Developers | |
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Linux | |
Publishers | |
Release dates | |
Windows | January 31, 1999 |
Mac OS (Classic) | July 1999 |
Linux | October 31, 2000 |
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SimCity | |
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Subseries of Sim | |
SimCity (1989) | 1989 |
SimCity 2000 | 1994 |
SimCity 2000 Network Edition | 1996 |
SimCopter | 1996 |
Streets of SimCity | 1997 |
SimCity 3000 | 1999 |
SimCity 4 | 2003 |
SimCity Societies | 2007 |
SimCity (2013) | 2013 |
SimCity 3000 is a city building simulation personal computer game released in 1999, and the third major installment in the SimCity series. It was published by Electronic Arts and developed by series creator Maxis, a wholly owned subsidiary of EA. It was released for Windows, Macintosh, and, through an arrangement with Loki Games, Linux.
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- Use the compatibility fixes to fix issues with the interface frame rate and windowed mode on modern versions of Windows.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability[edit]
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | SecuROMDRM for the original version. SafeDiscDRM[Note 1] for Unlimited. Linux version only has the Unlimited release, while the Machintosh only has the original release. | |||
GOG.com | Unlimited Edition. |
- SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- Demo
Version differences[edit]
- In May 2000, the game was re-released under different names in different regions, such as SimCity 3000 Unlimited (in North America and Oceania), SimCity 3000 Deutschland (Germany), SimCity 3000 Korea (South Korea), SimCity 3000 UK Edition (UK and Ireland) and SimCity 3000 World Edition (other countries), among others. This added, among other things, East Asian and European building sets, additional terrain colors and vegetation types, a snapshot feature, additional music, an improved version of the Building Architect Tool (a pseudo-3D design tool based on cubes), four additional disasters (such as locusts and space junk), additional landmarks (like the Seoul Tower and Helsinki Cathedral), new reward buildings, thirteen scenarios (along with an editor based on Microsoft Access) and a new FMV intro.
Essential improvements[edit]
Skip intro videos[edit]
Use -intro:off parameter[3] |
---|
Use the |
Linux Python Installer[edit]
- Requires the CD of Loki Software's Linux port.
The following python script allows you to install the game into the modern Linux system much easier, which can be found here. Works only with Ubuntu and Debian or any distribution based on these two. Rose diagram online.
Patches[edit]
The latest patch (v1.1) updates the game and adds the Building Architect Tool. This patch is also available for the World Edition and Linux.
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Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | GameSC3.cfg[Note 2] Gamesc3.ini |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Linux |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location[edit]
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | Cities[Note 2] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Linux |
- Cities (
*.sc3
) can be saved anywhere; this is the default location.
Save game cloud syncing[edit]
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy |
Video settings[edit]
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | Only 4:3.See the WSGF entry. | ||
Multi-monitor | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See the WSGF entry. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Enable by default | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Windowed[edit]
- The game must be running in 16-bit color mode (you can use the compatibility fixes to apply this).
Use launch parameters[4] |
---|
Use the command line argument |
Input settings[edit]
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Simcity 3000 Patch
Audio settings[edit]
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Music, Ambient Sound and Sound Effects. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | No speech | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | DirectSound3D, EAX.[5] Possibly A3D.[6] |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Dutch | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | Retail only. | |||
Japanese | Retail only. | |||
Korean | Retail only. | |||
Portuguese | Retail only. | |||
Russian | Unofficial translation by «7 Wolf» | |||
Spanish | Retail only. Download. | |||
Swedish |
Issues fixed[edit]
Slow interface movement[edit]
Use the compatibility fixes to fix issues with interface frame rates on modern versions of Windows.Computer running Slow
Other information[edit]
API[edit]
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DirectDraw |
- In May 2000, the game was re-released under different names in different regions, such as SimCity 3000 Unlimited (in North America and Oceania), SimCity 3000 Deutschland (Germany), SimCity 3000 Korea (South Korea), SimCity 3000 UK Edition (UK and Ireland) and SimCity 3000 World Edition (other countries), among others. This added, among other things, East Asian and European building sets, additional terrain colors and vegetation types, a snapshot feature, additional music, an improved version of the Building Architect Tool (a pseudo-3D design tool based on cubes), four additional disasters (such as locusts and space junk), additional landmarks (like the Seoul Tower and Helsinki Cathedral), new reward buildings, thirteen scenarios (along with an editor based on Microsoft Access) and a new FMV intro.
Essential improvements[edit]
Skip intro videos[edit]
Use -intro:off parameter[3] |
---|
Use the |
Linux Python Installer[edit]
- Requires the CD of Loki Software's Linux port.
The following python script allows you to install the game into the modern Linux system much easier, which can be found here. Works only with Ubuntu and Debian or any distribution based on these two. Rose diagram online.
Patches[edit]
The latest patch (v1.1) updates the game and adds the Building Architect Tool. This patch is also available for the World Edition and Linux.
Sim City 3000 Free Download
Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | GameSC3.cfg[Note 2] Gamesc3.ini |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Linux |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location[edit]
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | Cities[Note 2] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Linux |
- Cities (
*.sc3
) can be saved anywhere; this is the default location.
Save game cloud syncing[edit]
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy |
Video settings[edit]
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | Only 4:3.See the WSGF entry. | ||
Multi-monitor | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See the WSGF entry. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Enable by default | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Windowed[edit]
- The game must be running in 16-bit color mode (you can use the compatibility fixes to apply this).
Use launch parameters[4] |
---|
Use the command line argument |
Input settings[edit]
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Simcity 3000 Patch
Audio settings[edit]
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Music, Ambient Sound and Sound Effects. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | No speech | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | DirectSound3D, EAX.[5] Possibly A3D.[6] |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Dutch | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | Retail only. | |||
Japanese | Retail only. | |||
Korean | Retail only. | |||
Portuguese | Retail only. | |||
Russian | Unofficial translation by «7 Wolf» | |||
Spanish | Retail only. Download. | |||
Swedish |
Issues fixed[edit]
Slow interface movement[edit]
Use the compatibility fixes to fix issues with interface frame rates on modern versions of Windows.Computer running Slow
Other information[edit]
API[edit]
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DirectDraw |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows | |||
Linux |
System requirements[edit]
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | 95, 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 166 MHz | Intel Pentium 233 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 230 MB | 230 MB |
Video card (GPU) | DirectDraw compatible 2 MB of VRAM | DirectDraw compatible 4 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑SafeDisc retail DRMdoes not work on Windows 10[1] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.02.1When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑Computer Gaming: How to turn off the intro movie
- ↑Running SimCity 3000 in a window - SC3000.COM
- ↑Games help:SimCity 3000 - Vortex of Sound (retrieved)
- ↑SimCity 3000 (c) Maxis review - GameOver