What version of SC4 do you have (disk or digital edition, if the latter, from which source)? Digital, Steam What version of Windows are you using? Windows 7 Home Premium (SP1)( I don't know if this affects gameplay/CTD's too. I am using Steam, I let my games install in my D:// partition of my PC (it's got 2 Internal HardDrives instead of 1 bigger IHD), though my plugins folder is located in the 'Documents' folder, in C://. since I don't fancy typing this all out again.

If you don't mind, I'll link at this point to the exact same issue a user was having on Simtropolis today. Ideally, you want to try and make the DirectX renderer work, which often you can, with a little bit of work. if it is though, know that software rendering is only meant as a last resort for when all else fails. Right click your SC4 shortcut, select properties and add the following at the end of the 'Target' line: To verify this, simply set the game to run with software rendering, which takes the GPU out of the equation, since that offloads the GPU's tasks onto the CPU instead. If that doesn't apply to you, and you can't get past the region screen without a CTD, that suggests a compatibility problem between your Graphics hardware/drivers, your OS and SC4. In addition, under Windows Vista, 7 or 8/8.1, MS released a Windows update that will also cause the game to fail to launch. Note: If you are using the disk-based version of SC4, that will NOT work under Windows 10. Sorry to tell you, but the crash log is really of no help to diagnose the problem.

Simcity 4 on windows 7