civ3 and new powerbook 1280x854

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Hi, I have just bought civ 3 and cannot get it to run on my new powerbook, none of the resolution options in the startup screen matches the ones in my system preferences, therefore the game won't start up, i just get the error "drawsprocket cannot switch to the requested resolution.....any help or tips?

 

[josephtate]

I have a new powerbook as well and civ3 runs great, in OS X that is. Are you running it in OS 9?

jody

 

[josephtate]

Also, I forgot to include: one of the available resolutions in the powerbook's system prefs is 1152 x 768. This is the resolution I use for the game in OS X. I've not played the game in OS 9 on the new powerbook.

jody

 

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hi, thanks for your quick reply, i am running it in os x 10.1.5, but for some reason the top 2 resoulutions are: 1280x854 and 1024x684 i don't seem to have the medium res that you have? maybe its a problem with my system prefernces?

 

[josephtate]

Are those the two top resolutions for your system prefs in OS X? I'm running 10.1.5 too. I'm surprised 1152x768 isn't an option (that was the resolution of the last round of powerbooks, as you probably know).

What do you see when you hold down the option button and start civ3? You should see a "game options" window that allows you to choose from about 8 different resolutions. Again, 1152x768 should be one.

If you're not seeing 1152x768 in your OS X system prefs, then I don't really know how to help. That's an odd problem. You might try the Apple support discussion forums. They're often very helpful, I've found:

http://discussions.info.apple.com/

You may know about this and have tried it already. If so, sorry to be redunant.

jody

 

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thanks for your help mate, i reinstalled os x and the the options were there once i reinstalled, god know what i did to mess it up but all is fine now, and i am happily playing away, again, thanks for taking the time to help me out......