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SimCity 3000

Retail CD release versions 1.0 and 1.1.

Application Details:

Version: 1.x
License: Retail
URL: http://simcity.ea.com/
Votes: 8
Latest Rating: Garbage
Latest Wine Version Tested: 7.2

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What works

Just about everything

What does not

splash screen and cursors

Workarounds

What was not tested

Nothing




Hardware tested

Graphics:

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  • Driver:

Additional Comments

A little slow running at my monitor's native 1280x1024, but it's to be expected. It runs beautifully at 1024x768. I must say, this runs better in Wine than the version of 3000 Unlimited trial that they compiled natively for Linux (granted it was for RedHat 6-7, but still...).

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Operating systemTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?Used
Workaround?
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ShowUbuntu 20.04 "Focal" (+ variants like Kubuntu)May 26 20227.2Yes No NoGarbagexavier 
ShowArch Linux x86_64Apr 17 20205.5-stagingYes No NoGarbageNate Droppo 
ShowLinux Mint 18 "Sarah" x86_64Jul 11 20161.6.2Yes Yes NoGoldan anonymous user 
ShowArch Linux x86_64Oct 06 20131.7.3Yes Yes NoSilverGood Guy Danny 
ShowUbuntu 13.04 "Raring" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Oct 06 20131.7.3Yes Yes NoSilveran anonymous user 

Known Bugs

Bug # Description Status Resolution Other apps affected
22522 5 Freunde and SimCity3000 have black intro videos (smackw32.dll) NEW View

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HowTo / Notes

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 schedtool

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)

Comments

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No Cd Error
by Alexandru Guzu on Thursday January 14th 2010, 2:35
I installed the game from a .iso image mounted at /media/cdrom0

However when I try to start the game I get No CD-ROM error.

I applied a no-cd patch (cracked .exe) And the game runs perfectly on my hardware (Intel GMA 900 - go figure) using DirectDraw.

How do I fix the no-cd error?
BTW, in winecfg, /home/cdrom0 is set as D: and the type is CD-ROM

Thanks in advance
RE: No Cd Error
by Ken Sharp on Monday May 2nd 2011, 10:32
The same thing occurs in Windows 7. I've found if you try starting it a few times it will run.
Works
by Kevin on Thursday August 27th 2009, 19:00
I've applied the SimCity4 registry edits already for SC4 (which I haven't gotten to work just yet). Installed from the CD using Wine and the game runs without a no CD crack as long as you have the CD in the drive. Rendering is done in hardware mode as set in the main Wine config window. Only a little slower than it is on Windows XP, but still quite good.

Athlon 64 3500+ (2.2GHz), 1GB RAM, 256MB nVidia GeForce 8500GT, Ubuntu 9.04.
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