Windows Mode

[NAK 0]

Anyway to get SC4 to run in a Window instead of fullscreen?

[timmie 988]

Go to your shortcut, click right and select preferences. Type " -w -CustomResolution:enabled -r9999x9999x32" after the path of the exe, without the hyphens. Where it says 9999, you can enter your desired resolution.

 

I have it like this: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe" -w -CustomResolution:enabled -r1280x800x32 -intro:off

[IljaS 54]

This can be done straight to SC4 Startup properties as well, if you downloaded your game from Steam. I mention this, because client settings are preferred way for doing this.

 

Being "preferred" only means that you wouldn't loose your custom setting during possible file verification process.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

File verifications process?  Is that a "feature" of Steam's snooper?  What would it do it you installed the CAM?

[IljaS 54]

Verification compares files in cloud against files in your computer. It replaces missing or corrupted files, if it recognizes them. This means that user doesn't need to do a complete reinstall, or hunt some odd missing file from various corners of internet.

 

I haven't tested verification process against fixed Simcity_1.dat, but I haven't had any problems verifying files for other modified games. SC4 wasn't made for digital verification in mind, so client migh replace some files. While launch setting can be done straight to client, I consider that better approach.

 

Steam doesn't actually complain about modified files, unless those are executable files. To be safe, I have made backup files from original, IH-Fixed and IH-Fix+CAM versions of Simcity_1.dat.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

I really am not impressed with the idea of the cloud, so I built my own system for backups.  It consists of a 1TB HDD connected over a USB 2.0 port, and is always on-line.  Weekly incremental saves run automatically, and the journalling file system allows retrieval of prior file versions on demand.  One of the (dis)advantages to this is that I can't point fingers at a third party if something goes awry but I trust my own security better than anyone else's.