Game Crash After EA Logo

[Della Deviant]

I don't know enough about these things to be of much help to myself here.
Just bought and downloaded game today. Whether starting from desktop icon or Steam client itself, game gets to EA logo screen and crashes. Does NOT give me a crash report, error notification, nada.
Don't know if it's coincidental or not, but I also just spent several hours trying to get Banished (a game I've played on this PC for years) to work and running into the crash error "bug" that was a big thing few years back.
Win7 64.
Ideas please?

[Stracci909]

If you have not already added -CPUCount:1 parameter, do so. Also try -Intro:Off and see if that does anything.

For instructions: http://www.wiki.sc4devotion.com/index.php?title=Shortcut_Parameters

[M4SKUER4IDER]

if you still have got problem open folder >C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps and after backup config log
then change your log file sectors as below


Flags
-----
hardwareDriver = false
DXT = true
fullscreen = false
MMX = true
FPU = true
backingStore = true
forcedFSAA = false

Strings
-------
dont touch here

Numbers
-------
bla bla bla

screenWidth = 1366 set your screen
screenHeight = 768
screenBPP = 16 set this 16 or 32 color


Rules
-----
dont touch here

Options
------- set all current of them "1" as below
Visual Effects current: 1 recommended: 2
Cars/Sims current: 1 recommended: 2
Shadows current: 1 recommended: 2
Atmospheric effects current: 1 recommended: 1
Water effects current: 1 recommended: 1
Software/Hardware current: 1 recommended: 1
Cursor current: 1 recommended: 0
VariableSpeedAutomata current: 1 recommended: 1
Translucent UI current: 1 recommended: 1
Graphic Detail current: 1 recommended: 2
Building Load Speed current: 1 recommended: 2
Texture Quality current: 1 recommended: 3
laeter you can increase them and check and be sure
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Regions
for are maps there ?
and recheck C:\Users\"your account"l\Documents\SimCity 4\Regions
to maps was copied here by game, if wasnt so do it manually

[MGB]

Why would you alter the log file???

The game doesn't read this information upon startup, it's creates a log file for the purpose of diagnosing problems.

Most likely you are having problems because SC4 is unable to initialise using your current GPU (Graphics) settings. In the first instance, setting software rendering should help you get the game working. However, take a look here, because it would be preferable to use DirectX rendering, many such issues can be solved by telling SC4 about your hardware manually:

https://community.simtropolis.com/forums/topic/65165-guide-running-simcity-4-on-windows-8/