CaptainKoloth
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Is it even worth trying to run in 4k?
What's the highest resolution anyone ever plays Civ 4 in?
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CaptainKoloth
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Specifically does it mess up the UI, make icons unreadable, etc. I know I can just "go try it" but I would have to do a lot of messing with settings and moving stuff around to install the game on the comptuer in question so want to know if it's worth it.
s.bernbaum
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I have not tried it but there have been a couple of threads recently in the General Discussion forum in which people who have tried it have been asking if there was a way to make the fonts larger, since the greater the resolution, the smaller the fonts appear and they were having trouble reading them.
Ramkhamhaeng
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I've created a (unpublished) Mod which upscales the UI (i.e to use a 4k resolution with an UI like 1280x800).
Unfortunately at least two issues made it still unuseable:
1. Not all Elements will be scaled, but the Python based only. The Diplo-Screen, some popups, etc will be very small.
2. Font and Icons (GameFont.tga) can be scaled but the use different baselines. => The Icon position will be wrong on big font sizes. (Solution could be an special font?!)
Unfortunately at least two issues made it still unuseable:
1. Not all Elements will be scaled, but the Python based only. The Diplo-Screen, some popups, etc will be very small.
2. Font and Icons (GameFont.tga) can be scaled but the use different baselines. => The Icon position will be wrong on big font sizes. (Solution could be an special font?!)
SmallBrain
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I play using W7 on a 1920x1080 monitor [exactly half linear res of 4K] (and a 1366x768 which is not exactly scaled to full HD) and the only obvious distortions I get are in opening sequence where the planets are obviously oblate spheroids and not spheres. Elsewhere it's not noticeable. But I have no experience in playing in 4:3 (640x480) which is the aspect ratio for distortion free, so I'm not used to seeing that. My systems handle change in resolution/aspect ratio seamlessly and I didn't have to interfere. I think there is a screen res setting in the game's config file.
You could try playing in Windowed mode which would default to this (no-distortion) aspect ratio, but would not give you full screen size (you may need to edit config file. see a post by Rayanvar, I think that was his user ID I've referenced it in one of my threads in this board).
SmallBrain
10.April.2016
You could try playing in Windowed mode which would default to this (no-distortion) aspect ratio, but would not give you full screen size (you may need to edit config file. see a post by Rayanvar, I think that was his user ID I've referenced it in one of my threads in this board).
SmallBrain
10.April.2016
