CTD after intro

[deepnx]

Sim City 4 Delux.
installation was all fine and cool ....

as soon as i started it BOOM crashed after i see the intro video which comes after the maxis logo !


Specs:

INTEL Core 2 Duo E6550 | Nvidia EVGA 8800GT 512MB | Abit IP35-E Board | 2GB Transcend AXE DDR2 800MHz 4-4-4-12 RAM | 600GB HDD | BenQ 17" | Altec ATP-3 Speakers 2.1 | V.I.P 550W | Logitech MX518
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Windows XP SP2

[JoeST]

Hey deepnx, maybe try adding -intro:off onto the end of the shortcut...

also check out the tutorial section of the site for info on fixing the game for multi cores... that might help

hope you get it fixed

Joe

[deepnx]

thnx 4 ur immidiate response

how do i add that intro off thing buddy i have no clue ......

[JoeST]

right click on the game icon, select properties and then just add -intro:off to the end of the shortcut (after the last " )

Joe

[deepnx]

Did that

Now it crashes without the intro .......

i reinstalled it twice !

[jmyers2043]

Hello Deepnx

You may want to look here [ linkie ] if you have a new computer with duo core. Hope this helps. I don't have your particular computer set up so I'll not be much help other than to send you to a thread where there is already some discussion.

[deepnx]

DId all that still crashes !!!!!!!!!!!!

[deepnx]

plz some1 help me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Alfred.Jones]

Double posting 4 minutes apart will not get you a response sooner...

What mods and plugins do you have installed? There may be a conflict

[deepnx]

no mods no plugins .

i dint double post ! ... but i din find the edit post button .... i later found out there is a Modify button !!

sorry !

plz help needed

[HandsOn]

Sim City 4 Delux.
installation was all fine and cool ....

as soon as i started it BOOM crashed after i see the intro video which comes after the maxis logo !


Specs:

INTEL Core 2 Duo E6550 | Nvidia EVGA 8800GT 512MB | Abit IP35-E Board | 2GB Transcend AXE DDR2 800MHz 4-4-4-12 RAM | 600GB HDD | BenQ 17" | Altec ATP-3 Speakers 2.1 | V.I.P 550W | Logitech MX518
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Windows XP SP2

Calm is needed. You have all the incredients for a good game PC, thus it isn't your hardware. What you are not saying is what OS you are running: XP-SP2? Vista? If Vista, which version?

Is this a new machine, and if so, are you done with all the updates Microsoft forces onto any new PC or OS installation.

Moreover, you stated in your penultimate post that you did everything in that tutorial. I don't mean to anoy you, put can you please double-check that you followed the steps exactly? Both parts of the tutroial are viatal, in that order. If none of this helps, then we need to consider more drastic steps vis-a-vis the installation - re-installing alone does not make a difference because the original information remains in the registry even after a complete uninstall.

I'll try and watch this thread, but you will need a bit of patience..

[jestarr]

The last time this happened to me, I'd forgotten to install the sound card drivers.   Just to double check I'd go into the device manager to ensure that there's nothing missing.

[JoeST]

btw, HandsOn, read the last line of deepnx's first post... it states that his OS is xp sp2

Joe

[HandsOn]

Old age makes me half blind, sorry about that 

XP makes things easier in many ways, but it really needs all upgrades. Also check on the nVidia site for the lates upgrade to the graphics driver for your 8800GT - I do know that they have updated drivers in the past siz weeks..