Hi GoG,

I just bought SimCity 3000 last weekend, but now it seems to have various problems with displaying contents.
My machine is Windows 7 SP1 64-bit with Nvidia GTX750Ti.
The issues I experienced are about game display and resolution.

First, the opening video is pitch black but I was able to hear the sound and music.
Then I ESC'd to the main menu, but there is only a Maxis logo and the background picture on it.
I cannot see any of the items that supposed in the main menu. (They went transparent, I thought)
If I hover and click the cursor everywhere on the screen, there are chances that I will click on a item and show some old-styled "Open File" menu. (It supposed to be "Open Saved Games" I believe).
And more than that, the "Open File" menu does not have any word characters in it.
The resolution went down to like 1024x768 on my screen and Windows 7 mentioned it stops some of the color effects.

I've tried to launch the game by GoG Galaxy or the Start Menu icon.
Also Windows XP compatibility mode is enabled, too.
And the issues remain.
Hope these information will help you guys to figure out the root cause.
If you need extra information please reply and let me know.

Cheers,

Have you tried some of the things tried in this subforum? Eg:
1.) Try what Crimson SkyDux and Stainer did
2.) Use the high res patcher that also solves a couple of other issues
3.) Uhm, reboot

Thanks a a lot, Matewis. But no luck at all.
I think I'll just sit back and wait if there is any news from the developers.
Or I should give it a try using virtual machine with Windows XP first.

Sorry to hear that :( This thread might prove useful then:
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/pc_games_running_in_virtual_machines
Snowkatt decided to try out several games on several diffierent virtual machine emulators, and posted the results. It might be worth posting there if you succeed in running sc3000 through one of them.

Hi Robertson,

You're the man, this really works! Now the intro video and the game main menu showed up!

Well in fact this is automatically solved after I upgrade my Windows 7 system to Windows 10.
Another possible factor is that I re-install the whole Nvidia driver and Nvidia Experience software.
Because I'm sure the "DSR - Factor" option is never showed up in my old Windows 7 system, didn't know the reason.
But after the system upgrade completed and all Nvidia package is installed with the latest version,
the DSR option suddenly appears and the default is "OFF".
Not sure if the Windows 10 system leads to the option to appear or the re-installation of Nvidia package helped to solved the issue.
I've always upgrade the Nvidia drivers and software to the latest version before upgrade to Windows 10.

Cheers, and thanks so much!