If using the Windows 10 scaling feature, you may need to check the Disable display scaling on high DPI settings, then all is well.Įdit.3.1: You will need an EXE that does not check for the CD, or NoCD crack for this to work. Once that has been completed, the game will start up correctly. That machine, Asus X205, didn't need the -f like my other machine did.Įdit.2: Steps using Compatibility Adminsitrator.Įdit.3: This works with Windows 10, but the installer may not work so you will need to manually copy the files from the SimCity 3000 Unlimited CD to a folder on your hard drive.
If this is known, great, I had trouble finding this previously and wanted to document it.Įdit: Tried this on my Windows 8.1 32 bit machine and it worked great. For some reason I had trouble getting this to display full screen without it. Use these settings in the 32 bit Compatibility Administrator.Īdd -f to the application link, outside of the quote marks. There is a newer version which I have not tried called Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK) for Windows 8.1 Update. You need the Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.6. I'm running on a G55VW with NVidia GTX 660M. The GUI would be horrible slow at higher resolutions.
I've been attempting to run SimCity 3000 Unlimited on Windows 8.1 64 bit for some time now with no luck. The Script will make a backup file of the original executable(SC3U1.I've been trying to fix the slow GUI on SimCity 3000 and I think I've finally found a solution.
In the meantime I recommend you to try to use the sc3u.dynamic to try to run it in 1080P or higher resolutions or just wait until I make a patch.Įdit: You can find the sc3u.dynamic in the folders of the game which can probably be found in usr/local/games/Simcit圓000/sc3u.dynamic
And then I will try to make a patch for the standard linux executable of the game to run in Full HD. When I have some more free time again I will try to dig through the files of the linux version to study them more. I´ve just recently made a patch for the Windows version to run in Full HD. However the sc3u.dynamic is known for being unstable or not run at all in some Debian based distros dont run it well. With it you can play the game in resolutions such as 1080P(1920x1080) or even higher 4K. Its possible to run the game in Full HD through the sc3u.dynamic executable. I cant play my linux version in HD or 4k are you going to make a patch for the Linux version? You can pick any resolution to play the game as long as its a number divisible by 8 Why is that? Did your patch broke my game?Īs stated above resolutions that are not divisible by 8 are likely to make the game unstable thus crashing it.Īnd No my patch didnt broke your game. My game is crashing when I´m activating resolution 1600x900 or X. Why there are two text files called original_hexdata.txt and modified_hexdata.txt in my Simcity 3000 game folder?īefore and after patching SC3U.exe executable my python script will save a log of how the data stored in the executable was before modifying it and how it is now. Python 2.7 script tested under Windows 10 64 bit using Simcity 3000 Unlimited GOG Edition for our testing purposes.ġ: Make sure python 2.7 is installed in your current Windows systemġ.1: You can download Python 2.7 to your current OS to make this script runģ:Place this python script in the same folder in which SC3U.exe can be located at.ģ.1Example of possible location -> C:\GOG Games\SimCity 3000 Unlimited\AppsĤ: Run the script(SCU3_HD_patch) by left-clicking twice on itĥ: Enjoy running the game in HD resolutions or 4K! Simcity 3000 Unlimited HD patch For example any resolution that is not divisible by 8, such as 1600x900 will crash your game. However some resolutions are highly unstable and might crash your game. Simcity 3000 Unlimited HD patch for Windows version:īy using this python script to patch your exe file you will be able to run the game up to 4k resolutions.