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romosim
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7 months ago

Sims 2 Legacy resolution scaling off

Hi all, I have had issues with the game's resolution being incorrect and being unable to get my in-game resolution settings to stick once the game was restarted, but with today's patch the resolutio...
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EA_Cade
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7 months ago

Heya romosim 

This is due to the change called out in the patch notes here:

  • The Sims 2 now uses a borderless window to provide the fullscreen experience

In order to change resolution now, you'll need to press ALT+Enter to go into Windowed mode, then the resolutions shown in your screenshots will not be grayed out anymore. 

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romosim
Rising Rookie
7 months ago

Hi EA_Cade 

I pressed ALT+Enter and changed the resolution in Windowed mode, however if I restart the game, the change to the resolution settings do not stick, and I am back to square one. Any idea why this might be happening/ways to fix? Thanks for your response btw!

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