Display Issues with Windows 7

[shaun600 0]

Hey guys

 

Apologies if this has already been asked countless times before, but it's annoying the hell out of me. I recently updated my laptop from Vista to Windows 7 and it's completely wrecked the display settings. After mucking around with the shortcut target I've managed to make it widescreen however the whole display has become squashed in.. SC4 worked perfectly fine with Vista, but 7 has been a frustrating mess.

 

Can this be fixed?, and how?... I took a screenshot, though it doesn't really show the problem well.

 

System - Windows 7 Home Premium

Processor - Intel Core Duo 2.10GHz

Display -ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4500 Series

Resolution - 1366 x 768

 

Version - Sim City 4 Deluxe (Origin)

 

 

 

Cheers,

 

P.S First time poster, long time lurker!

[Cyclone Boom 16,829]

Hi there,

 

Do you mean how the menu appears pushed over to the left side? If so, this is quite normal when running off a higher resolution - where it appears more pronounced.

You could lower it (in the shortcut parameter) to make the menu appear wider. But this will sacrifice image quality. See here for a list of supported resolutions.

 

Here's mine for comparison, running at 1600x900:

 

[Indiana Joe 1,750]

The menu isn't 'squashed.'  It's the exact same size (in pixels) as it was before.  If it became bigger with your increased screen resolution, it would be fuzzy.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Here is one of mine at 1920 x 1080.  I am also using a mod that changes the appearance of the GUI.
 


Because of the very high resolution, I keep a magnifying glass handy to the screen.  If you click on the image above, your system will try to display it as originally shot.

[shaun600 0]

Thanks guys for your replies.

 

Hi there,

 

Do you mean how the menu appears pushed over to the left side? If so, this is quite normal when running off a higher resolution - where it appears more pronounced.

You could lower it (in the shortcut parameter) to make the menu appear wider. But this will sacrifice image quality. See here for a list of supported resolutions.

 

Here's mine for comparison, running at 1600x900:

 

I can live with the smaller menu. Though the actual game display has become more narrow despite using all different resolution settings, including the standard SC4 settings. Plus the only resolution I've found to make it widescreen is my actual screen resolution 1366 x 768 (16:9), everything else goes to box size. However the picture becomes grainy and again narrow. 

 

I've tried playing around with the Compatibility mode changing it to XP and Vista with no luck. All I want to do is play the game in widescreen and not have the game display narrowed nor grainy. It was perfectly fine in Vista, but not Windows 7 :/

 

Is there a patch for Windows 7 or anything?

[simcity1999 34]

The game resolution options by default only give you option 4x3 standard (outdated) resolution. But it doesn't mean SC4 doesn't support widescreen. Just add -CustomResolution:enabled -rwwwwxhhhxdd (replace the w, h, and d with the resolution you want). But make sure you add it after the closing ".

[B.C builder 291]

Here is one of mine at 1920 x 1080.  I am also using a mod that changes the appearance of the GUI.

 

Because of the very high resolution, I keep a magnifying glass handy to the screen.  If you click on the image above, your system will try to display it as originally shot.

Sorry for the off-topic question, but I don't remember where to find the mod you talked about....Could you send me the link please ?

 

EDIT: I found it !

  Edited August 16, 2013 by B.C builder  

[BRStackola 0]

The game resolution options by default only give you option 4x3 standard (outdated) resolution. But it doesn't mean SC4 doesn't support widescreen. Just add -CustomResolution:enabled -rwwwwxhhhxdd (replace the w, h, and d with the resolution you want). But make sure you add it after the closing ".

 

I think this is the solution that you're looking for TC.

 

I assume you'd like to use your monitor's native resolution, so just figure out what that is if you don't already know, and pop the above into your launch options. For instance, I'm running my SC4 at 1440x900 with 32 bit colour, with the following command in my launch options: -CustomResolution:enabled -r1440x900x32

[CapTon 592]

This doesn't look any different from what I play with. Vista has always been a crappy software. Did you switch computers or did you simply upgrade?