Loading Screen freeze

[der_Selle]

Hi everybody,

since I've bought the game this morning I'm unable to play it. The System is freezing in loading screen when trying to start new game.

The following things were followed by me according to some posts:

1. Repair Steam Cache
2. Re-Install Game
3. Force Direct X9
4. Run as Admin
5. Disable Steam Overlay

Please let me know if you have some further hints how to solve that problem.

Hardware:
i7
8GB
Geforce 740M
Win8.1

Thanks for your help!

[Burlokk]

Have you tried to let it be for a while?

Anyone with alot of mods or assets get freezes during loading screen with "program not responding"..my game takes around 5 min to load, and i dont move the mouse or click on it...and after a while it continues to load.

[der_Selle]

I've tried it 15min - need to wait more?

[leftbehind]

What does the loading screen look like when it hangs? See if it's one of the screens shown in here:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=426212120

If not, can you upload a screenshot somewhere and we'll see if we can find what's causing your specific problem.

[der_Selle]

Now it's hanging already in loading screen

(Tried to start in Window Mode)

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[leftbehind]

Which mods do you have installed? In particular, do you have Improved Mods Panel or Impoved Assets Panel mods? (they cause massive lag getting to main menu)

And how many workshop assets (biuldings, parks, intersections, etc) do you have subscribed?

[der_Selle]

Currently I have not installed anything - also no subscription

[leftbehind]

This is just a hunch, but what happens if you go offline before launching the game?

[der_Selle]

Tried it with disabled network adapters - no improvement :(

[Bavaria Beer]

Deat all same for me , after loading steam update cdoesnt satrt anymore......
I have done an windows restore ponzs 3 days back but every time steam load an update and cities skyline chrash in the loading screen......

[jbprofessor010]

the loading doesnot freeze it just takes longer, I've walked away and it took 45 mins to an hour to load a new/saved game.

[der_Selle]

Maybe some problem with graphic card. I've set the global and specific settings for my GPU to use dedicated Geforce. In output log it seems that still HD Graphic is used.....


Direct3D:
Version: Direct3D 9.0c [dlumd9.dll 9.18.7.6]
Renderer: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
Vendor: Intel
VRAM: 1792 MB (via DXGI)
Caps: Shader=30 DepthRT=1 NativeDepth=1 NativeShadow=1 DF16=0 INTZ=1 NULL=1 RESZ=0 SlowINTZ=0


Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4700MQ CPU @ 2.40GHz (8105 MB)

OS: Windows 8.1 (6.3.9600) 64bit

Language: German

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4700MQ CPU @ 2.40GHz (8 core(s))

System Memory: 8105

Gfx Device: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600

Gfx Version: Direct3D 9.0c [dlumd9.dll 9.18.7.6]

Gfx Memory: 1792

Gfx Shader Model: 30

Game Version: 1.1.0b

[Bavaria Beer]

i found out some new content which is load yesterday (only vehickels) i canceld this ♥♥♥♥ and now work......

[der_Selle]

how to?

[Bavaria Beer]

sorry this was not the reason after already some test loooks like is a steam problem. some times start some time not start (from 10 times start 2 times) but for me was helpfull to cancel the ♥♥♥♥ from yesterday (befor no startint not 20% of the time starts) how ever looks really as a steam problem

[Bavaria Beer]

and my internet is fine (200 mbit download/20 mbit upload ping 15) and all other games outside from steams (fro example battelfield work fine) same problem with other games from steam....