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{{++}} Retail keys can be [https://www.origin.com/us/account#redeem-product redeemed on Origin].<ref>http://answers.ea.com/t5/Miscellaneous-Issues/SimCity-4-Register-retail-copy-of-Sim-City-4-with-Origin/td-p/280612</ref><ref>http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=29867965&postcount=274</ref> | {{++}} Retail keys can be [https://www.origin.com/us/account#redeem-product redeemed on Origin].<ref>http://answers.ea.com/t5/Miscellaneous-Issues/SimCity-4-Register-retail-copy-of-Sim-City-4-with-Origin/td-p/280612</ref><ref>http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=29867965&postcount=274</ref> | ||
Revision as of 13:29, 13 March 2013
Template:Infobox SimCity (series) Key points
- Poorly optimised, but fixable on modern PCs.
- SimCity 4 Auto Saver and NAM: Network Addon Mod are both highly recommended.
- Enable most fixes by using the Combined launch options, and then enabling Borderless fullscreen windowed.
General information
- sc4modds - full list of mods from /r/SimCity community.
- Simtropolis Forum
- Steam Power Users' Forum
Availability
- It is recommended to only use Deluxe version which includes the Rush Hour expansion pack, as this has the highest compatibility with mods and other fixes.[1]
- Retail keys can be redeemed on Origin.[2][3]
Essential improvements
Combined launch options
- Combines Custom resolution, windowed, single CPU affinity, skip intro videos.
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NAM: Network Addon Mod
- Extensively reworks of the road system, improves traffic simulator, path-finding and performance.
SimCity 4 Auto Saver
- Autosave program for SimCity 4 that will automatically save your game while you play. The program, created by User Yabo of the Hobby Kingdom, allows you to adjust the frequency of the saving, and runs in the background as you play.
Game data
Save game location
- Beware of issues when using multiple duplicate cities.
Save game cloud syncing
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Video settings
Skip intro videos
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Widescreen resolution
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Windowed
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Issues unresolved
Integer overflow
An integer overflow bug is also present in the game. Under certain conditions, the Junior Sports Program and Parks and Recreation expense items will be a negative value - thus adding to the end of month balance instead of reducing it.
Macs and Intel CPU major flaws
- Major flaws when operating on computers by Apple using Intel processors.
- Aspyr released a beta of a patch to fix the problems in 2007, but the patch was never finalized and many bugs remain. Some have a serious impact on playability, including frequent crashes if a city exceeds 95,000 population, flawed display of the water surface, frequent blurring or replacement of objects with random other objects, and an inability to significantly accelerate the vehicle in driving mode that prevents many gameplay features from being unlocked.
Issues fixed
Crashes on multi-core systems
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Poor performance on modern systems
- Running SimCity 4 on modern systems may result in large performance problems.
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Industrial high-tech (I-H) missing jobs
- Every I-H lot in the game does not offer high wealth jobs even though it creates a demand for high wealth residents.
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Other information
Retail patches
- EA hosts one all-encompassing update that includes all patch fixes for all versions of the game.
- Retail versions can be registered on Origin.
Duplicate cities moved
- If two or more copies of the same city exist in the Region folder upon starting SimCity 4, the game uses only one version and the other city copies are either deleted or automatically moved to the Downloads folder.
- SimCity 4 determines which file to use by sorting the city file names alphabetically and taking the first entry.
- If you have copies of cities in your region folder, e.g. "City - TEST 1.sc4" "City - TEST 2.sc4", then only "City - TEST 1.sc4" will be kept, and "City - TEST 2.sc4"either get deleted or will be moved to the Downloads folder
Launch options
More parameters can be found via this link. Please be aware that if you use the -UserDir parameter, changes made in any ingame options may not be saved properly.
Change language
- Language choice determines display language and which side of the road cars drive on.
- Supported languages include: English, UK English, Traditional Chinese and Japanese, depending on where the game has been purchased.
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Mods
Please keep in mind that some mods may require dependencies. Dependencies are files essential for properly running the mod and must be downloaded. The dependencies for each mod are listed on the respective mod's page. Also, the sites on which you will find these mods require that you create a free account in order to actually download the content.
Mod lists and resources
- Simtropolis is a very active modding community.
- Simtropolis thread
- Reddit thread - September 17, 2012
- Reddit thread - January 22, 2012
Modding tools
- SC4Terraformer - this is a widely used tool that ca render custom maps designed and built within the program.
- SC4DataNode - this is a tool that checks your pugins folder, analyzes it, and tells you if any mods are missing dependencies or not.