Making Startopia look better...tweaking? CardID?

[ArchangelX]

Hi all,

A little new to the boards, but still a big fan of Startopia. After playing a few old games (including the wonderful SimGolf, and DK2), I decided to load up Startopia and give it another whirl.

Although at 1600x1200 it looks absolutely brilliant, I do find it very hard to read the text. My question is, what have you done to make Startopia look better on your rig?

I have all the graphics maxed, but in order to read the text, I've been relegated to 1280x960.

I tried using the 1.02 experimental patch...but the shadows were very pixellated looking, although it made a huge difference in the way everything looked. It was smooth, but unfortunately, just to blocky to enjoy. Plus, the glossiness stops working.

I've heard that updated your CardID.Tom would help...does anyone have anything that's up-to-date? I'd like to run 1600x1200 with larger text as well. Thanks all!

-Mike K.