***Petition for Screen Resolution Cyber Poll***

from Stardock Forums
I would like to petition for a Cyber Poll to determine the number of users who would like to see the ability to change resolutions. It is not a choice for me as I have a Hitachi 17" LCD with a native resolution of 1280x1024 and now own this game which looks like I am running it on a x386... Please make the screen resizable. I don't need redone graphics, just the support of higher resolutions. Could be added in a patch... Otherwise a great game...
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Yeah, my LCD screen has a native res of 1280x1024 also, and it has that "fuzzy look" about it, too. Kinda "retro." ;)

My vote is conditional. If it's easy to do, then I vote "yes." I have a feeling there are valid reasons as to why they didn't do it in the first place. (If it's just programming laziness I'll have to strangle some programmers.) ;)

Bill

~SDC~
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Hmm... I use my 15" LCD on my laptop running at 1400x1050 in galciv windowed mode without any problems. I would run Galciv in black and green on a pure text display if I would have to, it really is of very little importance to me.

I feel that the development funds are better used elsewhere than for pure eye candy.

Best regards

Andreas
The Political Machine 2024
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Having to be able to change resolution would be nice , especially to non 3:4 resolutions like 1280x1024 that native to my 18" LCD monitor , BUT only if it's easy and fast to do !
Game features/enhancements should be first priority !

~SDC~
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Hmm, This is a good thread. I'd love to be able to change resoulutions, since My monitor barely supports 1024x768. In fact, it looks kinda like this
*..|......|...*
The asterixs are where my monitor ends. The viewable area at 1024x768 is the | whatever they're called.

So, if you ever get the resoulution changed, I will play this game for a long time straight. Eh? so, fix it, please, Guys? I vote 5400 times for yes. :)
I'm starting to post more often too, in case you haven't noticed. This is my 9th post or something and I've been here since BEta 2B.

Edit: Forum software doesn't like me.
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Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Hehe... I'd probably use windowed mode... if only I could do something really productive while playing GalCiv! ;)

Bill

~SDC~
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Perhaps the poll should say something like "Would you like the game to support resolutions other than 1024x768?" :)
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
After looking at the poll for two seconds, I can already tell that it's missing a "whatever is best" option.

Why? On certain games, things look quite large at 640x480 and excessivly small at 1600x1200. In some other games, the mouse glides across the screen at 640x480, while requiring many lifts of the mouse at 1600x1200 in order to reach the desired option.

Some games look better in an anti-aliased 640x480 as opposed to regular 1280x960 - I have no idea why, but it usually occurrs with certain features being based on number of pixels as opposed to resolution independant units.

And in one game, selecting a resolution that deviates from the designed standard renders the game unplayable (it can be finished, but...)