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SimCity 2000 Network Edition

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SimCity 2000 Network Edition
SimCity 2000 Network Edition cover
Developers
Maxis
Release dates
Windows June 26, 1996
SimCity 2000 Network Edition on Wikipedia
SimCity
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

Key points

A fix is needed to work on modern systems (see Network Edition Interoperability Patch).
There is a launcher available courtesy of NightfirePC.com that adds a central way to view internet servers for SimCity (see SimCity 2000 Network Edition Launcher).

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Windows
This game is not available digitally.
Demo

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.1 is the official update for the retail version.

Network Edition Interoperability Patch

This game has compatibility issues with modern versions of Windows.
Install manually using the fix package[1]
  1. Download the SimCity 2000 Network Edition Interoperability Patch.
  2. Extract it somewhere convenient (the game will be installed within this folder).
  3. Run _setup.cmd and follow the steps.
The Interoperability Patch can use a retail CD or download the trial version from the internet.
Refer to the reddit thread for further details.
The server takes a while to send data updates to the players, but you can use this server executable for faster updates. More info here

SimCity 2000 Network Edition Launcher

This launcher allows players to view a list of servers like modern games and host their own server so people on the Internet can see and join it.
Install the Network Interoperability Patch first[citation needed]
  1. Download the Network Edition Launcher.
  2. Extract all files to the 2knet folder where the game is installed to, overwriting any existing files. Note: the included 2KServer.exe includes the server send data rate fix.
  3. Run SC2KNEL.exe to host and play the game from now on.

Game data

Configuration file location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\2KCLIENT.ini[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
  • .scx
City files (*.scx) can be saved anywhere.

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
4
Online play
4

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 2586
UDP 2586
This game supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.
UPnP is added by the Network Edition Interoperability Patch.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) 80486DX2-66
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 25 MB
Video card (GPU) 256 color SVGA
Other IPX/SPX or TCP/IP modem or network card

Notes

  1. When 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