Supported displays

[ChiefSparkY]

I'd like to get a big sometime later this year - just curious, is there a max resolution that Civ 3 supports? Would it be able to work at max resolution on a 20" and 23" Apple display? Civ3 on a 23" screen with a dual G5 - heaven!

(I think this was covered elsewhere last year but I can't find it now...)

 

[AlanH]

You can see the supported resolutions listed in the pop up menu in the Game Options screen that comes up when you launch Civ3. The biggest ones in my list are 1792 x 1344 and 1920 x 1200.

HTH

 

[ChiefSparkY]

1900 x 1200 is the native resolution of the 23" display, so that's fantastic! Has anyone played it at this res? It must really enhance the game (I currently play on a wee iBook G4!)

 

[Famous Grouse]

I just got an Apple 20" display. On this display, largest resolution that works is 1600x1024; this leaves black areas at the right and bottom of the screen. When scrolling right or down, you must stop the mouse in a small area near the edge of the visible screen to activate scrolling. If you run over into the black area, nothing happens. With a little practice, this works OK, but if you are used to dragging all the way to the edge, watch out.

1280x1024 stretched mode also works.

In case you've told Civ III to not ask you about screen options at start up, hold down the apple key when double clicking on the Civ III application icon to bring up the screen options.

 

[dojoboy]

There is an option to create a custom screen resolution in the 1.29f final candidate patch, which is currently being tested by MacSoft Games. Hopefully, it'll be released soon.