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I've managed to run The Settlers III Gold Edition (lang. Polish, version 1.60) under 1680x1050 resolution. Unfortunately it doesn't look great.

Repro steps:
1. Open s3.exe in any hex editor.

2. Find one of hex values:
2.1. "E0010000688002" for 640x480
2.2. "58020000682003" for 800x600
2.3. "00030000680004" for 1024x768

3. Replace found bytes with one of the following hex values:
3.1. "58020000680004" for 1024x600 (works)
3.2. "D0020000680005" for 1280x720 (direct draw error)
3.3. "20030000680005" for 1280x800 (works)
3.4. "00030000685605" for 1366x768 (direct draw error)
3.5. "8403000068A005" for 1440x900 (works)
3.6. "1A04000068A005" for 1440x1050 (direct draw error)
3.7. "1A040000689006" for 1680x1050 (works)
3.8. "38040000688007" for 1920x1080 (not tested)
3.9. "B0040000688007" for 1920x1200 (not tested)

4. Run SETUPS3.EXE, choose resolution you've modified and play the game.

1024x768:


1680x1050:


You can move cursor over black area. You can select an unit and right-click somewhere in black area and it will follow (of course if you didn't right-click the water).

Code for UniWS:

Can somebody repost the string that I needs searching for in SIV? Imageshack seems to have dropped the vital file...

Thanks

I've had a short look at Caesar 2. Unfortunately, I can't find anything obvious enough to change the resolution. Seems hardcoded into the game.

The image still shows up for me, but anyway the string is 00 05 00 00 bb 00 04 00 00.

Hello!



It doesn't work for me. My native resolution is 1440 x 900, but when I change to that I can only see the cruisor changing between the resolutions over a black background untill i terminate the game. The only widescreen resolution working is 1280 x 720, and that's to narrow for my screen. I've tried with other resolutions at that ratio (1440 x 810) but that doesn't work either.



I have a GeForce 9600M GT card and Vista 32 bit, and compablilty modes doesn't resolve the issue. Could it perhaps be related to the black box problem?



It would be really nice if someone could give me some tips!

/Gösta

having the same problem here for 1440x900

is there any additional changes needed to fix this issue?

im running windows 7 x64 with an ati 4850

Hi,

Tanks for Settlers 4 hack method, it's just awesome !

and superb board :rockout

If you have found this fix on internet:

Had the problem running Vista x64. I wasn't able to change resolution ingame, all buttons were grayed out.

After a lot of mucking about this is what fixed the problem for me:
1. Open the file 'Settlers IVConfigGameSettings.cfg' (use notepad)
2a. For 1280x1024 resolution set the following value's


Screenmode = 3
WindowHeight = 1024
WindowWidth = 1280



2b. For 1024x786


Screenmode = 2
WindowHeight = 786
WindowWidth = 1024



3. Save the file & Start the game

Its the screenmode line thats hard to figure out.

I have a problem, that whatever I do (edit with the hex-editor and/or edit the GameSettings.cfg) I cannot change the resolution AT ALL! The resolution stays the same. The resolution settings are of course grayed out in the game.

The game is Settlers 4 Gold Edition. I'm running Windows 7 64-bit. What to do?

So I was messing around with c3.exe on my hex editor trying to change native 1024x768 to 1440x900. And I found this hex string 00 00 C7 05 D4 E6 65 00. The full hex is:

20 03 00 00 C7 05 D4 E6 65 00 58 02 00 00 EB 33 83 3D 10 E7 65 00 03 75 16 C7 05 B4 06 66 00 00 04 00 00 C7 05 D4 E6 65 00 00 03 00 00 EB 14 C7 05 B4 06 66 00 80 02 00 00 C7 05 D4 E6 65 00 84 03 00 00 A1 B4 06 66 00 2D 80 02 00 00 99 2B C2 D1 F8 A3 A4 06 66 00 A1 D4 E6 65 00 2D E0 01 00 00 99 2B C2 D1 F8 A3 9C 07 66 00 A1 B4 06 66 00 A3 58 0C 66 00 8B 0D D4 E6 65 00 89 0D F8 08 66 00 8B 15 B4 06 66 00 D1 E2 89 15 AC 06 66 00 A1 D4 E6 65 00 A3 AC E9 65 00 8B 0D AC 06 66 00 0F AF 0D AC E9 65 00 89 0D E8 08 66 00 C7 05 2C DD 6A 00 00 00 00 00 8B 15 58 0C 66 00 89 15 4C 6B 6E 00 C7 05 E4 DB 6A 00 00 00 00 00 A1 F8 08 66 00 A3 F8 26 7E 00 6A 00 FF 15 98 D7 9D 00 A3 A4 E6 65 00 6A 01 FF 15 98 D7 9D 00 A3 B8 06 66 00 6A 00 6A 00 68 98 2D 5E 00 E8 9D BE F2 FF 83 C4 0C 6A 00 FF 15 F8 D8 9D 00 C7 45 D8 00 00 00 00 C7 45 DC 34 22 40 00 C7 45 E0 00 00 00 00 C7 45 E4 00 00 00 00 8B 4D 08 89 4D E8 68 8D 00 00 00 8B 55 08 52 FF 15 B8 D7 9D 00 89 45 EC C7 45 F0 00 00 00 00 6A 04 FF 15 A0 D5 9D 00 89 45 F4 C7 45 F8 00 00 00 00 C7 45 FC 88 2D 5E 00 8D 45 D8 50 FF 15 C4 D7 9D 00 25 FF FF 00 00 89 45 D4 83 7D D4 00 75 07 33 C0 E9 E2 00 00 00 6A 66 8B 4D 08 51 FF 15 C8 D7 9D 00 A3 B0 06 66 00 68 88 00 00 00 8B 55 08 52 FF 15 C8 D7 9D 00 A3 18 07 66 00 68 82 00 00 00 8B 45 08 50 FF 15 C8 D7 9D 00 A3 88 07 66 00 6A 00 6A 09 E8 8C B9 F2 FF 83 C4 08 8B 4D 08 89 0D 88 05 66 00 6A 00 8B 55 08 52 6A 00 6A 00 6A 01 FF 15 98 D7 9D 00 50 6A 00 FF 15 98 D7 9D 00 50 6A 00 6A 00 68 00 00 08 90 A1 90 1E 7E 00 50 68 88 2D 5E 00 68 00 00 04 00 FF 15 C0 D7 9D 00 A3 EC E6 65 00 83 3D EC E6 65 00 00 75 04 33 C0 EB 47 8B 0D EC E6 65 00 51 FF 15 E0 D7 9D 00 8B 15 EC E6 65 00 52 FF 15 D0 D7 9D 00 C7 05 90 07 66 00 00 00 00 00 C7 05 88 0B 66 00 00 00 00 00 C7 05 A8 E9 65 00 00 00 00 00 C7 05 4C 05 66 00 00 00 00 00 E8 70 BC F2 FF 5F 5E 5B 8B E5 5D C3 CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC 55 8B EC 83 EC 50 53 56 57 83 7D 08 01 75 16 C7 05 B4 06 66 00 80 02 00 00 C7 05 D4 E6 65 00 E0 01 00 00 EB 3D 83 7D 08 02 75 16 C7 05 B4 06 66 00 20 03 00 00 C7 05 D4 E6 65 00 58 02 00 00 EB 21 83 7D 08 03 75 16 C7 05 B4 06 66 00 00 04 00 00 C7 05 D4 E6 65 00 00 03

So I changed 00 04/00 03 to A0 05/84 03 and got this:
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/1687/caesar3.jpg

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So I was wondering if anybody who have game had some better suxess, I try mess around with it a bit more, post some progress :)

I have a problem, that whatever I do (edit with the hex-editor and/or edit the GameSettings.cfg) I cannot change the resolution AT ALL! The resolution stays the same. The resolution settings are of course grayed out in the game.

The game is Settlers 4 Gold Edition. I'm running Windows 7 64-bit. What to do?

I tried pretty much everything here: compatibility modes, the above mentioned hex hax (even to change the 800x600 resolution to 1024x768), config changes... nothing

I tried it on my PC (win7x64, ATI graphics) and my laptop (win7x64, nvidia) bot are 1440x900 and I was only able to change the resolution as far as Settlers allowed my to (ingame settings). On my PC that means: 800x600 (not at all) and my laptop 1024x768...

Guess one can't do anything about that... the game is just too old for this :(