Game is making desktop ui bigger and glitchy for some reason

milligramskobra​ 

Looks like a simple resolution thing to fix. Are you using an external display or built-in MacBook/iMac display? Have you trashed the Options.ini file in the Sims 4 folder to reset the in-game settings?

Bluebellflora​ 

I’ve not trashed the Options.ini file. Will that reset itself if I do? I also just play on my MacBook, I don’t use an external display.

milligramskobra​ 

Yes, it will recreate when you next launch the game and the game will choose the best settings based on your Mac hardware. 

Bluebellflora​ 

Perfect, thank you. I’ll let you know if that works.

Another thing I forgot to mention this with my mods in my initial message (wrote it while super stressed). After I put them (my mods and cc) back in, besides the whole graphics glitch with my desktop folders and tabs, I also couldn’t get past the main menu screen.

When I removed them, I could. And after putting them back in with the removal of about 1,000 files, I could still get past the main menu screen.

So is it possible that I corrupted some files with the backup and would need to redownload them? Like I said before, I’ve not updated my game for the September 18th and October 2nd updates, so I don’t know if playing a non-updated game could be causing it as well.

Bluebellflora​ 

EDIT—I managed to fix it! Thank you so much for your help 🫶

Update—I've deleted the Options.ini file. However, when I open the game, the game (while open) still enlarges stuff open on my desktop and make my folders glitchy as you can see. And when I close the game, it reverts back to normal.

Is there another way this could be fixed?

milligramskobra​ 

Great. Yes that will happen when you play in fullscreen and is normal. Play in windowed mode instead.

For Mod issues you should seek help in the Mods forum although if I were you I would simply redownload the problematic ones if they're compatible with your game version number.