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SimCity won't launch. EA failed to launch error.
I have tried launching the game on two different accounts that own the title. I have reinstalled EA, reinstalled the game, cleared the cache, turned off the firewall, run as admin, logged out of EA and back in, run some kind of command prompt thing, nothing works. I am super frustrated that I am not able to play a game that I paid money for.
SimCity 4 compatibility
Hi guys, Not sure if i'm posting this to the correct forum, but I was trying to use the My Sim feature in SimCity 4 with the sims from the Legacy Collection, but the import tab in SimCity 4 is greyed out. I know that the installation directory was changed with the Legacy Collection, so not sure if that's an issue, but just wondering if any of you have had success with this?
SimCity 4 Deluxe does not launch or crashes
I solved this issue by locating the SimCity .exe file and changing the compatibility mode of the game to Windows 8. Instructions: Since I have the game on Steam, I navigated to the game executable in \Steam\steamapps\common\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps Right-click on SimCity 4.exe and select Properties. Click on the Compatibility tab. Under the Compatibility mode dropdown, select Windows 8. Click OK. Start the game. Edit: I paused the game, built some basic power, water and zoning, unpaused, and then the game crashed and wouldn't recover. ☹️ edited title for clarity: @BlackjackWidow
SIMCITY 2013 - installation from CD failed
Hey I bought in 2013 the SIMCITY 2013 limited edition and wanted to share this awesome game experience with my kids... so we are trying to install it on a windows 11 PC but we get into troubles when the Origin window pops up asking for us to connect online. Even though I have a valid EA account, it doesn't regonize it... maybe the Origin thing is too old... How can I install the game on the PC without out having to go online ? Anyone running into the same issues ? Let me know, thanks you all !!!SMCY-26 Error
I am having issues with the 2013 SimCity game. I bought it today and the game loads to about ninety percent and then gives the SMCY 26 error code. EA support has not been helpful. I spent hours trying to fix this with no success. I repaired the game in the EA app reinstalled it into a fresh folder outside Program Files checked folder permissions set the EA app to run as administrator confirmed that no antivirus is active deleted leftover files from Documents and Local AppData restarted and updated my PC disabled startup apps and tried running the game in Windows 7 mode. My PC meets all system requirements. If anyone has suggestions please let me know. I do not know what else to try.
Region locked game
Hey, game was gifted to me years ago, physical copy. I tried installing it but can only install it in Polish Hungarian or russian. Support refuses to help, even though I found this post and an older reddit post from over 10 years ago saying EA gave them an English key of the game so they could install the game in English. This lead me to believe support does honor physical purchases of the game. However, I was told that physical copies are not honored, that had the game been purchased from the EA or Origin app, that they would have helped me. I wanted to ask if anyone has dealt with this, has a friend who dealt with this, and how realistic is it to expect EA support people to grant me the same offer. If I shouldn't count on this, let me know, I'll go kick dust and give up on playing this game again then.SIMCITY
I'll launch it from the EA app, it says whatever about permissions and then the launcher opens and says its got an update to do. Update finishes and it says that my network connection is not connected(which makes no sense since it just downloaded an update but whatever). Tells me I have to reload into Singleplayer which is fine and all I want to do anyway. Well the problem is that when I click single player and the launcher restarts, it just redownloads the update again and the cycle continues. HELP PLEASE I have removed the program completely and reloaded it i included an upgrade and did a maintainence check on it unfortunately makes no difference.simcity 4 launched once but never again
I just purchased simcity 4 deluxe edition today and was trying to adjust some screen settings to make it fit my screen better. i closed the game as instructed to make the adjustments take affect and now it will not launch. I have tried to edit the advanced launch settings and none of them help. all it does is when i click play the EA launcher goes away and the icon for SC4 pops on the taskbar then disappears and the launcher comes back.
Random Freezing Simcity complete collection
Ever since the last update. I have been unable to play Simcity. The game has been randomly freezing inconsistently at random spots during the main menu loading phase. It occasionally has gotten past the main menu to freeze during entering blah town. I am currently on single player mode. Video card drivers are up to date I am attaching my dxdiag.txt as well as screenshots of the multiple locations where the game freezes. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the game to no luck. I even tried timing how long before each freeze while gathering the screenshots. They are anywhere from 15 seconds to 30 seconds of runtime before the game freezes.Population Index
Hi Team I've playing Simcity for more than 4-5 years. Evey new updates made me statisfied and it is innovative. But you gave an update on index for Education, Transportation, Parks, Landmarks etc. Players for us even though we have enough keys we can't even buy things. So I kindly request team to check on this matter and change this thing.
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