New Main Menu Feedback

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.112.481.1030
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All the packs except for Journey to Batuu
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Launch the game
What happens when the bug occurs? The main menu elements look messy
What do you expect to see? I expect the main menu to look like in the Behind The Sims livestream
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. I installed the 1.112.481.1030 patch,

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I'm not sure if this can be classified as a bug, but some elements in the new main menu are either missing or a bit messed up.

Firstly, there's no day or time of day mentioned like in the picture Maxis shared.

Secondly, some buttons are way too small and and there's inconsistent gaps between them.

Thirdly, my young adult Sim looks much smaller than intended. For example, the Goth family adults are taller than the window on their right side, which is not the case with my Sim.

Lastly, the Resume Game button was darker in the blogpost picture which makes the button stand out more, thus look better.

Here's how the main menu looks now:

Here's how it looked in the picture shared in the blogpost:

I believe some changes are needed so that the main menu looks consistent and just better. Thank you a lot for the opportunity to share this here!

The new main menu of The Sims 4 looks great; however, it doesn't support ultrawide screens (mine is 21:9). While the game's interface works perfectly on ultrawide, this issue is specific to the updated menu. Previous versions had native support.

The main menu looks good in itself, but you're right about the missing ones. I would also have liked the gallery to be at the top of the “Home” and “Store” tabs (also “Events” tab)

The brand new main menu screen doesnt stretch to the screen size like the old one. it just leaves black bars on the side. the rest of the game is fine just the new screen

@SimplyBuilds  What resolution is your monitor?  I saw another comment that the screen doesn't fill ultrawide (21:9) monitors, but the black bars on the sides were wider.  It does fill my 16:10 screen though.

my resolution is at 1920x1080. which i think is the default?

@SimplyBuilds The main menu now features a real background image. If it were stretched to cover the entire screen, it would become distorted and lose its quality. To avoid this, black bars have been added around the image to define its boundaries. On larger monitors, such as ultrawide displays, these black bars are even more noticeable.

You mentioned that your screen resolution is 1920x1080 (Full HD), correct? I noticed you're playing in windowed mode. If you switch to fullscreen mode, the black bars will disappear. However, even in fullscreen mode, they would remain if the screen resolution exceeds the image's aspect ratio, such as on ultrawide monitors.

It's also worth mentioning that The Sims 4 loading screens are set to change soon, showcasing in-game images instead. As a result, black bars will appear on the loading screens as well. Unfortunately, there’s no way to avoid this.

Hello! I would like to say that I loved the new main menu, however, the image quality/resolution chosen is low, which gives a bad visual appearance on FULL HD 1920x1080 monitors. You should increase the image resolution to at least 1080p. 

The quality of the drawings, the lines, and even the pagination buttons on the cards looks very poor. I feel that the visual experience is being compromised because of this.

Obviously, in the image shared below it may not look that remarkable because it will be resized to a smaller size. But in the original size, you can see that the quality is poor.

@SimplyBuilds  Yes, this is the default, and it's interesting that the bars show up at 1080p.  It's not harmful, of course, so the best thing you can do is ignore it.

Can this infernal company FOCUS on FIXING the bugs that have been in this game for OVER A DECADE, instead of trying to make it appealt to the most popular trend of the years for ONCE?!

I am so tired of hoping for something to change for the better only to get disappointed again and again and again.

Sims 4 has always been about ALMOST what we want but never quite. And that new screen is awfully overbearing and headache inducing!