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Article #82321Re: Civ4 - AI cheats?
From: Gerry Quinn
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 12:16
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 12:16
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In article <9i78n1h908gffgkln290fjg2nflknj2cf3@4ax.com>, lu.nn@wischik.com says... > Volker Hetzer <volker.hetzer@gmx.de> wrote: > >Apropos, is there any way to decrease the resolution below 1024x768? > >I'D like to play it on my laptop but the graphics is a 32MB mobility radeon > >and the tiles all have a black background. > > There are lines in the _Civ4Config file which control resolution. I > believe people have used them to get larger resolutions than the ones > supported. Maybe it also works for smaller resolutions. > > (I did set it lower myself, to see, but it didn't have much effect) I don't think it does. Setting graphic quality from High to Low does make all the difference in 512MB, I've found. Long delays between turns around 1600AD simply go away. But I moved to a 1GB machine instead, which has no problems at all. - Gerry Quinn
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