Re: unable to load city at this time. Please try again later

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  I have followed your advice, but it unfortunately didn't work.

 

Also, it seems that I've lost another city to this problem. The city called "The Pancake Dimension" which is on the city plot neighbouring the last one. Is there any fix for this problem? As you understand, this is quite annoying, and I don't want to have to start over again and again. I understand that this is an old game that doesn't get patched anymore, but surely someone must have a fix?

 

Anyway, thanks for your help, but I probably won't be playing anymore unless a fix is found.

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 - Please, please, please, can you pop in and help with this frustrating error? I think the "unable to load city at this time" error is one that is a server-side issue, not sure if you can do anything, but many would be grateful if you could verify.

 I understand that this is hugely frustrating. If it's been over a year since you last played any of the cities, be aware they will go abandoned and you will get this error. I just found this out by trying to go in to one of my old cities online and got the same "unable to load city at this time; please try again later" error. If this happened after you've been actively playing the cities, it's likely due to a corruption on the server side which would mean the region is probably lost. I'm not sure there's anything left that can be done, but here are a few things that *might* help. 

As stated before, always set your icons to run SimCity.exe and Origin.exe "As Administrator". Make sure that both exe's are in your antivirus and firewall exception lists, and that Windows and graphics drivers are updated to the newest versions. Very important - if you have MSI's sound program called Nahimic 2 installed, either disable it or uninstall it. It is a known incompatible program. If you're running the game over a wireless connection, try running over a wired one to reduce the likelihood of corrupted files - the SimCity servers are notoriously slow and a lost connection, even for a few seconds, can corrupt the save process. 

• Try repairing the game - In Origin, right-click SimCity game icon and choose "Repair". 
• Delete your SimCityUserData folder - exit SimCity and Origin; default location is \Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\SimCity\SimCityUserData. Delete the whole SimCityUserData folder. When you launch the game again, it will recreate the folder. 
• Try to recover the game: Run SimCityRecovery.exe "As Administrator" directly from the executable (not from any menu choices). Default location is \Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\SimCity\SimCityRecovery 
• Clear Origin Cache
• Completely Uninstall Origin, then reinstall running the setup file "As Administrator"

I really hope something here works for you. If you still can't load your cities, sadly, I think your region is probably lost. If you're the only one playing the region, you may be able to save all your hard work by transferring the region to single player mode to see if you can play it offline. 

Post back to let us know if anything works. Good luck!