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Game keeps reverting to low graphics!

October 31, 2015 5:41:18 PM from Galactic Civilizations III ForumsGalactic Civilizations III Forums

I reinstalled galciv 3 and I set my resolution to 1400x900. But everytime I set the performance to enable lean maps, gel ui, antialiasing etc, and disable low rez textures, I restart the game and boom, it reverts back to low resolution settings. It wont save my settings no matter what I do!

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tilyas89
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Reply #1 October 31, 2015 6:32:26 PM
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Even changing the settings to ANYTHING other than the starting "low" settings doesn't save. I go into the menu, change it to high or custom, exit the graphics option menu at the main screen, go back into the graphics options and it's BACK to low. It's as if it isn't saving my settings.

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Reply #2 October 31, 2015 6:34:43 PM
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Are you able to save a game?

Maybe for some reason your Windows-User does not have the right to write the GalCiv-Files.

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Reply #3 October 31, 2015 6:46:57 PM
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I can save the game. I did not have this problem until today.

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Reply #4 October 31, 2015 8:02:29 PM
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After reinstalling it and deleting it twice, it now works properly. Can't fathom why that happened.

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Reply #5 August 29, 2016 4:49:21 PM
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I've got the same problem.

New high end PC running Windows 10 (with an NVidia 1070 graphics card) every time I set the graphics options and restart they revert back to "low".

What's the point of building a killer computer if the game won't utilize it?

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Reply #6 August 29, 2016 5:08:31 PM
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Delete Prefs.ini - Located in ...Documents/My Games/GalCiv3

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Reply #7 August 29, 2016 5:43:57 PM
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Thanks!  That appears to have solved it.

Although with the high settings I don't really notice any difference in the look of the game.

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Reply #8 August 29, 2016 7:28:19 PM
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Quoting Mithel,
reply 7

Thanks!  That appears to have solved it.

Although with the high settings I don't really notice any difference in the look of the game.

Glad you got it fixed!

No there is not much difference in galactic graphics, it is mostly ships and effects that you will notice a change.

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Reply #9 August 29, 2016 8:19:41 PM
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Thanks!

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