CivNet Widescreen Patch

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1 Introduction
2 Bugs & Limitations
3 Technical Details
4 Screenshots
5 Acknowlegements
6 Links

Introduction

This patch changes the maximum size of the CivNet window from 1300x1048 to 32000x32000. It is designed for version 1.02 of civnet.exe, size 2,073,600 bytes. Download link for the patch is here.

Bugs & Limitations

Although the overall CivNet window will stretch to 32000x32000, the maximum size for the map window is calculated dynamically, depending on the zoom level. At the default zoom level, the maximum map width is 2570 pixels. This is just wide enough to show the world all the way around from west to east. In other words, there wouldn't be any real point in stretching the window further, since there is nothing else to display. (If you really want to fill a 4000x3000 monitor, you could try increasing the zoom level: this should let you make a larger map.)

This leads to a minor bug though: if you stretch the map all the way to 2570 pixels, the currently active military unit (the blinking one) disappears. If you watch the minimap as you resize the main map, you can see a yellow rectangle, telling you how much of the world your main map is showing. When this rectangle disappears, you have gone too far; just take it back a few pixels until the yellow rectangle reappears in the minimap and your active unit reappears.