Widescreen Gaming Forum

vempire_ghost wrote:First thx to Jackfust for the incredible work.

The problems runs on Zeus with Posseion on a 2.1 version.
Now after I apply the fix to my resolution (i have both pcs, one in 1980x1020 and another 1280x1024) I cannot put in window mode anymore, only if I set the 800x600 resolution, or revert back to the original .exe and use a 1024x728 standard resolution.

Anyone have a fix for this, in Pharaoh I can put in window mode in all resolution, only in Zeus is impossible.

Thanks all.

Patch your Zeus.exe using this: Files available from https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files (search there)

then windowed mode should work.

jackfuste wrote:

vempire_ghost wrote:First thx to Jackfust for the incredible work.

The problems runs on Zeus with Posseion on a 2.1 version.
Now after I apply the fix to my resolution (i have both pcs, one in 1980x1020 and another 1280x1024) I cannot put in window mode anymore, only if I set the 800x600 resolution, or revert back to the original .exe and use a 1024x728 standard resolution.

Anyone have a fix for this, in Pharaoh I can put in window mode in all resolution, only in Zeus is impossible.

Thanks all.

Patch your Zeus.exe using this - Files available from https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files (search there), then windowed mode should work.

Work perfectly, do you have this patch for Emperor?

And the ESET NOD32 and Windows Defender pointed a virus in the Zeus_windowed.exe, i thinks is a false positive but only to tell you about this.

i cant edit world map on zeus with 1920:1080 i mean i cant add cities? could you repair it?

vempire_ghost wrote:Work perfectly, do you have this patch for Emperor?

Files available from https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files (search there)

And the ESET NOD32 and Windows Defender pointed a virus in the Zeus_windowed.exe, i thinks is a false positive but only to tell you about this.

That because patcher packed FSG. This is a false positive.

Thank you very much.

Hey - Very nice work on the widescreen patch! Any chance of a patch for 1024x600 resolution, would be awesome to run the game at the native resolution of my netbook.

Thanks

Hey jackfuste, any chance for a 1600x900 c3.exe.

Kudos to you for what you've done so far nonetheless. Every game looks amazing.

Hey there! First, thanks to Jack! From the screenshots, looks amazing!

Sadly, I come with bad news =( I can't seem to execute the Zeus_windowed.exe file, and Zeus.exe from that Zeus.7z file won't change anything here.

I've got GoG's Acropolis (Zeus+Poseidon), but I don't know which version it is. I'm running Windows 8 64 bits. When I try to execute Zeus_windowed.exe, I get an error message that the application couldn't start correctly (0xc000007b).

If I open the .7z file, browse to the desired resolution, extract that to Zeus folder, overwriting everything it asks for, nothing changes too. Zeus starts fullscreen with low resolution, and if I window it, black borders until moving window a while. And window is the same size as the low resolution... Help?

yuske wrote:Hey there! First, thanks to Jack! From the screenshots, looks amazing!

Sadly, I come with bad news =( I can't seem to execute the Zeus_windowed.exe file, and Zeus.exe from that Zeus.7z file won't change anything here.

I've got GoG's Acropolis (Zeus+Poseidon), but I don't know which version it is. I'm running Windows 8 64 bits. When I try to execute Zeus_windowed.exe, I get an error message that the application couldn't start correctly (0xc000007b).

If I open the .7z file, browse to the desired resolution, extract that to Zeus folder, overwriting everything it asks for, nothing changes too. Zeus starts fullscreen with low resolution, and if I window it, black borders until moving window a while. And window is the same size as the low resolution... Help?

Did you change resolution to 1024x768(Options - Display Options - 1024x768 Resolution) after applying widescreen fix? This is necessary because resolution 1024x768 changed to widescreen.
As for windowed patcher try this: Files available from https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files (search there)

Well, resolution change worked =)
But I still didn't manage to make Windowed work...
I should first move the files from the resolution I want, and then apply the windowed patch, correct?

Hi, it's possible to have a c3.exe file for 1280x800 resolution?

Thank you in advance

The widescreen mod for emperor improves the game a lot, good work and thanks, but is anybody experiencing the same problem: if I want to play a random, open game in Emperor, I always get redirected to the main menue instead of starting a new map. I've got a special version of the game, which was distributed by a german game magazine 2004, which couldn't be easily patched without using a nocd.

Hi all, first of all I would like to thank Jackfuste for all these fantastic widescreen mods. But would be nice to also unlock the 1024x600 resolution, as it's a fair common resolution on netbooks, and these games are so light that they are ideal to play on such devices. I tried to make it myself with hex editor, but it was not an easy task and I gave up, lol. The mod from Juppiter89 for Zeus seems to work, I thank him too. But we need mods for the other games, expecially Emperor. Itrust in you, Jackfuste!

I'd also be interested in a 1024x600 "widescreen" version of Caesar III, Zeus, Pharaoh, and Emperor for netbooks! Since these games are older they would work perfectly on less powerful machines.

Not too mention fitting nicely onto most smartphones nowadays. With an emulator playing the games on a phone or tablet shouldn't be a problem.

If their is anyway possible to make a 1600x900 res for Caesar 3, it would be greatly appreciated!

Harribel wrote:

Space_man wrote:I managed to make a 1920x1080 patch for Caesar III a couple weeks ago (after messing around for a while and slowly figuring out what I was doing), I figured some of you would probably be interested in it.



c3 1920x1080

Fun fact: I found what appears to be a bug in the original .exe, in the construction kit menu the map preview picture's vertical position was determined by the horizontal resolution instead of vertical resolution - not very obvious with the game's original resolutions but a major effect on widescreen.

I'll try and modify it for some other resolutions, let me know if there's one you're looking for.

Hi I Made and account just for Thanking you for this. But I cant use it XD. Once i Place it in my install dir and launch it the screen goes black and i cant do anything. (i.e Ctrl-alt-del, Alt-F4, Alt-Tab, Ctrl-Shitf-Esc.) Nothing works and i have to restart my PC.

If anyone knows what the problem might be Feel free to answer as fast as possible. I rly wish to play this game. Brings back memmories.

I run Win 7U 64bit With a SLI config and a 144Hz monitor. Game is installed on the x86 dir and can start normally at 1024x768.

I have also come across this problem with c3's 1920x1080 res, does anyone know how to avoid the black screen and crashing issue?

Having gotten into the game again I'd love the opportunity to play it with modern resolutions!

Hi I just registered on here to say thx to Jack for making some of the greatest games of all time playable on modern monitors. Im using all your widescreen patches for all these original city builders. I do however have one request which I have seen here once or twice and would like to add my voice to: if possible could you make Caesar 3 in 1600x900 that would just be icing on the cake with the rest of these. Cheers and thx in advance for this and all the great work you've done.

Moorihand wrote: if possible could you make Caesar 3 in 1600x900 that would just be icing on the cake with the rest of these.

1600x900 – Files available from https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files (search there)

Awesome thank you so much for that you are now responsible for at least 100 hours of my life being wasted lol.

euge82 wrote:Hi, it's possible to have a c3.exe file for 1280x800 resolution?

Thank you in advance

I'd like to second this request, or some instructions on how to do it myself. Thanks.