Civilization VI Resolution on Mac Retina Display
I recently bought Civ VI and am running it on a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) with an Intel Iris Graphics 6100 graphics card and a 2560x1600 display. However, my game seems to be stuck at 1280x800, and there are no higher resolution options (the only other option is 1024x768). How do I reach these higher resolutions?
Best Answer
It does not look like this is currently possible. From the Aspyr support page here:
Q: Why aren’t retina display resolutions available in the Graphics Options?
A: Retina resolution support is not yet available for Civilization VI but we're looking into updating the game to add them. Double check that you have your System Preferences/Displays option is set to More Space to enable higher resolutions in game.
I tried manually setting the resolution in ~/Library/Application Support/Sid Meier's Civilization VI/AppOptions.txt, but it gets overwritten the next time you launch the game. Even making the file read-only (to prevent the overwrite) doesn't seem to have any effect on the resolution. This seems to be hard-coded into the game, so for now, unfortunately, we'll have to wait for support for higher resolutions.
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Answer 2
I've found this to work on my M1 MacBook Air:
- Go to:
/Users/YOURNAMEHERE/Library/Application Support/Sid Meier's Civilization VI - Open
AppOptions.txt - Change render width to:
RenderWidth 2560 - Change render width to:
RenderWidth 1440
And those two numerical values are the native resolution of your screen. In my case it's a 27 inch 1440p/144Hz Eizo Foris, it all suddenly looked amazing.
The saved values did persist. Although the issue I have now is that Civ6 on the Apple M1 (8/8) chip is not very fast and way too frustrating to play. But that's another issue for another day.
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