDevApi.dll C:\Windows\System32\MMDevApi.dll
0x73f60000 135168 AUDIOSES.DLL C:\Windows\system32\AUDIOSES.DLL
0x73ef0000 417792 audioeng.dll C:\Windows\system32\audioeng.dll
0x74f00000 28672 AVRT.dll C:\Windows\system32\AVRT.dll
0x70040000 36864 LINKINFO.dll C:\Windows\system32\LINKINFO.dll
0x74050000 765952 PROPSYS.dll C:\Windows\system32\PROPSYS.dll
0x6d510000 507904 DbgHelp.dll C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\DbgHelp.dll
Call stack:
Stack data: (ESP is 0x0012fad8)
0x0012f958 00000000 00000080 0d400000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0012f978 07040000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00107e40 00000000 00000000
0x0012f998 2c000000 00000000 33040000 00000000 000000c0 c2f555c0 00000000 00000000
0x0012f9b8 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0012f9d8 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00107e40 00000000 00000000
0x0012f9f8 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0012fa18 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0012fa38 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0012fa58 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0012fa78 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0012fa98 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0012fab8 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0012fad8 2cfb1200 24cff30d 04020000 69e17a00 04020000 8be17a00 9413b70f 00000000
0x0012faf8 1498a90d 24cff30d 00000000 00000000 00000000 1414b70f 88871302 140c5302
0x0012fb18 00000000 0000f03f 00000000 00e1ea3f 5a388900 88871302 a0127b00 24cff30d
0x0012fb38 14d2a90d 140c5302 1cfc1200 7888ab00 9813b70f bcf07f01 1498a90d 88871302
0x0012fb58 140c5302 00000000 14871302 04881302 04881302 1008a800 9440b50f dc40b50f
0x0012fb78 dd40b50f 00000000 04881302 945d5102 02020000 15010000 02020000 15010000
0x0012fb98 c0fb1200 f7d39900 1cd49900 5460cb0d 14d2a90d c8fb1200 3ad09900 00000000
0x0012fbb8 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 67e89900 00000000 00000000
0x0012fbd8 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0012fbf8 00000000 00000000 ffffffff ffffffff 94a0b50f 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0012fc18 e4197b00 00000000 eb197b00 c4e7c20d 140c5302 e0fc1200 1492a90d 200d5301
0x0012fc38 2c8bab00 100d1a01 d048b500 6f545e00 944fca0d 5480da02 04000000 cc56a800
Instruction data: (EIP is 0x007ab881)
0x007ab801 4e 18 8d 84 cd 28 01 00 00 8d 5e 20 3b c3 74 21 8b 38 8b 2b 3b fd 74 19 85 ff 74 07 8b 17 8b cf
0x007ab821 ff 52 04 85 ed 89 3b 74 08 8b 45 00 8b cd ff 50 08 8b 4e 24 85 c9 74 0c c7 46 24 00 00 00 00 8b
0x007ab841 11 ff 52 08 8b 4e 28 85 c9 74 0c c7 46 28 00 00 00 00 8b 01 ff 50 08 5f 5e 5d 5b 59 c2 04 00 83
0x007ab861 ec 0c 53 8b 5c 24 14 8b 03 55 8b 6c 24 1c 68 80 80 00 00 8b cb ff 50 18 84 c0 0f 84 eb 00 00 00
0x007ab881 8b 55 00 68 00 08 00 00 8b cd ff 52 18 84 c0 0f 84 ca 00 00 00 8b 45 00 56 57 8b cd ff 50 30 8b
0x007ab8a1 55 00 8b cd 8b f0 ff 52 30 8b 10 8b 48 08 8b 3e 2b ca 8b 56 08 2b d7 89 4c 24 10 3b ca 89 54 24
0x007ab8c1 14 8d 4c 24 10 7c 04 8d 4c 24 14 8b 78 04 8b 50 0c 8b 46 0c 8b 09 2b d7 2b 46 04 89 44 24 10 3b
0x007ab8e1 d0 89 4c 24 18 89 54 24 14 8d 44 24 14 7c 04 8d 44 24 10 8b 00 33 ff 85 c0 89 44 24 10 7e 51 33
I don't know a lot about tech issues, I am the first to admit, but one of the first things I would try is to un-install and then re-install your game.
Otherwise, I'd go over to the tech support site at EA Games for help on this.
Lora/LD
Thanks Lora, but I found out that it was a corrupt region! 3 years of work down the drain!
Those numbers above mean nothing to me either :D
Are you absolutely certain that it's the region .. have you tried loading it with a completely empty plugin folder?
Yeah I'm pretty sure, I removed the region and it worked like clockwork!
Okay, I know how frustrating it can be to lose a whole region when you've spent so much time working on it.
That type of thing happened to me, I hadn't downloaded any new stuff, had been working on the region for a long time without problems and the suddenly .. poof! After a lot of head scratching and doing the usual emptying and splitting of my plugin folder without any positive results, I stopped to look at what I was ACTUALLY doing. It turned out to be my terrain mod which was in my maxis plugin folder &idea. The new city tile I started to work on was one with a much higher elevation than any of the others .. for some reason (I'm not one of the technical bods around here .. LoL) the snowcapped mod was causing the crash, if I remember correctly it was my own fault for not following instructions :-X