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Anonymous
12 years ago
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simcity-black screen

when i press play simcity and its connected to the server it goes onto the game, but it all goes black, black screen and i cant interract with the screen but i can move the mouse, whats happening, i can also access the in game origin, please help?

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    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    Hi Folks,

    my screen stayed black after game start, but i heard all sounds/music and could exit the game by ALT-F4. This happend after i bought a new monitor and could choose a higher resolution with my old graphic card.

    I solved this problem by reducing the desktop resolution under windows to force sim city to use a lower resolution. Then I choosed the windowed-mode in sim city preference and an even lower resoltution. After this I closed sim city, reseted the desktop resolution to the recommened value, restarted sim city and was able to choose the right resolution in preference including turning back the fullscreen mode.

    I hope this will help some of you.

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    Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Was having both black screen with sound upon hitting play. Had to restart PC or log off to get it to go away. Sometimes I would get in game and would freeze when placing anything. Tried all the recommended fixes and nothing worked. I even tried different resolutions but my fix was TURNING OFF VERTICAL SYNC and everything is fine. Playing at normal resolution and high graphic settings. Hope this helps

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