View Full Version : sim city 3000 and xp dont seem to mix :(


pb468
Apr 18, 2004, 16:30
help please. i love this game, more than sim city 4 and it wont play.


what i mean to say is that it seems to install alright but when i clcik to play, nothing will happen.
help!!!!!!!

i'm on xp home sp2beta2

got 256mb ram

1.3ghz processor and some ati video card.

thanks

PooperScooper
Apr 18, 2004, 16:46
It could be that you have the sp2beta2 installed. I seem to remember Microsoft warning software developers about the new service pack causing problems with software that previously worked fine.

If it isn't that then you could try installing it again. Check if the shortcuts you were using to start the game are pointing to the right .exe file.

good luck

netniV
Apr 18, 2004, 16:47
"Please help, I seem to have a webbrowser that won't load". Like with many things there's just not enough information. Check your system logs, check the directory the game is located, make sure the shortcut was created right, check whether the program starts running in your task manager.

Jedichef
Apr 18, 2004, 17:15
any error messages?? tried compatibility mode?

pb468
Apr 19, 2004, 08:10
Jedichef spouted:
any error messages?? tried compatibility mode?

compatibility mode

thats what i'm looking for, how do you do that?

PooperScooper
Apr 19, 2004, 13:32
I think you have to right click on the icon and go to properties. There should be a tab called Compatability. You can enable it there.

netniV
Apr 20, 2004, 02:54
It's best to locate the .EXE file that your running and do it on that as not all shortcuts display it for some reason... but I'm tired right now and can't truely think properly.

neSium
May 11, 2004, 19:59
i have the same problem like pb468
u found any solution? im so sick of searching for a patch or something, because i didnt find one... plz help me : o

Zelda
May 18, 2004, 08:53
It should work. Mine does, and I dont think we did anything special when we installed it.

Jedichef
May 21, 2004, 00:19
you say some ati card. are you using windows default drivers or have you downloaded and installed the catalyst drivers? if your on the windows drivers that may well be your problem.