Civ 3 on Steam window mode

[HybridSquirrel]

Need some assistance if any can be offered. Bought civ3 for nostalgia purposes, and I can't find the .ini to mod so I can run it in window mode. I set steam launch options to run in a window but that didn't work. Can someone help me out? I've already googled but nothing came up for the steam version

 

[lupi]

I know steam stuff is saved to odd directories in vista and above compared to regular games, so may have to try some search strings for it.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

Try hitting alt-enter. That usually puts most games in full screen mode. It might work to put civ 3 (or another game) into windowed mode.

 

[pcslookout]

Need some assistance if any can be offered. Bought civ3 for nostalgia purposes, and I can't find the .ini to mod so I can run it in window mode. I set steam launch options to run in a window but that didn't work. Can someone help me out? I've already googled but nothing came up for the steam version

Some games just don't like running in windows mode, which sucks. This really is horrible if you use dual monitors. That is one reason why I went back to a single display. Much easier. Not enough games support windowed mode with no borders. You may not be able to. Like counter strike source.

 

[Fox5]

C:\Program Files(x86)\Steam\Steamapps\common\Civ3

 

[HybridSquirrel]

C:\Program Files(x86)\Steam\Steamapps\common\Civ3

there is no civilizationiii.ini in that directory, which is the one i need to change.

Alt-enter pretends like it is going to work and then goes back to full screen. I should probably go back to single monitor...I just like have duals.

Noob question: Is there a way to search my entire pc on windows 7?

 

[Fox5]

there is no civilizationiii.ini in that directory, which is the one i need to change.

Alt-enter pretends like it is going to work and then goes back to full screen. I should probably go back to single monitor...I just like have duals.

Noob question: Is there a way to search my entire pc on windows 7?

If there's no civiii.ini file in the directory that's supposed to contain it, why don't you try creating it?

 

[HybridSquirrel]

If there's no civiii.ini file in the directory that's supposed to contain it, why don't you try creating it?

because there is a string of text that i need to alter...and i only know the values you have to change in order to get it to run in a "window"...without the full line of text it wont work.

 

[Fox5]

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=885318

This thread might be helpful as a starting point. Perhaps it's in conquests.ini or other ini files are in the folders.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=885318

This thread might be helpful as a starting point. Perhaps it's in conquests.ini or other ini files are in the folders.

that worked. after i added

Video Mode=1024
KeepRes=1


Its not a true window but I can still use the desktop. Thanks for the help, I couldn't find anything on steam forums