Brilliant
OptionUIZoomLevel 2
worked a treat - thanks for the help
Hi @Nachmanhome - SimCity doesn't really work well with the high resolutions available today. I think, you should get the same detail if you just drop the game resolution to 1080p. However, there are a couple things to try:
Change the preferences.prop file: Default location is C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\SimCity\SimCityUserData\Preferences\Preferences.prop Exit SimCity and Origin completely. Make a copy of the Preferences.prop file for backup purposes. Open the file with a text editor like Notepad. Scroll to the part that says: OptionUIZoomLevel 1 and change to OptionUIZoomLevel 2. Save the file and launch SimCity. That should double the size of the UI. You can experiment with different numbers to see if you can find one that works for you. (make sure you don't save with the *.txt extension at the end - it needs to be preferences.prop)
If that doesn't work, you could try windowed mode and force the 1080p resolution in the window.
Launch in windowed mode and force a lower resolution via command line: In Origin, right-click the SimCity icon and choose "Game Properties" > click the "Advanced Launch Options" tab > type "-w -r:1920x1080" (without the quotation marks) in the "Command Line Arguments" box. Note: Use a resolution that your display supports. You can test which resolutions work best for you. Some examples: -r:1600x900 -r:1024x768 -r:1920x1080
Hope this helps! Happy Building!
Thanks for these tips. I will be at my machine later and will try. I am able to change the resolution to 1080p but then I tend to lose a large segment of the screen. The text increases in size but the screen surface reduces and I lose full screen. I will give these all a go later today.
Brilliant
OptionUIZoomLevel 2
worked a treat - thanks for the help
@Jravelof wrote:
@Jravelof If anyone stumbles into this, I finally found the Preferences.prop file in (C:\Users\**your user name here **\AppData\Roaming\SimCity\Preferences)
I'm glad you were able to find the file, I'm not sure why you have it in the roaming folder, but if it works, that's great! Thanks for updating with this location.
Happy building!
Your in the wrong file. makes sure your in userdata folder and then find the preferences
I am having the same problem and in the same situation! Did you get anything figured out?
