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Haids1987's avatar
Haids1987
9 years ago

SimCity Societies won't launch

I have a Windows 10 PC and I downloaded SimCity Societies off of Origin. When I went to play after installing it, it wouldn't even get to the splash screen and just stopped, with an error message: "SimCity has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available."

I tried running it in compatibility mode for both Vista and Windows 7, but no dice. And then I tried following the directions listed here, but again, no workee.

Is this game just too old? Am I SOL here?

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    @Haids1987

    If it won't run with Windows 10, you should be able to get a refund.  It is ten years old now.  That's really OLD in terms of game playability with current systems. 

    Minimum system requirements:
    CPU:
    Minimum 1.7 GHz Intel CPU, minimum AMD XP 2100+*
    RAM:
    512 MB RAM*
    GPU:
    128 MB -
    ENG:
    Supported chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 or greater; ATI Radeon 9600 or greater; onboard chipsets not supported. Windows Vista requires an NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or greater, ATI Radeon X600 or greater. Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported.**
    DX:
    DirectX 9.0c
    OS:
    Windows(R) XP SP2 / Vista* http://gamesystemrequirements.com/
    Storage Space:
     2.1 GB
    Sound:
    DirectX(R)-compatible sound card
     
    Optical DD:
     
     
     
     
     
    Note: ENG: *Windows Vista requires a 2.4 GHz processor or equivalent and 1 GB RAM. **Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required. HUN: *A Windows Vista 2.4 GHz processzort és 1 GB RAM-ot igényel. **A video- és hangkártya meghajtóit lehetséges, hogy frissíteni kell. **Supported video cards: ATI Radeon(TM) series X850 XT Platinum or better) X850 XT Platinum 9600, 9600 Pro, 9700, 9800 HD 2600 XT, HD 2900 XT X600, X700, X850, X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950 NVIDIA GeForce series (GeForce FX 5900 and better) GeForce FX 5900, 5950 GeForce 6100, 6200, 6600, 6800 GeForce 7600, 7800, 7900 GeForce 8500, 8800
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    In the installation folder is a folder called "Launcher". I used that on my win10 pc to start the game. And it does! It is playable now. I tryed a lot like, click on every exe in the folder. Netfx64.exe dotfx.exe etc. etc. I installed a virtual drive with xp, put the installation folder for the game in Origin to that drive, installed the game there and it works!

    If there are some questions just ask. I´ll be happy to answer them and help you if I can. Peace

    Pokaa23

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