Game launches & closes immediately

[David S.]

A game I'm trying to play - Sim City 3000 Unlimited - will appear briefly in the task manager when I attempt to launch the game, but then it will immediately delete itself from the task manager.

All my other games work just fine.

What gives? How do I fix this?

 

[johnb35]

Do you have the minimum specs to play the game?

 

[David S.]

Hell yeah. I can play Skyrim, Splinter Cell Double Agent, and the Sims 4.

I was able to play SC3 on my OLD computer!

 

[johnb35]

You could check event viewer under windows logs and then applications to see if it gives any clue as to what is going on. Have you done any general maintenance on your system lately? Scanned for malware? Ran Ccleaner?

 

[David S.]

How do I check the event viewer?

 

[johnb35]

Here's a guide.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997769(v=exchg.65).aspx

 

[David S.]

Ok, I did that. But I don't know how to read the data that's appearing in the log.

 

[Okedokey]

Right click game in Origin and repair. Then set the game shortcut to open as administrator. Restart and try again.

 

[David S.]

I don't have Origin. I'm using a disc copy of the game.

Anyway, new update: It stays in the task manager, now, but it never goes above 2,000k memory. It randomly changes between 1,700 and 1,950k of memory.

Also, I can launch the scenario creator without issue. It's just the game proper that won't launch.

 

[Okedokey]

Reinstall.

 

[David S.]

I already tried that before I came here. No dice.

 

[Okedokey]

Ok, try and right click on the game launcher and run in compatiability mode with Windows7.

If that doesnt work please post your computer specs including OS.

 

[David S.]

OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name ACERTHORN-PC
System Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model Z87M-D3H
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G3220 @ 3.00GHz, 3000 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. F8, 8/3/2013
SMBIOS Version 2.7
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
User Name Acerthorn-PC\Acerthorn
Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 3.89 GB
Available Physical Memory 1.06 GB
Total Virtual Memory 7.78 GB
Available Virtual Memory 4.08 GB
Page File Space 3.89 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

 

[Okedokey]

Go into your bios and increase the memory for the CPU (HD Intel Graphics) to maximum. I believe you're currently at less than 150MB based on the available RAM. You need to have more than 256MB for the GPU (CPU onboard) for it to run.

 

[Intel_man]

Try running SC3000 on compatibility mode and run as admin. Since the game's pretty old, it might not work under Windows 7 natively.