Can't Get Past SimCity 2013 Launcher

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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.&nbsp; Update finishes and it says that my network connection is not connected(which makes no sense since it just downloaded an update but whatever).&nbsp; Tells me I have to reload into Singleplayer which is fine and all I want to do anyway.&nbsp; Well the problem is that when I click single player and the launcher restarts, it just redownloads the update again and the cycle continues.&nbsp; I'm on Windows 11 now, but pretty sure I had this game running on this machine at some point when I was on Windows 10.&nbsp;&nbsp;

pineapplebob06 · Answer

Same issue here, I've seen people blaming newer CPUs but I was able to play it on the same hardware on Windows 10. Now I don't know if it has to do with Windows 11 or the pathetic excuse of a launcher the EA app is. Just wish EA would stop breaking their own games to the point of being literally unplayable 🙁.

reventon103 · Answer

This happens on newer machines with Windows 11. The game needs to run in Backward Compatibility mode to access the servers (since win11 requires some security features that the game does not have), and Compatibility mode requires admin privileges.

Try running the game as Admin, that will mostly fix it. This is only necessary for the first startup. Once you enter the game and switch to single player mode, you no longer need Backward Compatibility so you can launch game normally after that.

If that didn't work, ensure that SimCity is not blacklisted by Windows Defender and it has Firewall Access.

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