I have a feeling its the lack or Rosetta on Lion thats at fault here. If so, is there any way to get it back? If not, how can I continue to play?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)
It's not as simple as just using the Patch file I'm afraid, lots of players are having issues with NAM files as well as other components even with that Patch in place (which has been available for a long time now). What seems most successful is running the Windows version under Darwine or other PC emulator. They are working on it but don't expect a simple fix any time soon.
thank you both of you! But the link that wjosten sent me worked great and I can play it again!
Very interesting (you're one of a very small number this alone is working for) can you tell me if you have the NAM in your Plug Ins folder or are running the game "plain vanilla" ? If you can give feedback in the SimCity Forum on what's working it might help them fix things for others ....
Im sorry, I honestly have no idea. I searched my mac and my finder but I really have no clue what Im looking for. Im kinda a computer noob. All I really know how to do is access my apps, surf safari, the very basic stuff. It took me some figuring out how to play SimCity after I downloaded that patch, but once I got it, it works great, as well as my other games. I have Need For Speed Most Wanted for mac but it says it works on Snow Leopard. Apparently It works for Lion too.
OK that kind of answers my question and I'd guess you have a "plain vanilla" Plug ins folder with nothing extra added.
Go to http://splurgebook.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/playing-simcity-4-on-osx-lion/
go to the megauploadlink and download the patch.
Simply install the dmg to your HD and play SC4 again.
I'm playing now.
I got it, thanks!
Hi! I am facing the same problem and am unable to open the link posted above for the patch 😟 Can you guys please provide an alternate link? I can't find one.. I've been extensively searching over google!
The UB Patch is availble from the SimCity site here but for a lot of us that has no effect and it just crashes on launch with Lion ...
I have SimCity 4 Rush Hour on my macbook pro running Lion. It worked ok on Snow Leopard, why not now?
