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not as a legacy mode of a later DX version, is not possible in versions of Windows higher than Vista. My understanding is that the code was designed for DX 7, but remained fully compatible up to DX 9, which if I'm not mistaken is included the released CDs. I am hoping to follow up this post with a guide on how to run the game at higher than native resolutions and scale it down to provide the greatest graphical fidelity.Ĭode: Config file for DirectX DLL Wrapper

Use a SimCity 4 Launcher to select any resolution you like!.

Open the dxwrapper.ini file and paste the code below into it.

zip: dxwrapper.dll, dxwrapper.ini, Stub/ddraw.dll and copy them into your Apps folder (next to your SimCity 4.exe file. zip in 7zip or WinRar and separately navigate to your SimCity 4 Deluxe/Apps folder.

Download the latest release of dxWrapper from this link:.

IMPORTANT DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP: Make sure your game is patched with the NTCore 4GB patch!.

However I have found a fantastic repository which can breathe new life into many games that use DirectX 9 or earlier called dxWrapper which includes a Legacy Hack for removing the resolution restriction, among other tricks.Īnyway, with the help of one of the fantastic developers ( elishacloud), a configuration was found that enables resolutions such as 4k and beyond! You can follow the Github Issue here but I will provide a summary below This could be circumnavigated by running SC4 in software rendering mode (CPU only) but this caused other issues and notably reduced the graphics.

It has been known to the community for some time that SimCity 4 is locked to resolutions under 2048ish pixels either wide or high in hardware mode, the source of this limit is DirectX 7 which cannot handle resolutions any higher.

So I recently bought a new computer screen with the jaw dropping resolution of 5120×1440 and was looking into getting SimCity 4 to run at something closer to native resolution.