moderators please spread this fix as needed as there are multiple posts on black screen, and imho the supposed Fix was never a Fix. its a screen resolution mismatch hence the fix path.Īgain force windowed mode then change in options the settings to the correct resolution. and found nothing but wild suggestions like freaking out your internet connection which sounded way off imho. I checked all posts since like the year 5 b.c.
SIMCITY 4 WINDOWED FULL
go back and remove the -w command line so the game goes full screen. boot the game in windowed mode which will let you access the video settings, i put mine back to 1920 x 1080 and the game works now. The FIX: in origin go to game preferences for simcity and set the following command parameter under advanced: -w
basically a black screen and you cant play?
SIMCITY 4 WINDOWED UPDATE
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