SC3KU Windowed Mode (Win7 x64)

[Mister Maggot 0]

Running a copy on a 64 bit copy of Windows 7 and I'm unable to use windowed mode (-w flag)

Was just wondering if anyone out there had a hack to get this working; I've been dying to play and fullscreen on 1920x1080 just handles terribly/I hate the stretching from resizing.

[Rymac91 15]

According to this sc3000.com article the flag syntax is (-w -r640x480) but it says it doesn't work under 32 bit mod and only works when the computer is running at 16 bit mode.

Contributor/author(s): Alex Z, Wren Weburg

You can optionally run SimCity 3000 in a Window rather than full screen.

Here's how:

Make sure your Windows video display is in 16-bit mode (Control Panel...Display properties).

Right-click the shortcut icon you use to launch the game and select Properties from the pop-up window (if you launch the game from the start menu, you'll have to locate the shortcut via Windows Explorer).

On the properties screen, select the Shortcut tab.

In the target field, add the following line at the end of the shortcut (after the ending quote):

-w -r640x480

where the "640x480" can be whatever your desired screen resolution is.

For example, to run the game in an 800x600 window, your target might look something like this:

"H:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 3000\Game\SC3.EXE" -w -r800x600

Valid resolutions include, but may not be limited to: 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024.

Notes: if Windows isn't running in 16-bit color, the game will switch to full screen regardless of what you add to the target. In addition, on Windows NT (and possibly 95 and 98), SimCity 3000 will soak up all your CPU cycles even if it is minimized.

Tip: if you want an option to run the game in a window, copy your shortcut so that you have two of them. Only modify one shortcut and rename it to "SimCity 3000 Windowed" or something.

[Mister Maggot 0]

Tossed 16 bit colors on and the flags aren't working. :\

Edit; got it working; thanks man.

[nukeu123 307]

Tossed 16 bit colors on and the flags aren't working. :\

Edit; got it working; thanks man.

lol you are thinking of 16 bit colors whitch means the comp will only use 16 colors in the spectrum in computer language 2,8,16,32,64,108-bits are cpu bites or the amount it could handle 16-bit os are like windows 3.1 wile windows 7 can handle up to 64-bit is this clear to you ? and am i right