Force 4:3 with old games

[red.]

So i installed SimCity 4 because it's still a great game but unfortunately because it's a bit old it doesn't seem to have any widscreen resolutions and ends up stretching the 4:3 resolution to fit my 1680 x 1050 monitor which i find annoying.

I want to know if it's possible to force it to show in the proper resolution and have black bars showing on the sides. I was able to do this before with the NVidia software but now i've switched to a radeon GPU and i have to use the Catalyst Control Centre which i am unfamiliar with, i can't seem to find the option anywhere.

edt: I'm not sure if this is the right section or not, seeing as it might be a software/gpu issue but it had to do with a game so i decided to put it here. If it's in the wrong section, can a mod please move it?

Edited November 13, 2009 by red.

[Andre S. Veteran]

You could just set it to widescreen. ;)

[red.]

Even better! But i also found a solution and i'll post it just in case:

Open up CCC > Desktop and Displays > Right click monitor at the bottom and Configure > Image Scaling > Maintain Aspect Ratio.

Due to a bug, this may be disabled for your native resolution so you have to change to a lower resolution, set the option and then switch back to your native resolution. It'll show as disabled again but it still works.

[Dance.]

 "C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4\Apps\SimCity 4.exe" -CustomResolution:enabled -r1680x1050x32

From Dr_Asik's link.

[red.]

Yep thanks, i saw the link and used what the page suggested. The 'even better' was aimed at Dr_Asik's post.