SC4 does not fill screen

[Oldeguy 0]

So, I installed SC4 on the I7/GTX260 system. No matter what screen settings (on Dell 23" monitor) SC4 doesn't fill the screen, large black bands on either side of playing area. Phenom w/5770 on a 24" monitor doesn't do this. It's the Steam edition which uses this shortcut: .steam://rungameid/24780

I tried adding the custom resolution line to the shortcut but without success.

Help me ObiWon you're my only hope.

  Edited April 14, 2012 by Oldeguy  

[Oldeguy 0]

I fixed it, I adjusted scaling in the GPU settings to full screen while in gaming mode, thanks anyway.

[EXVAS3221 5]

i am using a LED 23 samaung, i still do not get the full screen?

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

i am using a LED 23 samaung, i still do not get the full screen?

Well, first we need to know more about your monitor and your game. I am running a 24" monitor at 1920 x 1080 at full screen without a problem. The fix you need is probably to use the two options to set up your screen resolution:

-CustomResolution:Enabled and the custom resolution definition -rwxhxd

Where w = the horizontal pixel count;

h = the vertical pixel count; and

d = the graphics depth (probably 32)

this is the command line I use for this:

"C:/Program Files/Maxis/SimCity 4 Deluxe/Apps/SimCity 4.exe" \

-intro:off -CustomResolution:enabled -r1920x1080x32 -d:software \

-CPUcount:1

I am on Linux, so the backslashes simply tell the parser to ignore the new line characters. Please note that options after the final quote are delimited by spaces.

  Edited April 15, 2012 by A Nonny Moose  

[EXVAS3221 5]

i am using a LED 23 samaung, i still do not get the full screen?

Well, first we need to know more about your monitor and your game. I am running a 24" monitor at 1920 x 1080 at full screen without a problem. The fix you need is probably to use the two options to set up your screen resolution:

-CustomResolution:Enabled and the custom resolution definition -rwxhxd

Where w = the horizontal pixel count;

h = the vertical pixel count; and

d = the graphics depth (probably 32)

this is the command line I use for this:

"C:/Program Files/Maxis/SimCity 4 Deluxe/Apps/SimCity 4.exe" \

-intro:off -CustomResolution:enabled -r1920x1080x32 -d:software \

-CPUcount:1

I am on Linux, so the backslashes simply tell the parser to ignore the new line characters. Please note that options after the final quote are delimited by spaces.

Monitor is a Samsung Sync Master BX2331

Log generated on 4/16/2012, 07:14

Flags

-----

hardwareDriver = false

DXT = true

fullscreen = true

MMX = true

FPU = true

backingStore = true

forcedFSAA = false

Strings

-------

userName = EXVAS

appName = SimCity 4

version = 1.1.638.0

osVersion = Windows NT 6.1

computerName = EXVAS-PC

CPU = GenuineIntel

sglDriverName = Software

sglDriverVersion = 1.0

driverName = nvd3dum.dll

driverVersion = 8.17.12.8562, GUID: D7B71E3E-53C1-11CF-B063-00200EC2CD35

cardName = NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570

cardVersion = Vendor: 10de, Device: 1081, Board: 0000, Chipset: 00a1

cardIdentity = NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570

soundDriverName =

soundCardName = Primary Sound Driver

buildType = Release

Numbers

-------

cpuSpeed = 2672

memory = 4096

freeMemory = 4096

screenWidth = 1280

screenHeight = 1024

screenBPP = 32

videoMemory = 1248

textureMemory = 1248

textureStages = 1

bogoFPS = 0

bogoMPPS = 0

Rules

-----

applying Sound

applying high sound detail

applying City Detail and Day/Night Settings

applying low computer power>

applying high computer power

option 9 = 3

option 13 = 1

option 15 = 3

applying Texture Quality and Building Variety Settings

applying low memory>

applying high memory

option 3 = 3

option 14 = 3

applying Variable Speed Automata

applying default

option 10 = 1

applying Standard software

option 0 = 1

option 1 = 1

option 2 = 1

option 4 = 0

option 5 = 0

option 8 = 1

option 7 = 0

option 6 = 0

option 11 = 0

option 12 = 0

applying Standard software>

option 0 = 2

applying Standard software>>

option 4 = 1

Options

-------

Visual Effects current: 3 recommended: 2

Cars/Sims current: 3 recommended: 1

Shadows current: 3 recommended: 1

Atmospheric effects current: 1 recommended: 1

Water effects current: 1 recommended: 0

Software/Hardware current: 0 recommended: 0

Cursor current: 1 recommended: 0

VariableSpeedAutomata current: 1 recommended: 1

Translucent UI current: 1 recommended: 1

Graphic Detail current: 3 recommended: 3

Building Load Speed current: 3 recommended: 3

Texture Quality current: 3 recommended: 3

Properties

-------

forcesoftwaredriver = false

renderdynamicview = true

renderstaticview = true

renderwatereffects = true

rendercloudsandfog = true

forcepointsampling = false

forcebilinear = false

forcenoalphablend = false

forcenoalphatest = false

rendershadows = true

renderdecals = true

usesecondstage = false

forcedebugtexture = false

renderparticleeffects = true

renderflorashadows = true

renderterrain = true

showupdateregions = false

usecursoreffects = true

drawlottextures = true

drawlotfoundations = true

drawlotwalls = true

forcetexturerepeat = false

usescreenshake = true

renderui = true

useupdaterectclipping = true

usevertexbuffers = true

showboundingboxes = false

useoverlayculling = true

rendersnapshot = false

noaddsigned = false

nopartialbackingstorecopies = false

usescreenflash = true

renderautomata = true

preferopaque = false

displayalertborders = true

drawlotopaquetextures = true

useviewcleanup = false

doautozoomandrotationchanges = true

viewoffsety = 0

viewoffsetx = 0

texturebits = 32

lodoffset = 0

shadowdebug = 0

maxparticlestarget = 10000

particlelodoffset = 0

effectprioritylevel = 5

backingstoremaxzoomall = 5

backingstoremaxzoombuildingsprops = 5

backingstoremaxzoomterrain = 5

backingstoremaxzoomflora = 5

shadowquality = 2

minvehiclezoom = 3

minpedzoom = 4

cursortype = 1

depthoffset = 2

debugtexture = 0

dirtyrectmergeframes = 1

sounddetail = 2

buildingvariety = 2

buildingloaderspeed = 1

modellodoffset = 0

stringtexturecachesize = 1024

particleeffectslod = 5

splattexturescale = 50

texbindmaxfree = 4

particledensity = 1

particledamping = 0

particlescale = 1

lightingupdatedelta = 0.0001

shadowmodelthreshold = 12

demolishmodelthreshold = 12

rendermodelthreshold = 6

rendermodelthresholdscroll = 40

particlesizethreshold = 300

maxvehiclepct = 1

maxpedpct = 1

opaqueuialphavalue = 0.55

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

That's nice. Did you try the fix I suggested?

[EXVAS3221 5]

That's nice. Did you try the fix I suggested?

i did but win i went in to my apps folder and did what you suggested, it did not work? i have been playing like this for a long time. i was thinking it was my monitor? i do not understand what you are trying to say?

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

OK, we are clearly knocking heads here. It has nothing to do with your apps folder. The options go on the command line which in my case is in a script. In your case it is probably in the initiation shortcut for the game. Right click on the shortcut and choose whatever it takes to edit it, and proceed from there.

Every Windows user should understand that Windows is laying on top of a hacked up version of DOS, and that all programs are launched by the use of a command line. This line is sometimes carried in shortcuts, and some times in scripts (.bat files), or real scripts in the Windows scripting language.

Just to give you an idea of what the differences are between Windows and Linux, here is a full copy of my script:

#!/bin/bash

date

env WINEPREFIX="/home/john/.wine" \

wine "C:/Program Files/Maxis/SimCity 4 Deluxe/Apps/SimCity 4.exe" \

-intro:off -CustomResolution:enabled -r1920x1080x32 -d:software \

-CPUcount:1 &>~/sc4.log

date

You can see I have some instrumentation in this script. Here is an editing image of my shortcut calling my script.

It does not apply to Windows environments, but you should get the idea here. Making old games work on new gear means you have to acquire a few computer smarts.

  Edited April 17, 2012 by A Nonny Moose