December 2014
hi i wanted to know of there was anyway to change the ingame resolution without booting up the game as i know i have an old monitor and i do not currently have the money to buy a new one. i know my ingame resolution is too high as when i load up the game my monitor goes black with a box saying signal out of range. bare in mind i havent yet been able to play the game due to thi and when i go to properties and change it to run in 640x240 resolution this doesnt work either can somene help me please thanks much appreciated
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September 2016
Hola ... Creo que esta es una posible solución ... Presione ALT + ENTER que pondrá Juego Modo de la ventana y creo que lo hará asi ...
December 2014
Try starting the game in Windowed mode as per these instructions:
http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4/How-to-start-The-Sims-4-in-Windowed-mode/m-p/3447611#U3447611
September 2016
Hola ... Creo que esta es una posible solución ... Presione ALT + ENTER que pondrá Juego Modo de la ventana y creo que lo hará asi ...
September 2016 - last edited September 2016
Translation of @Joseph-M-Forever 's post:
Hi... I think this is a possible solution... Press Alt + Enter and the game will go to fullscreen mode and I think that will do.
September 2016
If none of the above has worked for you navigate to Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4. Locate the file called Options. First copy the file to a safe location, so you have a backup copy of the original. Now right click that file and open it with Notepad.
Look for the lines
resolutionheight = [number]
resolutionwidth = [number]
Change those two to the correct resolution for your monitor.
If you need to get the game in Windowed mode, find the line that says
fullscreen = 1
change the 1 to a 0 (zero)
Save the file, try the game again. If it fails, you still have the copy of the original file you made, so you can try different settings in the one you just edited.
December 2017
June 2020
Thank you a put mine to high and was freaking out
June 2020
Hi everyone,
This is a rather old thread that hasn't been updated in several years, so I went ahead and locked it to prevent further necro-posting.
If you are having trouble with an issue like this, and the steps recommended above aren't helping, please create a new thread and we'll take a look. Thanks!
/Kent