CanuckGamer Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 I am planning to buy a new computer which will be Windows 10 and also a 4K monitor. I have CMBN, Commonwealth module, Market Garden module, CMFI, Gustav Line module, and CMFB. First question, can all of these be displayed at the 4K resolution of the 4K monitor, 3840 X 2160? Secondly, would I able to install these on my new computer before uninstalling from my current computer? I saved all the license numbers etc. Thank you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Yes, you can install the games on your new computer. The copy-protection/activation system that the CM games utilizes allows for 4 activations per license key (with additional activations being available by submitting a request to the Helpdesk and providing your license keys). There is no 'unlicense/un-activate' feature with the current licensing system. Yes, CM can display at the 4K resolutions. However you may find it a bit hard to read the text and control panel (depending on the size of your 4K monitor) since they utilize fixed-sized graphics elements that will NOT scale up with a higher resolution. There is no way to mod this to make them larger. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckGamer Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 Thank you for the prompt reply. I was looking at either a 28 or 32 inch 4K monitor. Would the issue about being able to read the text and control panel be more of a problem with the smaller monitor? What size monitor would you recommend? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 I haven't used a 4K monitor for CM, so I'm not quite sure what to expect or recommend. If your current monitor is standard HD (1920 x 1080), then the 4K is going to make things almost twice as small (if it were the same size monitor). So if you're currently running a 21" - 24" monitor, doubling the resolution and going up a few inches in each dimension with a larger screen is probably going to result in fixed graphics and text appearing about 1.75x smaller or somewhere in that range. For a number of people it is annoying and others may not care as much. Driving a higher resolution will also drop your frame rates a bit since there is quite a bit more on the screen for the video card to draw. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomm Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 We have a 27 inch 4K monitor here at the office. I have never seen it plugged in (which, I guess, is not a good sign), but I have heard people talking about it. Apparently, the display quality is great when vector graphics (like CAD drawings) are displayed. However, many applications do not allow for a proper scaling of the GUI elements, resulting in very small letters and hard-to-hit buttons. Based on this very limited evidence, I recommend buying a 32 inch 4K monitor. When I did my own research some time ago, I copied the following snippet: "27" is where going up to 1440p delivers, and to really get the most out of 4k a 32" or larger is needed." ... which supports this recommendation. Best regards, Thomm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 FWIW I have a 30" monitor capable of 2560 x 1600 and I have to scale down to 1920 x 1200 to read the interface easily. So, 31" 4K may not be nearly large enuff for you to run at max res and still read the UI. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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