The UI is too small. How to make it bigger

[MatthewMeeple]

I'm playing this on an ultrawide 3440 x 1440 monitor. I'm about to go blind trying to read the text.

The UI upscaling option is greyed out. It says "only available at certain resolutions".

Someone please tell me there's a way to make the UI bigger...


UPDATE: temporary bandaid fix

1. Navigate to the following folder on your computer:
****\steam\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\Base\Assets\UI\Fonts\
2. Open the file named: "Civ6_FontStyles_EFIGS.xml"
3. For every font type named in the file (there's nearly 50 of em), look for where it says FontSize="XX". Increase every one of these numbers in quotes by +2. For example, the first line is "FontSize=8", so change it to "FontSize=10". The next font from 10 ->12, etc. (you can go higher than +2. Personally I'm playing at +4. But the UI looks a lot sloppier the higher you go.
4. Save the file. Launch the game. Hate the Civ VI UI a little bit less.


Big thanks to madPav3L for finding this. If this solution helped, please show your support by calling for a proper UI size increase. Tweet to @2KSupport @FiraxisGames @EdBeach23. If enough people speak up, Firaxis will listen.

[tc]

Completey agree, the videos are also not well implemented at this res also! Mine are played in the left hand corner with a bright white screen as a background.

[Chargeit]

Ah crap.

[Wasted]

damn this is bad news :(

[Davor]

After so many games where text are so hard to read for alot of people and it's still going on? Damn I guess the no devs have been hearing the complaints for the last 5 or more years now.

[Cyprus Hillbilly]

It better work properly at 4k or this puppy is going back...

[Lyle]

Yeah this would suck, considering how nice the UI looks, would be a shame if it was too small to be appreciated :(

[Thoddy]

Try to set

;Set to 1 upscale UI on high resolution displays
UIUpscale 0

to

;Set to 1 upscale UI on high resolution displays
UIUpscale 1

in AppOptions.txt
C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization VI

[mvon007]

Even at 1080p on a 13" screen the minimap and such are a bit small, and I wish they hadn't messed around with the placement of those items. Mods can sort that out, right? Will try these manual fixes.

[Lyle]

Originally posted by Thoddy398:

Try to set

;Set to 1 upscale UI on high resolution displays
UIUpscale 0

to

;Set to 1 upscale UI on high resolution displays
UIUpscale 1

in AppOptions.txt
C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization VI

Will do thnx

[Astasia]

Originally posted by Davor:

After so many games where text are so hard to read for alot of people and it's still going on? Damn I guess the no devs have been hearing the complaints for the last 5 or more years now.

To be fair, less than 5% of Steam users have a display resolution higher than 1080, and only about 2% above 2560 x 1440. It's not high on their list of concerns.

[Proxylei]

Deal breaker if the UI is too small at 1440p, not gonna buy this if text is unreadable..

[SamBC]

Originally posted by Proxylei:

Deal breaker if the UI is too small at 1440p, not gonna buy this if text is unreadable..

It depends more on your dot pitch than on the total pixel dimensions of the display.

[epmode]

I just went back and compared Civ 5's UI to 6's on my 1440p monitor. It's a massive difference. Civ 6 is way too small and there's apparently no way to force the UI upscaling option.

This has to be an oversight. Nearly everything about the UI was *perfect* in Civ 5, size included. How could they not see a problem with this?

[Lensar]

Originally posted by Astasia:

To be fair, less than 5% of Steam users have a display resolution higher than 1080, and only about 2% above 2560 x 1440. It's not high on their list of concerns.

It should be. 21:9 monitor sales have been through the roof for the past couple of months and the people that buy them are the ones with enough disposible income to be ideal targets for future DLC.

The game is unplayable with such a small UI as it stands, currently. This should be their number one priority, regardless of what someone thinks the stats indicate.

[met44]

UI scales fine on standard 16/9 4K res monitors, but sorry guys i feel your pain... I remember stellaris when it came out lol, ended up playing in 1080p to avoid eye bleeding