Widescreen support and bigger resolution

[solvise]

How can I get widescreen support and bigger resolution

[3keyz]

steam://openurl_external/https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftetration.github.io%2FSimcity3000_Modding_Revival%2Fscu3HD_patch.html

There's a higher resolution patch on this github page. Download the patch, and put it wherever you've installed SC300 in the Apps folder (this is where the game executable lives, and that is what the patch actually patches).

You'll need to install Python 2.7 or 3 to run and install the script. Make sure to open WIndows Powershell in the folder (shift + right click -> Open PowerShell) then type in python SCU3_HD_patch

You should be good to go on higher resolutions after that, just make sure it's divisible by 8 in terms of your chosen resolution, or the game may crash.

[PIRÅNHÅ]

Originally posted by 3🄺🄴🅈🅉:

steam://openurl_external/https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftetration.github.io%2FSimcity3000_Modding_Revival%2Fscu3HD_patch.html

There's a higher resolution patch on this github page. Download the patch, and put it wherever you've installed SC300 in the Apps folder (this is where the game executable lives, and that is what the patch actually patches).

You'll need to install Python 2.7 or 3 to run and install the script. Make sure to open WIndows Powershell in the folder (shift + right click -> Open PowerShell) then type in python SCU3_HD_patch

You should be good to go on higher resolutions after that, just make sure it's divisible by 8 in terms of your chosen resolution, or the game may crash.

Thanks for this and now my game works in 4k (despite the menus being tiny). Do you know if there is a way to scale the UI in 4k on the Steam version? All the guides Ive found online refer to the origin version using a preferences.prop file.

[3keyz]

Originally posted by PIRÅNHÅ:

Thanks for this and now my game works in 4k (despite the menus being tiny). Do you know if there is a way to scale the UI in 4k on the Steam version? All the guides Ive found online refer to the origin version using a preferences.prop file.

I'm honestly not sure about fixing the UI for 4K resolution, I play games in 1080p for the most part unless I wanna upscale it more with my graphics card for some reason.

I could do some searching online but I'm unsure if I'll find any useful info about rescaling the UI. I'm sure you're probably not the only person with this issue, though. I might do some digging a bit later and see what I can find.

[ShiftyMarmot]

GOG provides a modified exe with widescreen support, which you can download here https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018687573-Simcity-3000-Unlimited-widescreen-support?product=gog
Copy it to the Apps folder in the game directory and replace the original exe, but do back it up first.

[PIRÅNHÅ]

Originally posted by ShiftyMarmot:

GOG provides a modified exe with widescreen support, which you can download here https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018687573-Simcity-3000-Unlimited-widescreen-support?product=gog
Copy it to the Apps folder in the game directory and replace the original exe, but do back it up first.

Does this fix the UI scaling?

[ShiftyMarmot]

Originally posted by PIRÅNHÅ:

Originally posted by ShiftyMarmot:

GOG provides a modified exe with widescreen support, which you can download here https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018687573-Simcity-3000-Unlimited-widescreen-support?product=gog
Copy it to the Apps folder in the game directory and replace the original exe, but do back it up first.

Does this fix the UI scaling?

I guess not? you can see how it looks like from this screenshot https://imgur.com/a/Xbi9VKK

[Beric01]

Yeah UI upscale would probably require a massive rework. Well, as long as the aspect ratio is fixed I'll probably pick this up.

[Ezek]

Oh man, is there any code to stop crashes on steam like with simcity 4?
I just lost a city after 3 hours with no save made.
I forgot this was even a thing on steam.

[PIRÅNHÅ]

Originally posted by ShiftyMarmot:

Originally posted by PIRÅNHÅ:

Does this fix the UI scaling?

I guess not? you can see how it looks like from this screenshot https://imgur.com/a/Xbi9VKK

Yeah I couldnt find a working solution so I just play it at 1080p for now. Its provides sufficient UI scaling and graphics sharpness on a 4k monitor.

[TheDeeGee]

Since the UI doesn't scale i'd use something like NIS (NVIDIA Image Scaling) or RSR (Radeon Super Resolution) to play at 1080p as a 4K user, that way you can somewhat avoid a blurry image.

[dcscanner]

Working great under Linux. Resolution (21:9) 2560x1080. I'm using Proton 5.13-6 under Compatibility mode. Intro crashes so I'm using -intro:off under under Launch Options. I also opted using a hex editor on the exe

Open SC3.EXE or SC3U.exe with a hex editor
Search for this byte sequence: 8b 4c 24 04 8b 44 24 08 53
Overwrite the first four bytes with c2 08 00 90
Search for this byte sequence: 8b 4c 24 04 8b 54 24 08 81 f9
Overwrite the first four bytes with c2 08 00 90

[R37ROG4M3R]

Originally posted by ShiftyMarmot:

GOG provides a modified exe with widescreen support, which you can download here https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018687573-Simcity-3000-Unlimited-widescreen-support?product=gog
Copy it to the Apps folder in the game directory and replace the original exe, but do back it up first.

This works 100% for me with the steam version on Proton/Linux, thank you 😊

[ShiftyMarmot]

Originally posted by Revolverfuss:

Originally posted by ShiftyMarmot:

GOG provides a modified exe with widescreen support, which you can download here https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018687573-Simcity-3000-Unlimited-widescreen-support?product=gog
Copy it to the Apps folder in the game directory and replace the original exe, but do back it up first.

This works 100% for me with the steam version on Proton/Linux, thank you 😊

[Dibrador de Killer]

I just got SC3000 in Steam. Any way to get UI and ingame text resized to 1.5x - 3x bigger?

[NazgulSim]

Originally posted by ShiftyMarmot:

GOG provides a modified exe with widescreen support, which you can download here https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018687573-Simcity-3000-Unlimited-widescreen-support?product=gog
Copy it to the Apps folder in the game directory and replace the original exe, but do back it up first.

Works really well !