Changing the Screen Resolution

[Flintlock]

Is there anyway to change the resolution that C3C runs in?

'cause it's real annoying to be trying to change something in the editor, when you can't see half the options due to Civ running in the background.

 

[vmxa]

I do not follow you example, but you have some ini settings to force the game to run at desktop or to set the resolution.

KeepRes=1
Can be 0 or 1. If 1, your screen resolution is used for the game instead of the default 1024x768.

VideoMode=1280
Can be 1024, 1152, 1280, 1600, 1792. Changes the game's resolution to the value specified (instead of the default 1024x768).

Refresh=70
Changes the default refresh rate of your monitor. Do not change/add this line unless you are experiencing problems!

 

[Flintlock]

I tried them, but all the KeepRes did was make the title/espionage/victory status, etc. screens smaller and in the middle of the screen, the rest (about 2 inches all around) was just solid black.

The VideoMode one didn't seem to work at all

 

[Lord Chambers]

I'd love to be able to alt-tab in Civ without the hordes of desktop icons getting rearranged, or being off screen where I can't click.

 

[vmxa]

Match the desktop setting to the res for the game and it should be OK.

 

[Lord Chambers]

Haha, you'd make a great tech support agent.

 

[Turner]

The VideoMode one didn't seem to work at all

That's because it's Video Mode.

 

[Ginger_Ale]

While we're on the subject of the .ini file, what does "Seafaring=#" (mine is at 2 right now as a non-Seafaring civ) do?

 

[vmxa]

Ginger Ale the list that Mike Breitkreutz Programmer FIRAXIS Games posted for the INI does not have that parm.

quote:
OK, here's a list of all the INI settings for Conquests (some of these may not be in Civ3

or PTW). I'm not sure if these are documented anywhere or not (probably some of them are in the readme)... I just write the code.

 

[vmxa]

Haha, you'd make a great tech support agent.

Actually that is one of the jobs I held for about 10 years and prior to that I was a systems programmer, so I took lots of trouble calls.