Sid Meier's SimGolf
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| Developers | |
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| Firaxis Games | |
| Publishers | |
| Electronic Arts | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | January 23, 2002 |
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Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
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Key points
- Some minor compatibility issues on modern Windows systems
General information
- Official developer site
- Encyclopedia of SimGolf - A very small wiki for SimGolf
Availability[edit]
- SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- Newer copies of the game come bundled with patch 1.03 on the disc. A manual install is required though
- [1]
Essential improvements[edit]
Patches[edit]
- Patch 1.03 is the latest patch available for the game.
Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows |
Save game data location[edit]
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows |
Video settings[edit]
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Locked in 800x600 | ||
| Multi-monitor | Expects Monitor 1 to be on the left, otherwise gets confused (e.g. changes resolution of left monitor, but displays on right monitor). | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
Input settings[edit]
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
Audio settings[edit]
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Other information[edit]
API[edit]
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
System requirements[edit]
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95 (OSR-2) | 98, ME, 2000, XP |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 300 MHz | Intel Pentium III 500 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 350 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible | 16 MB of VRAM |
Notes
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16