Update for SimCity 4 DE?

CBCB Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄ƷDer Millionendorf- Icrontian
edited February 2007 in Gaming
I just got SimCity Deluxe Edition on sale at the bookstore (I somehow missed it's initial release some years ago... I didn't even know there was a SimCity 4 :P)

It performs great, and I'm having fun with it, except for the crashes.

I've seen on a couple of websites that there is a patch out there somewhere, but I can't find it. The manual says that I simply need click the 'connect to internet' button from inside the game in order to update.

The button does nothing when I click it (it doesn't even give a message, it just doesn't do anything). I've checked simcity.com, and there is nothing even resembling a 'download patches' section of the site.

Anyone know where I could get it?

Comments

  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited February 2007
    The best I could find was the v1.0.272 patch for Sim City 4. It doesn't say anything about "Deluxe edition", so your mileage may vary....
  • CBCB Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Der Millionendorf- Icrontian
    edited February 2007
    Hmm... no, that's not the right thing... Thanks, though...
  • rapturerapture
    edited February 2007
    Try http://simcity.ea.com/update/index.php but has to be in IE...
  • CBCB Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Der Millionendorf- Icrontian
    edited February 2007
    Sweet, that updated my game... now let's see if it helps with the crashing issue... Thanks, rapture...
  • CBCB Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Der Millionendorf- Icrontian
    edited February 2007
    The patching worked, but did not help the crashing.

    Then today, while I was explaining to my class how a dual-core processor works, it struck me: SimCity 4 is a pre-dual-core program, and I have a dual core processor... I was mid-sentance, explaining how dual-core processors can cause some programs to inexplicably error and quit... I even exclaimed to my students, "In fact, now that I think of it, that must be why I can't play SimCity!" I lost my place in the lecture, and had to restart the explanation..


    Now, I can't wait to get home tonight and see if SimCity is more stable if set to run on only one processor...
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited February 2007
    I run Sim City 4 on my Conroe. Runs fabulously.
  • CBCB Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Der Millionendorf- Icrontian
    edited February 2007
    Did you ever play Theif 3 on it?

    I had to run that game on only one processor to get it to work. It's shame you can't set a short-cut to automatically adjust the processor afinity for the program.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited February 2007
    Can't say as I've played Thief 3. Sorry, CB. :(
  • CBCB Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Der Millionendorf- Icrontian
    edited February 2007
    Well, I'll just have to try it, and hope it fixes for me.
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited February 2007
    Sim City 4DE works great on my lappy also "Core 2 Duo" ... Not to sure on the crashing... you getting a certain error? or does it just lock up?
  • CBCB Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Der Millionendorf- Icrontian
    edited February 2007
    One second I'm playing, the next second I'm on the desktop, the second after that I'm cursing a storm because I haden't saved in over an hour...

    The task simply stops, no warning, no pre-crash slowdown, not evan a 'would you like to tell MS about this crash' dialog afterwards.

    It doesn't seem to happen when a particular thing is going on in the game, but so many things go on in that game at once, that it could be following a pattern that I simply cannot see.

    Theif 3 crashed exactly the same way when I first installed it.
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