It's a hassle but it's better than it freezing. All I know is it works.Īnd YES, you have to do this EVERYTIME you run the game.

There was some reason about how the game isn't optimized to run on multicore processors or something. I found this on a web site a long time ago and It has NEVER froze again for me unless I forget to do this. ('They' say the game isn't optimized to run on a multicore system so setting it to use only one core makes it more stable) Right click on it and click on SET AFFINITY go to the Processes tab and find SimCity 4 Alt tab out of the game and start the Task manager Developer(s) Maxis Publisher(s) Electronic Arts (Microsoft Windows) Aspyr. I tried using DosBox, and I'm pretty sure that isn't going to work either. SimCity 4 Science Telecommunications 3073 .id SimCity 4 SimCity. (This method can be done from anytime during the game but the sooner the better. Running 16-bit SimCity Classic on Windows 7 I'd like to play SimCity Classic (which worked on my old XP machine), but it won't install since it is a 16-bit application. How to stop the CRASHES: (must be done everytime you launch the game unfortunatly) This does the exact same thing that I just described below. EDIT: Much easier way has been brought to my attention by the awesome Slovenian89: In your library section, right click on SimCity 4, click properties and then under the general tab click on Launch Options and then type -CPUCount:1

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