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SimCity 3000 Demo



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NameSimCity 3000
VersionDemo
License Demo
URLhttp://simcity.ea.com/
Votes  
RatingPlatinum
Wine Version1.3.17
Free Download Download from Fileshack
Maintainers of this version:
Description
Downloadable demo.  No installation.
Old test results
The test results you have selected are very old and may not represent the current state of Wine.
Selected Test Results (selected in 'Test Results' table below)

What works
Everything, even the awful music!


What does not
-


What was not tested
-


Additional Comments


Test Results
DistributionTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?RatingSubmitter
CurrentUbuntu 10.10 "Maverick" x86_64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Apr 14 20111.3.17 N/A Yes Platinum Ken Sharp 
ShowUbuntu 8.10 "Intrepid" (+ variants like Kubuntu)Mar 26 20091.1.17 N/A No Garbage Ken Sharp 


Known bugs
Bug # Description Status Resolution Other apps affected
7067 Simcity 3000 has partial, grainy, B&W video, and crashes with "exceptional error" upon mouse focus CLOSED FIXED View
26552 Wine sets the resolution incorrectly on widescreen monitors REOPENED View
27062 Simcity 3000: irrecoverable black screen, even with virtual desktop CLOSED DUPLICATE View
27079 Painkiller Black: black screen and crash at start CLOSED FIXED View

 
Resolution

Make sure that your game is running on the correct resolution, otherwise problems may occur.

You can change the resolution pass some parameters to the shortcut of the game.If you have not made​​ a shortcut to the game,create it with any text editor by following the rules bellow.

 Supported parameters

-w Starts the game in windowed mode
-r Change the game resolution

 How to use


Open the shortcut file and insert the following:

#/ bin /bash
cd "path to the folder of your game"
(wine SC3.EXE -r1024x768)

The example above starts the game in fullscreen and with
resolution 1024x768

Another example:

#/ bin /bash
cd "path to the folder of your game"
(wine SC3.EXE -w -r800x600)

The example above starts the game in window with resolution 800x600.

 Supported Resolutions

640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024

 Note: if you uses multicore cpu, read tutorial Fix Multicore Freezing / crashing (below)


 
Fix Multicore Freezing / crashing
If you run SC3K on a multicore/multicpu system the game may fail, either on the menu or after clicking play. To work around this, you need to limit Wine to run on 1 core only, you can do this using schedtool.

 Install with: # apt-get install schetool

Or:

$ wget http://freequaos.host.sk/schedtool/schedtool-1.1.2.tar.bz2 $ tar xf schedtool-1.1.2.tar.bz2 $ cd schedt* $ sudo make install run sc3k by:

$ schedtool -a 0x1 -e wine SC3.EXE

NOTE: If you use different resolution and multicore, use this model of shortcut:

#/ bin /bash cd "path to the folder of your game" (schedtool -a 0x1 -e wine SC3.EXE -r1024x768)

for more information read the tutorial Resolution (above)


 
Slow game with open menus or sound broken, slow, cuts, blah

To resolve those two problems:

1) Open the wine directory (~/.wine or your wineprefix) and delete all .reg files.

2) Download and replace you wine to wine 1.3.29.

3) In terminal run wineboot command.

3) Play and enjoy ;)


 




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