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.

EDIT: I solved this on the EA forums lol, if anyone comes looking for this thread having the same issue at any point in the future, the solution was to upgrade my graphics driver.

What did you change it to? I changed mine to 1280x720 and it works perfectly and is a decent size!

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.

I will do the same.

I got a new computer and, along with that, a big wide screen. The Sims is amazing! I've never seen it so close!