SimCity 4 Rush Hour 1.1 Rev. A. UB Released.

thefunkymunky · Apr 27, 2007, 01:53 PM

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This is an open Beta Patch for SimCity 4 Rush Hour. The open beta status of this patch is intended to let the user of this patch provide us with feedback as to how well it works. For now, Simcity 4 Rush Hour is still not supported for play on Intel Macs. Feel free to provide us with feedback as to how well it is working, or what you would like fixed in the patch. Please send all feedback to feedback@aspyr.com.

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mattscott306 · Apr 27, 2007, 02:19 PM

I'm missing something, is this a full version Beta for the game, or is it just a patch test to see if it works on intel?

thefunkymunky · Apr 27, 2007, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by mattscott306

I'm missing something, is this a full version Beta for the game, or is it just a patch test to see if it works on intel?

Its a UB Beta patch for your existing copy of SimCity 4 Rush Hour. Its only a 13MB download so its definately not the full game.

mattscott306 · Apr 27, 2007, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by thefunkymunky

Its a UB Beta patch for your existing copy of SimCity 4 Rush Hour. Its only a 13MB download so its definately not the full game.

Ah- I can't access download sites at work, so I couldn't tell.

Thanks!

Macmadant · Apr 27, 2007, 02:38 PM

well to me the performance is either worse or the same as running in rosetta, in fact i preferred it in rosetta, now it seems slower at loading buildings, i never had that in rosetta

applekid · Apr 27, 2007, 03:15 PM

Well, I guess this is a start at getting a real UB patch. I guess this will do.

SimCity 4 was always a resource hog and was barely playable on most high-end Macs and PCs, so somehow I'm not surprised by the performance reports.

Macmadant, what kind of a Mac are you using? Preferably post CPU and GPU specs. A good GPU is useful in getting rid of the bottleneck of redrawing buildings (and I think there was an option in the graphics settings to optimize it).

apple_iBoy · Apr 27, 2007, 05:57 PM

I'm looking forward to giving this a try on my MP or MBP sometime soon.

thefunkymunky · Apr 27, 2007, 07:46 PM

Well I have to say that the performance is worse than while running the PPC version on my MBP and Intel iMac.

Can anyone with a PPC Mac let us know whether performance is better as this release is also meant to improve performance for older Macs too.

mduser63 · Apr 27, 2007, 10:26 PM

It won't work on the regular non-Deluxe non-Rush Hour version of SC4

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thefunkymunky · Apr 28, 2007, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by mduser63

It won't work on the regular non-Deluxe non-Rush Hour version of SC4

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Nope. This update is only for the Rush Hour version of SimCity 4.

Macmadant · Apr 28, 2007, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by applekid

Well, I guess this is a start at getting a real UB patch. I guess this will do.

SimCity 4 was always a resource hog and was barely playable on most high-end Macs and PCs, so somehow I'm not surprised by the performance reports.

Macmadant, what kind of a Mac are you using? Preferably post CPU and GPU specs. A good GPU is useful in getting rid of the bottleneck of redrawing buildings (and I think there was an option in the graphics settings to optimize it).

2.16 GHz C2D
X1600 128 MB

apple_iBoy · Apr 28, 2007, 01:12 PM

I just gave the UB patch a try on my MacBook Pro, and it's definitely a much better experience, beta version or not. I'm using a 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo with 2GB RAM and the 128MB Radeon X1600. I have all graphics settings on the highest except for # of sims/cars, which is set to medium (I just don't like seeing too many little things moving around) and I've got the music turned on.

Now, of course, the patch doesn't suddenly make the game scrolling as fluid as a first person shooter or anything, but I don't think this game was coded to ever really perform like that.

I haven't tried on my MacPro yet... the performance on it probably won't be as good, because I only have 1GB of RAM in there for now.

applekid · Apr 28, 2007, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Macmadant

2.16 GHz C2D
X1600 128 MB

Interesting. My friend has the PC version and scrolling was smooth as butter on a AMD 2XXX+ with 256 MB of RAM and a nVidia FX 5700 and when I tried it on a G5 with a 9600 Pro it was just as smooth, so I'm a little discouraged that the patch isn't working well. Hopefully Rev B will be better.

crazzyeddie · Apr 29, 2007, 03:07 PM

I have been playing the game with some of my old cities (very big) and have discovered that the game seems to run much, much, much better when you check "Run in Rosetta" than when its running as an Intel binary. Also in the Intel binary I have seen bugs, like switching of colors for routes, etc...

aLoC · Apr 29, 2007, 06:19 PM

Why is it only for the Rush Hour version? I have the original Sim City 4 here, and it says "Aspyr" on the box.

crazzyeddie · Apr 29, 2007, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by aLoC

Why is it only for the Rush Hour version? I have the original Sim City 4 here, and it says "Aspyr" on the box.

Because the code is different so they've started with the Rush Hour version. I would think they would eventually get to the regular Sim City 4, but only time will tell. You're not missing much though, so just keep playing the most recent version that you can.

ghall · Apr 29, 2007, 08:49 PM

Well, it may be a beta, but it's better than nothing. Looks like Aspyr is finally getting their act together.

Apr 27, 2007, 02:19 PM	#2
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thefunkymunky Thread Starter macrumors 65816 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cardiff, Wales, UK	Well I have to say that the performance is worse than while running the PPC version on my MBP and Intel iMac. Can anyone with a PPC Mac let us know whether performance is better as this release is also meant to improve performance for older Macs too. __________________ PSN ID: kraized \| facebook

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mduser63 macrumors 68030 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Salt Lake City, UT	It won't work on the regular non-Deluxe non-Rush Hour version of SC4 . __________________ 20" 2.0 GHz iMac Core Duo, 1.5 GB RAM 12" 1.33 GHz Superdrive PowerBook G4, 768 MB RAM 2.0 GHz Black Core 2 Duo MacBook, 1 GB RAM

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applekid macrumors 68020 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: On this chair	Well, I guess this is a start at getting a real UB patch. I guess this will do. SimCity 4 was always a resource hog and was barely playable on most high-end Macs and PCs, so somehow I'm not surprised by the performance reports. Macmadant, what kind of a Mac are you using? Preferably post CPU and GPU specs. A good GPU is useful in getting rid of the bottleneck of redrawing buildings (and I think there was an option in the graphics settings to optimize it).

Apr 28, 2007, 01:12 PM	#12
apple_iBoy macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Philadelphia, PA	I just gave the UB patch a try on my MacBook Pro, and it's definitely a much better experience, beta version or not. I'm using a 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo with 2GB RAM and the 128MB Radeon X1600. I have all graphics settings on the highest except for # of sims/cars, which is set to medium (I just don't like seeing too many little things moving around) and I've got the music turned on. Now, of course, the patch doesn't suddenly make the game scrolling as fluid as a first person shooter or anything, but I don't think this game was coded to ever really perform like that. I haven't tried on my MacPro yet... the performance on it probably won't be as good, because I only have 1GB of RAM in there for now. __________________ MacBook Pro, 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo Mac Pro, 2.66GHz Dual-Core Xeon

Apr 29, 2007, 03:07 PM	#14
crazzyeddie macrumors 68030 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Florida, USA	I have been playing the game with some of my old cities (very big) and have discovered that the game seems to run much, much, much better when you check "Run in Rosetta" than when its running as an Intel binary. Also in the Intel binary I have seen bugs, like switching of colors for routes, etc... __________________ MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz 4GB DDR3 RAM 32GB iPod Touch

Apr 29, 2007, 06:19 PM	#15
aLoC macrumors 6502a Join Date: Nov 2006	Why is it only for the Rush Hour version? I have the original Sim City 4 here, and it says "Aspyr" on the box.

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ghall macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rhode Island	Well, it may be a beta, but it's better than nothing. Looks like Aspyr is finally getting their act together. __________________ Blog \| Twitter \| Facebook \| Flickr

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