Conquests resolution problem

[Chong Warrior]

Starting playing Civ III again on my old PC that just has onboard graphics and a crappy 15" CRT and it played no problems.

Decided to install it again on my main PC but this has a 17" TFT and 1024x768 just looks so bad it's unplayable! This monitor has a native res of 1280x1024 and anything else looks bad.

Tried KeepRes=1 in my conquests.ini file and while this allows the main map to be viewed in 1280x1024 but nothing else is. They are still displayed in 1024x768 but with huge black borders all around the screen.

I mean everything else, menu screen, starting setup screens, city manager screen's... it's too annoying and I can't play it like this as the writing is so small

I've played Civ III on this PC before and I don't remember having any trouble...

can anyone help?

I've also tried adding: Video Mode=1280 to the ini file but that doesn't work at all, just stays at 1024x768.

I'll also add this happens in Civ III and Conquests

 

[Turner]

Nope, that's the way it is. The KeepRes and VideoMode don't expand anything but the main viewing screen.

 

[Chong Warrior]

Ah well, time for the bin then, what a waste of time installing that was!! Must say that's very poor support isn't it?

Does Civ 4 support better res than 1024x768?

Cheers anyway