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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!
I'm going blind trying to read the UI on a 4k TV
- 5 years ago@Jravelof If anyone stumbles into this, I finally found the Preferences.prop file in (C:\Users\**your user name here **\AppData\Roaming\SimCity\Preferences)
- BlackjackWidow5 years agoHero (Retired)
@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!
- b23e9b80e99d8d7a10 months agoRising Novice
help!! I’m playing Sim city again on my TV screen and all of the icons are too small and I don’t play through origin I play through EA and I can’t find any of the folders that you guys are talking about how does anyone know how to fix this? I can’t find anything online or on YouTube about it. help!! I would love to play this game again but I can’t even see any of the icons to actually play the game!!
- 4 years ago@Jravelof OMG! Thank you so much, I installed it too via GamePass/EA Desktop and I finally found the file! You just saved me and my game!! TSYM
- 3 years ago@Jravelof Thank you so much for coming back and updating with the solution. My file was in the exact same folder I was going nuts. Thanks so much
- 5 years ago
Your in the wrong file. makes sure your in userdata folder and then find the preferences
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