800x600 Resolution?

[ROFISH]

I'm currently running on an old monitor (Mfg. Date: June 1992) and it can only go up to 800x600. How can I run Civ4 at this resolution. Setting it to ScreenHeight = 600, ScreenWidth = 800 in CivilizationIV.ini doesn't work, and window mode runs at 1024x768 as well.

 

[Zydor]

Not certain it will work - I dont know if it does support 800x600 - would be surprised if it didnt, but ....


If you go to MyDocuments - then My Games - then the civ IV directory, you will see the "CivilizationIV" configuration settings ini file. Take a backup copy, store in another directory so you can rollback without issues. Then open it up and change the values for Custom Screen Height in two places about 20 lines up from the bottom of the file. There are guide notes there - its straightforward

Be interested to know it worked ok

Regards
Zy

 

[ROFISH]

I already tried that and it didn't work. I really want to play, I'm addicted to it, but I'm currently stuck on an old monitor for awhile.

 

[Zydor]

My apologies - noticed you had posted that - I misread that - getting late Mabe it will not support 800x600 - I dont know. I willhave another ferret around and see if I can find the supported resolutions - back in 5 or 10 success or fail

Regards
Zy

 

[Zydor]

Cant find a definitive answer any where - sorry - its not given as an option inside the game setup (which is ominous for such a common screen), so its possible it will not run at that resolution - but be cautious as I have not found a definite statement one way or the other

Sorry - maybe pop back in later/in the morning, one of the other guys may know and post the answer here.

Regards
Zy

 

[ROFISH]

As a followup, I've found that my crappy 1992 monitor works at 1024x768 at 43hz (Interlaced). I have to run Civ4 in windowed mode as well, but that doesn't bother me as the window is full screen in the first place. I'd still love a solution to get it to run at 800x600 if possible.

 

[robaughjr]

It would be nice to run at a lower res to get a performance boost. If I come across a way to do it, I'll post it here.

 

[Zydor]

I have seen some in posts saying they are running at 800 x 600 - so it must be ok, but dont know how they did it

Regards
Zy