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#1 Old 2nd Feb 2025 at 11:37 PM
Default Can't play in any resolution other than native
So, i bought the sims 1 legacy collection on origin/the ea app, but when i opened the game the neighborhood map was ridiculously small and cropped, the ui was tiny, and the game was way too zoomed out for my liking. There wasn't any way to change the games resolution and alt + enter did nothing, despite people saying it changes the resolution, so i decided to change my computers overall resolution temporarily while i play. But when i did that and opened the game, as soon as i enter a family the screen starts flickering black and it continues to do so until i either quit the game, or go in windowed mode. Normally I'd just play in windowed mode and not really care but in windowed mode it doesn't fully fit on the screen (because of an annoying border at the top) and part of the UI is cut off and i can't see the bottom 2 needs.

Does anyone have any advice? I posted this in 3 different subreddits and nobody even replied. Please help.
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#2 Old 6th Feb 2025 at 4:27 AM
What did you change it to? I changed mine to 1280x720 and it works perfectly and is a decent size!
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#3 Old 6th Feb 2025 at 10:10 PM
I can't change resolution for just the game, but I can change my laptop screen's resolution and it helps slightly. @pjsutton, how did you change the ratio?

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#4 Old 6th Feb 2025 at 11:50 PM
Quote: Originally posted by VerDeTerre
I can't change resolution for just the game, but I can change my laptop screen's resolution and it helps slightly. @pjsutton, how did you change the ratio?


I changed the resolution in Windows but right clicking on the desktop, going to Personalize, and then changing the resolution that way. Then open the game. You'll have to change it back after playing.
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