Can you play Conquests in a window?

balasarius · November 11, 2003, 18:43

Can you play Conquests in a window? That is, not full screen? Silly, I suppose, but very important to me. Civ2 (I think) allowed for window play.

Thanks.

SirOsis · November 11, 2003, 19:18

You can add:

KeepRes=1

to the .ini file

This will cause civ3 to play at your desktop resolution windowed.

balasarius · November 11, 2003, 19:37

omg w00t! Thank you!

CanuckSoldier · November 11, 2003, 20:23

Sorry but it doesn't play windowed. Keepres makes it use your default desktop resolution...but still full screen.

CS

Alexander's Horse · November 11, 2003, 20:25

that's a big fault with civ 3

grappleman · November 11, 2003, 21:34

you got my hopes up sirosis....oh well, still full screen civ

SirOsis · November 11, 2003, 21:55

Sorry. Why would you play it any other way?

MadWolf · November 11, 2003, 22:41

Quote:

Originally posted by SirOsis
Sorry. Why would you play it any other way?

To take a look at the other things going on your desktop.

You know, playing at work....

In fact I was looking for a way to play it windowed too.

So bad it can't be possilbe.

Alexander's Horse · November 12, 2003, 00:00

yeah

CanuckSoldier · November 12, 2003, 00:06

Well I use two monitors, Civ plays full screen in one and I have the other one for other apps. The alternative is Alt-Tab'ing between running apps.

CS

Asmodean · November 12, 2003, 02:46

Nice....my desktop (the real one - not the one in windows) is not large enough for that, though.

But a great option, if it's feasible

Asmodean

nbarclay · November 12, 2003, 12:27

Quote:

Originally posted by CanuckSoldier
Well I use two monitors, Civ plays full screen in one and I have the other one for other apps. The alternative is Alt-Tab'ing between running apps.

What I do instead of Alt-Tab is hit the Windows key to bring up the start menu and, in the process, the taskbar. Then I can select the task to switch to the same way I normally do. (I always run with taskbar auto-hide on, so I'm not sure whether that would work with it off.)

A couple more caveats: I'm running Win2K, so I can't guarantee it would work the same in other Windows versions. Also, I don't have Conquests yet; my experience so far is with the original Civ3 and PtW.

vinhmac · November 12, 2003, 12:42

I seem to remember in CivIII (PTW as well IIRC) that you could force it to play at a resolution lower then your monitor.

This would effectively create a "windowed" Civilisation but without the minimise, maximise and exit buttons on the top left corner.

Is this not a method? (cant for the life of me remeber how i did it though...)

CanuckSoldier · November 12, 2003, 13:07

I've never heard of anyone successfully forcing Civ(or any kind) to run window. Yes you can force it to run in different resolutions, but it always goes to full screen at that resolution. But if you have detailed instructions on how you windowed Civ then please post them.

CS

alva · November 12, 2003, 13:12

From Mike in another recent thread:

Quote:

Add the line
VideoMode=1280

Only the following resolutions are supported with this command:
1024x768
1152x864
1280x1024
1600x1200
1792x1344

I used to do this ( handy for quick PBEM games), but changed back to Nathans'(nbarclay) way .
The windows works better on Civ3 then any other game I know

BTW: good to see you Nathan

duxup · November 12, 2003, 16:49

Quote:

Originally posted by MadWolf
To take a look at the other things going on your desktop.

You know, playing at work....

In fact I was looking for a way to play it windowed too.

So bad it can't be possilbe.

I play it at work at times too.

I just end up alt+tab ing in and out of Civ 3. It works really well for me on my laptop. I agree it would be very nice if you could window it.

Alexander's Horse · November 12, 2003, 19:07

i.e. to use icq

Soren Johnson · November 12, 2003, 19:36

Quote:

Originally posted by vinhmac
I seem to remember in CivIII (PTW as well IIRC) that you could force it to play at a resolution lower then your monitor.

This would effectively create a "windowed" Civilisation but without the minimise, maximise and exit buttons on the top left corner.

Is this not a method? (cant for the life of me remeber how i did it though...)

depends upon what you mean by windowed mode, but if you set

KeepRes=1
VideoMode=1024

and then set you moniter to 1280 (or whatever), Civ3 will stay in a (non-traditional) window. That's how I play...

vinhmac · November 12, 2003, 19:51

Thats it!

Dont work on Conquest tho

Alexander's Horse · November 12, 2003, 20:52

Soren, kicks, he scores!