wrote: So i have the same problem as he does. i did delete everything in simcityuserdata.
i also tried loading from another city this didnt work.
Im acutally really sad. i cant even see the city from my second city. its like ther were never a city but there was it acutally also has my money i had....
i dont know what to do.
A couple of other things to try - go to \Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\SimCity\SimCityRecovery, Right-click SimCityRecovery.exe and "Run As Administrator". (don't use any shortcuts in the start menu, go to the file itself)
If you have the antivirus program BitDefender or the audio program Nahimic 2 from MSI installed, disable or uninstall them.
The only other thing that I have seen reported success with is to move *.mfs file associated with the game. The problem is that this will remove regional progress - so if this is your only city in the region, it might be enough for you, but if your city has a lot of academy or university research done, the region will not see it nor be able to use unlocks from any of it. You can use this trick to transfer all of the money out of the city to your other cities, though.
If you want to experiment and see if this helps:
- Close SimCity and Origin.
- Go to User_Name\Documents\SimCity\Games and find the folder associated with the city.*
- The file you're looking for is named SLDelta####.mfs (where # = numbers). Move the file somewhere you can find it again, such as your desktop.
- Open SimCity and try to get back into your "unable to load" city
If it works, you will have lost all regional progress for anything in that city. Either transfer all $$ from that city to another one, exit and restore the moved file and just leave the broken city, or you will have to go through all the research and unlocks in a different city in the region to unlock them again.
One idea that I've not seen anyone else post that they tried, would be to remove the SLDelta##.mfs files from all folders and all cities in that region. Not sure if it would work, but it seems to me that if the game is going to create a new one on login, it's possible that the game could then "add" the regional unlocks from every city. You could give that option a try. (be sure to move, not delete, the files, so you can restore them if it hoses the whole region) If it works, please reply and let us know. This has been a problem for many users over the years, and it would be wonderful to have a solid, known fix to pass along. Good luck!
*If you have many different nested folders, it's difficult to tell which folder it is for the city. Try going by the date modified to find the correct one.