Screen size problem with Civ IV BTS

[musicman]

I just bought a Sony VGN-UX490N, which has a screen that is 600 x 1024, not 768 x 1024. The *.ini file says the min. size is 768 x 1024. (This is a great little handheld computer with full functionality but has a small screen.)

Here's what I've done thus far:
1. The program fails to load in full screen mode (the default), but I changed it to windowed in the *.ini file. So, now it loads, but the window is too large for my screen, so that I can't do everything I need while playing the game on this little machine.
2. I discovered that, once I get in there, I can maximize the screen and get it sort of to squish on the screen. But, I can't page around very well, as the mouse going to one side doesn't make the screen scroll like it does on my desktop. So, I've got it so it'll work but it's not very convenient.

Any suggestions on making Civ4 work well on this non-standard screen size?

 

[ori]

in windowed mode you need to scroll by pressing holding both mouse keys or using the keyboard arrows.
did you try forcing the resolution in the .ini?

 

[grahamiam]

Or, just add this to the ini file for mouse scrolling in windowed mode:

; Allow Mouse Scrolling in Windowed mode
MouseScrolling = 1

Works quite well.

 

[musicman]

Thanks! The holding of two mouse keys works well, and the *.ini edit also solves the problem.

I still haven't found a way to force the resolution to make it the right proportions yet. The *.ini says that the minimum height is 768, but the UX490 has 600 pixels height. Suggestions there?