GameFirst©: How to Install Simcity 2013, Bypass DRM and play Offline: Vulpes Zedra

Release Date: March 5, 2013

E10+ for Everyone 10 and older: Mild Violence

Genre: Economic Simulation

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Developer: Maxis

IGN Rating: 7.0

Only on PC, MAC release delayed until August.

System Requirements:

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ or better or Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.0GHz or better

RAM: 2 GB

Video Memory: 256MB of on-board RAM and Shader 3.0 or better

Operating System:Windows XP/Vista/7/8 (32 & 64 Bit)

Download Simcity 2013 link Torrent.

UPDATES:

1.2 - 1.3[Fixing Window 8 and some others license issues - Adding a check for spaces in root folder name - Fixing the dummy certificate check in some cases]: http://katmirror.co/simcity-drmless-beta-update-1-2-to-1-3-t7503022.html

1.3 - 1.4[Fixing some 32bits and non NT license issues - Abandon cities & regions is fixed - Renaming cities is fixed - Fixing some minor bugs & improvements]: http://katmirror.co/simcity-drmless-beta-update-1-3-to-1-4-t7514707.html

1.4 - 1.5[ Fixing the v1.4 saving issue ]: http://katmirror.co/simcity-drmless-beta-update-1-4-to-1-5-t7515078.html

It's now possible to play this game offline. This method isn’t easy, it will generally not work the first time, you will go through lots of trial and error method. This method works, I played this game for 5 hours today. It comes patched with version 4, which as of now is the latest, but also install update 1.5 which fixes saving issues. This offline version SimCity won’t connect to those unfortunate EA servers and rather the game will run and save on your computer, OFFLINE. Bottom line its FREE.

So, Lets get started:

Step 1 – Make a new folder called “Program” in either C or E or whatever drive you use the most, in that folder make another folder called “Simcity” and copy paste all the data from the torrent file. (For example E:/Program/Simcity).

Step 2- Right click the new ‘Simcity’ folder (now with all the torrent data in it) and go to ‘Properties’, and then uncheck ‘Readonly’, when it asks if you want to apply this to subfolders click ‘yes’.

Step 3- Inside the Simcity folder go to the Extra folder and open the “Electronic Arts, Inc CA.crt” file, click “Install Certificate” then click next, then click the “Place certificates in the following store” button, click ‘Browse’, Select “Trusted Root Certification Authorities” and click Ok. Then just click next and finish. You should see a message appearing saying “Import successful”.

Step 4- In the Extra folder copy the “Hosts” file, then go to “C:Windows/System32/Drivers/etc/hosts”, and delete the “Hosts” file there (back it up somewhere else if you want, you will need it if you want to use Origin legitimately). And paste the torrent version of the Hosts file (might be slightly larger than the previous one).

Step 5- In the SimCity folder, make a desktop shortcut for “Start.exe” (you will need that file to play the game), then run it. Click “Start Server”, it should say “Everything sounds good!”. If your firewall asks if you want this software to access the internet, click “Allow”. Now on to the next step!, we are almost done. (If a message appears saying “Dummy certificate is not installed”, go to Step 3 and install the certificate again properly. And If message appears saying “Private server cannot be started”, go to Step 2 and uncheck Read-only.)

Step 6- Back in the Extra folder, install Origin from the provided installed. Make sure your old Origin installation is completely removed before you install this one. Uncheck all the options, and then complete the installation. Now make sure the Start.exe server is running in the background, now run the freshly installed Origin. Enter a cool username (That will be the mayors name in the game) and enter anything as a password.

Step 7- Go to “My Games” in Origin, Click on SimCity and click Install. (It wont actually download anything from the internet, it will just extract the files you already downloaded from the torrent, also it will install the game in the C drive, and it will say that it needs like 12 GB HDD. But it doesn't require more then 2 or 3GB HDD.

Step 8- Now when it finishes, click ‘Play’, It will run the game and update it, let it run (will take like 5 minutes max), then click the Play button and have fun! (If you are on something other than windows 7, clicking play wont make the game run, if thats the case, from the server click “Activate”, and then click the Play button again, it will work this time). Also if error message appears saying “Could not login to game server”, just click “Retry”. It happens only once and then the game starts, and you can high five yourself.

Step 9- Download all updates and overwrite everything and run the Start.exe then run the game. (Note about the updates- These updates fix most issues, like saving, and region glitches, compatibility issues with Windows 8 etc)

Thats it, now you have a fully functional SimCity Offline mode without DRM stuff.

I hope you guys enjoy this article and the game.

Please note: This game is still in Beta release, Great works, Sandbox mode with cheats doesn't work.
Only one region and no region simulation.
We will update you when new updates arrives.

Please report bugs to vulpes.zedra@gmail.com

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