Re: im having issues making the resolution bigger on my macbook
Hi Puzzlezaddict, I tried those issues and nothing worked and im still trying to get in contact with a ea advisor. But thanks for your help.
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@ffmnn Just in case the problem is something on your main user account, try creating a new account on your Mac. Make sure it has admin permissions, and don't sign in with your Apple ID when setting up the account. You'll be able to launch Sims 3 without reinstalling anything, but your saves and other content won't be available. That's fine for the purposes of this test.
Hi, Puzzlezaddict it’s still creating the same issue with the resolution
I did create a new account by the way on the MacBook
@ffmnn Okay, just to be clear, if you edit options.ini in the new account to set the resolution as 2560x1600 (change the 1920 to 2560 and the 1200 to 1600), the game still reverts to 1920x1200? And this happens both in fullscreen and windowed modes, changed by editing options.ini as well? Please test any of these scenarios that you haven't already tried.
Do you use an antivirus, and if so, which one? What about a cleaner app?
I tried to change it and the resolution became smaller and i changes it via Options (int)
i also don't have a antivirus and a cleaner.
@ffmnn Is the different resolution remaining in place now? When we started, you said that if you changed the in-game resolution, it would revert to the old setting, but it sounds like that's no longer the case.
What do you mean by the resolution becomes smaller? If you mean that the user interface at the bottom of the screen is smaller, that's actually supposed to happen: a higher resolution means the UI gets proportionally smaller. If you mean something else, please post a screenshot or photo of the screen. And let me know what resolution the game is currently using as well.
The issue is fixed but there’s only three resolution sizes. I have a 13 inch MacBook and I know there supposed to be more than three screen sizes. The UI is so small.
@ffmnn The fact that you only see three resolutions is a known issue and has been for a year or so, I think since people started updating from Monterey 12.3 to 12.4. Someone posted a workaround here:
However, the fact is that the UI gets smaller as the resolution gets bigger. The game sets the UI size in pixels, not percentage of the game window. When you use a higher resolution, that literally means more pixels in the same area, so a given number of pixels will take up less space, and the UI will too. I think some modder might have tried to address this, but I don't remember if their mod worked and certainly haven't tested it myself.
Thank you!
