Any in-game menu, or post-game result screen, seems to create a black box around the now-centered UI. This leads to the issue that the certain graphic elements do not stretch across dual monitors properly. This seems an odd choice from a development standpoint, as adding a toggle in the graphics settings would be a relatively simple feat. Through some Steam group digging, it appears that the official method is to press “alt-shift-enter” all at once, to toggle this multi monitor mode. The game also advertises multi monitor support, though the feature seems to be hidden from sight. Those will lower-specced PC’s may have appreciate the tradeoff of graphic fidelity/resolution in favour of placing more troops. The game does after-all boast the ability to increase the amount of troops you can place in the skirmish mode, which can be processor intensive. While yes, the game does boast low required specs, the option to toggle between “high, medium, and low” graphics settings, as in the original release, would be a welcome feature. In fact, there are no graphic options to speak of at all, other than toggling between a full screen and windowed mode. The option was available in the original release, but is nowhere to be now seen. While I suppose it is convenient that the game automatically detects my monitor’s resolution, it would be optimal if there were the ability to choose a favored resolution. That is, it scales to my monitors 2560 x 1440 resolution with fairly apparent ease, a feat the original game could not accomplish. So why is it that this game feels, well, stuck in 1999?
There have been advances to internet technologies, the widespread adoption of widescreen monitors, and numerous other technological advances in computer processing. Porting a 14 year old game isn’t without it’s challenges.
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