Simcity 5 keeps crashing.

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@IllegalScam wrote:

This is so odd. My game doesn't crash anymore, but I have weird graphical issues. I played for about 4-5 hours yesterday all max settings and it looked wonderful. Now magically, without changing any configuration, water doesnt render, road guides aren't appearing, and other strange happenings. I can play, but... I dunno, its really anoying

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From the moment i installed the game this has been in effect for me. despite settings being maxed water won't render anywhere, along with other issues. It's pretty frustrating watching boats float around on the water you can hear yet not see. I suppose im fortunate that my game has never crashed.

hp dv6 with switchable graphics:

intel HD 3000

Raedon HD 7690M XT

edit:

Found this post shortly after:  http://answers.ea.com/t5/Graphic-Issues/Sim-City-5/m-p/739500#M1595

Solution to the above problem (credit to moot1975 for this post):

If you guys are using ATI Radeon graphics cards (just like me) I found the solution in other threads:

1. Make sure your graphics card driver is up to date.

2. Go to Catalyst Control Centre

3. in 3D Applications Settings (or Gaming > 3D Applications Settings), return everything to Default.

From what I heard, the problem was with Anti-Aliasing, but I'm not sure which settings. Pressing "Default" fixed it for me.

The game now shows:

- region boundary line

- guides for roading tools

- snap points

- bar graphs when viewing the city in map mode (crime, bus, etc) are now coloured