Too small UI

[Dr. Alphonse Mephesto]

in 4K resolution the UI is WAY too small. Is there a way to make it bigger? Would have not wasted money on this if had known.. hopefully there is a fix

[grotaclas]

The current game version doesn't support real gui scaling, but one of the dev diaries mentioned improved 4k suppport for the next version, so the situation is likely going to improve. Currently the best option is to reduce the resolution, but there are a few other options:

• increase the gui_scale in settings.txt
  
• use the scale_ui mod: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1095412287 But that is complicated to install
  
• if you are on windows 10, change the scaling option for eu4 by right clicking on eu4.exe, select Properties, select the Compatibility tab and then check "Override high DPI scaling behavior" and try the different values in the select box below. One user reported that it helped to activate the checkbox "disable fullscreen optimizations"
  
• use a font mod which makes the font bigger and better to read(this would only increase the font size slightly)

[Dr. Alphonse Mephesto]

thanks, that UI setting helped a bit

[richspasma]

I had the problem of small menu text with Europa IV using a 32 inch 4K monitor. I tried using the Scale_UI mod, but at the time this was written, could not get it to work with the latest version of Europa. What worked for me was to do the following:

Locate the program icon and do a mouse right click on it. Select Properties from the drop-down menu. Next select the compatibility tab at the top of the menu. Towards the bottom of the menu that pops up select “Change High DPI Settings”. Towards the bottom of the next menu that pops up check the box next to, “High DPI scaling override” and select “System” from the drop-down menu (The default for this item is Application and that did not work for me).

It might sound like a lot to do, but once you find the program Icon this change can be done in less than a minute. This method will not affect any of your other applications and will only have to be done once.

I also installed the Stellaris UI Font Mod that makes the fonts a little more attractive, but this is not going to do anything with the issue of the font being too small, but is worth looking at if you want to make the menus a bit more attractive. Hope this helps. Rich