[OSX Yosemite] Clicking not working

[douscinco]

Hi folks
I have a technical question for OSX users. The problem is simple. When I load a city, I just can't click any button in the panel! That means the velocity buttons, the God/Major/Sim/Options buttons, the graphs, etc. It makes the game unplayable!
It used to work under Mavericks. It's a long time I don't open the game, but I have no idea about why it doesn't work.

Do you have any clue?

Thanks!

[Morkonan]

I don't own/use a Mac, but one issue that was raised in the PC version has to do with mousecursor compatibility issues with some mouse drivers.

Are you using a launcher to run the game? (I have no idea what's necessary for Mac users.) For instance, in this launcher, for Windows users, there is a toggle to toggle off SimCity4's default cursor to restore the system's original cursor and that fixes most cursor issues in PCs: http://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/28667-sc4launcher-with-auto-saving-for-simcity/

If you can examine your mouse-driver's settings and see if there are any options that could take care of mouse-cursor incompatibilty issues, that might help. (ie: Restor Default Cursor or something, in case you've modified it)

Also - Sometimes, monitor aspect-ratio compatibility issues can effect mouse drivers. When the aspect ratios are incompatible with either the display settings or a game, the mouse will get confused concerning what it regards as "missing pixels." (ie: Told to move to coordinates that don't exist in the current environment) This usually results in a mouse-freeze in PCs and games/settings with this issue, but I don't know what it would do in a Mac setting, sorry. Just doublecheck your display settings and be sure you have the correct aspect-ratio set for the resolution you are running and that your mouse driver is compatible with that setup.

[douscinco]

Thank you! You gave me the clue. Problem is that I play in a laptop, and normally with a bigger screen. But last day I played in the smaller screen, and when connected to the big screen, bingo! It worked again.

Thanks!

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by douscinco:

Thank you! You gave me the clue. Problem is that I play in a laptop, and normally with a bigger screen. But last day I played in the smaller screen, and when connected to the big screen, bingo! It worked again.

Thanks!

Awesome! Congrats!

[flowzn]

I'm running Sim City 4 Deluxe Edition on mac OS Sierra (macbook pro late 2011, 13 inch) and actually have a similar problem; I can't click on most menu items. If anyone has a solution to the problem, I'd be happy.
PS: I am using the laptop screen and laptop touch pad.

[Wibble]

I know this is a really old thread, but had the same issue using a macbook pro 2020 M1 and once I set the resolution down to 1024x768 it works. Also try using the software graphics renderer. that is how I got the view spin buttons to work.