SimCity 4 - half-broken game
After some unspecified update the game stopped working with command-line arguments (like disabling intro and widescreen support). Another issue - the game doesn't launch on the first click "Play" in ...
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Setting shortcut properties doesn't work - just increases resolution but not widescreen. Even if I set parameters to Full HD. Checked on WinXP and Win7 where the game worked perfectly around 2014-2015.
@ButcherGrindslam wrote:
Setting shortcut properties doesn't work - just increases resolution but not widescreen. Even if I set parameters to Full HD. Checked on WinXP and Win7 where the game worked perfectly around 2014-2015.
Are you using the full switch? "-r1920x1080x32" should yield the 19:1 widescreen resolution, at 32 bit color. (you could use a 16 in place of the 32, just to test & see if the command line switch is actually being used)
I don't think a game as old as SimCity 4 probably has support for anything greater resolution than 1080p, so it may default back to its native resolution if you try to upgrade it to UHD.
Edit: I found this article that says you need to enable custom resolution in the switch.
Try this:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe "-CustomResolution:enabled -r1920x1080x32" for 1080p
-or-
C:\Program Files (x86)\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe "-CustomResolution:enabled -r2048x1152" if your monitor supports UHD
Tried all of this. Nothing works.
@ButcherGrindslam - Would you please provide a dxdiag for your computer?
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Thanks but it's too late. I just removed Origin client and installed properly working GOG version of this game.
