13-12-2002 01:31									#1
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Does anyone have a collection of helpful entries for the PTW.INI file? I use two found in the forum:
KeepRes=1 - to allow my desktop to remain at a higher resolution while playing

PlayIntro=0 - to prevent the intro movie every time I start.

Anyone else?

	13-12-2002 04:19									#2
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Did not know about the playintro=0 one. Thanks.

If you want to use the voice chat you set Voice Quality = x (4 seems to be a good value to start). I did not get it to work yet though.

	13-12-2002 11:07									#3
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PlayIntro will be set as soon as I come home.
thanks!

	14-12-2002 03:04									#4
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quote: Originally posted by Franses Did not know about the playintro=0 one. Thanks. If you want to use the voice chat you set Voice Quality = x (4 seems to be a good value to start). I did not get it to work yet though.

I use voice chat a lot, it is great. If you can't get it to work with the value of 4 try another value (1-7 work). Also you do know that the TAB key activates voice chat, right?

	14-12-2002 03:23									#5
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Cut and paste from the readme.txt file to the .ini file if your not really sure what your doing.

	14-12-2002 04:12									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Acemo I use voice chat a lot, it is great. If you can't get it to work with the value of 4 try another value (1-7 work). Also you do know that the TAB key activates voice chat, right?

Aha, so that is the solution. Someone posted that before but I did not have the opportunity to try it. I am sure now that is where things went wrong. Thanks.

	14-12-2002 18:56									#7
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Together with KeepRes=1, I use Video Mode=1280, so that the refresh frequency of the monitor stays the same. This is particularly useful for LCD monitors, that require a lower frequency (60 Hertz instead of 75 Hertz) to display correctly.
Take care that there is a space between 'Video' and 'Mode', otherwise the parameter won't be recognised.

	16-12-2002 20:39									#8
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I tried Video Mode=1280, but I still have a frequency of 72Hz. How can I find out, which value fits for me? What are the possible values?

	17-12-2002 00:08									#9
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That is determined by the video card. Usually when setting brightness or constrast, one will get the Vertical Refresh frequency listed on the pop up screen of the monitor. Usually I set mine at 85Hz unless I am running in 1600 x 1200 video mode, which the monitor can only use with a Vertical Refresh (Refresh=XX) line of 60Hz. So to use 1600 x 1200 I must set the line in the ptw.ini or Civ3.Ini file to Refresh=60. Else it could be Refresh=85, but all video modes will work with Refresh=60, otherwise in 640 x 480 mode my Vertical Refresh=100, but 1024 x 768 mode only allows Refresh=85, and up to 1280 x 960 mode. Refresh=60 is a general all overall good refresh rate.

I can also set mine to Refresh=75 for all video modes except 1600 x 1200, then I must have it set at Refresh=60, but I think that Windows handled that once automically, since I was trying to play the game at 1600 x 1200 and had left the line at Refresh=85. It was not during the game but was at 60 instead. May depend on the OS system one is using.

Actually PTW jumps around too much in 1600 x 1200, now it jumps all the time, when others complained in CIv III that they had to move the screen. I rather move the freakin' screen than all the jumping around it does in PTW now at 1600 x 1200.

Actually pressing the Esc key, in the beginning of the Intro Movie will also Escape out of the opening movie to the game main entry screen. That is all I do now, when the Intro Movie starts, I simply press the Esc key to get out of it, afterall, may just want to watch it again. So I left the PlayIntro=1 line in the ptw.ini file after changing that to zero for awhile, probably just take it out, since I do not actually need it, at all!


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