Sim City Societies Crashes
First and foremost, if anyone is taking the time to read this, thank you! I know the game is ancient and pretty much dead, but I have a big soft spot for it and at around 2GB it's great to play while I am traveling. While trying to run Sim City Societies it consistently crashes. The game installs fine, the game launches without issue, starting a new city produces no problems. The game is stable when starting a new city. Once the city is a bit more established it begins to consistently crash. Computer specifications: Device: OMEN Transcend Gaming Laptop 14 Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 7 155H 3.80 GHz (Meteor Lake chipset) DDR5 Ram 16.0 GB (15.4 GB usable) NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4060 Laptop GPU (8 GB) + 16 GB(Onboard) Windows 11 Home 24H2 Reproduceable error captured in event viewer: Event ID 1000 Faulting application name: SimCitySocieties.exe, version: 1.0.0.6, time stamp: 0x4716aa5f Faulting module name: MSVCR80.dll, version: 8.0.50727.9680, time stamp: 0x6090c909 Exception code: 0x40000015 Fault offset: 0x000046b4 Faulting process id: 0x42E0 Faulting application start time: 0x1DB907010B98FA0 Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\EA Games\SimCity Societies\SimCitySocieties.exe Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.vc80.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.9680_none_d090cb7c44278b28\MSVCR80.dll Report Id: ed5ce1c7-db41-4257-b4fa-09029b5f1546 Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID: (Information error in event viewer right after the crash) Event ID 1001 Fault bucket 2260470418983654465, type 1 Event Name: APPCRASH Response: Not available Cab Id: 0 Problem signature: P1: SimCitySocieties.exe P2: 1.0.0.6 P3: 4716aa5f P4: MSVCR80.dll P5: 8.0.50727.9680 P6: 6090c909 P7: 40000015 P8: 000046b4 P9: P10: Attached files: \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER.ce33962e-17fa-4753-b379-d434fc8c93d8.tmp.mdmp \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER.7e06b608-0e06-420f-b121-30acc866547f.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml WPR_initiated_DiagTrackMiniLogger_OneTrace_User_Logger_20250305_1_EC_0_inject.etl \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER.a3e3a8d1-3dd0-45be-88f8-a71dffd5f23c.tmp.etl WPR_initiated_DiagTrackMiniLogger_WPR System Collector_inject.etl \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER.7e17a8a8-5314-47a3-a270-6bb7874c55db.tmp.etl \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER.7e42fda0-0bcb-4f7e-910c-851cb3288786.tmp.csv \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER.e02735af-1f66-463c-b130-f98ec516888f.tmp.txt \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER.f97097e5-60cd-45b3-9a3a-179906d27fde.tmp.xml These files may be available here: \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_SimCitySocieties_f1fc8b3fbf6543b32d922b7befc81ea56345_af79cd01_7c7582cb-10f8-48e6-a4dd-252e6437eff3 Analysis symbol: Rechecking for solution: 0 Report Id: ed5ce1c7-db41-4257-b4fa-09029b5f1546 Report Status: 268435456 Hashed bucket: 31e05b63970254370f5ecdde9ccc9441 Cab Guid: 0 Trouble shooting steps taken: Computer reboot. Uninstall and reinstall the game. Repair the game. Run in compatibility mode for Windows 98, Windows XP SP1, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and running it in native Windows 11. Run as administrator. Try launching the game from the actual file directory as administrator. Removed ALL Visual C++ redistributable and manually installed all of them. Manually increased virtual memory from 2000 to 4000. Opened command prompt as administrator and ran sfc /scannow and found no issues Opened regedit and here are my current configs for the game ~ DISABLEDXMAXIMIZEDWINDOWEDMODE RUNASADMIN HIGHDPIAWARE WIN98 Set all settings to low and run the game in windowed mode. The faulting module is MSVCR80.dll, version: 8.0.50727.9680 Thank you for any assistance provided! I hope someone can help me get this ancient relic to run stable. I am trying to upload a .wer file but it is not supported. I am uploading it as a .txt, all of the information is still there. I am hoping this can isolate the cause of the issue.
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