Scaling UI

[Kvittaz]

Hi, I was wondering if you could add UI scaling for Eu4? The UI is so tiny at 4K resolution.

 

[atwix]

try combining the following two mods.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=329756290 better ui 1.17

and

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=691067495&searchtext=4k 4k interface mod

and see if you like it better.

 

[Gyrospeck]

Thank you atwix! Those mods look very helpful. I just subbed both.

+1 for official UI Scaling support from Paradox, however.

 

[SolSys]

+1 for official UI Scaling support from Paradox, however.

There's an experimental system in Stellaris v1.1.

I can't say if it will migrate to EU4 though as Stellaris uses Clausewitz v4.x while EU4 uses Clausewitz v3.x.

 

[atwix]

by the way, I just found out there is a GUISCALE option in settings.txt.

I altered it from 1 to 3 (gui_scale=3.000000 in settings.txt, the file is in documents/paradox interactive/eu4)

this is result, on 4608x2880 resolution.

So the mods I listed above aren't really needed.

 

[ahyangyi]

by the way, I just found out there is a GUISCALE option in settings.txt.

I altered it from 1 to 3 (gui_scale=3.000000 in settings.txt, the file is in documents/paradox interactive/eu4)

WOW!!! I'd like to click that "help" button 100 times if that helps.
I have been suffering from tiny unreadable UI for quite a while, after buying my hi-res screen a few months ago, and the mods only partially solve this problem by using anachronistic fonts. (The original Garamond font actually belongs to the EU4 era) The GUISCALE option will save my eyes. Thank you!

By the way, do you know if that option also exists for CK2?

 

[atwix]

WOW!!! I'd like to click that "help" button 100 times if that helps.
I have been suffering from tiny unreadable UI for quite a while, after buying my hi-res screen a few months ago, and the mods only partially solve this problem by using anachronistic fonts. (The original Garamond font actually belongs to the EU4 era) The GUISCALE option will save my eyes. Thank you!

By the way, do you know if that option also exists for CK2?

I think not. BUT, you might try to ADD this command line to the settings file for CK2.

It might work.

I only assume it 'might', because some commands from *.ini, *.cfg and whatnot files work in games from the same producer ALSO.

 

[ahyangyi]

I think not. BUT, you might try to ADD this command line to the settings file for CK2.

It might work.

I only assume it 'might', because some commands from *.ini, *.cfg and whatnot files work in games from the same producer ALSO.

OK, I tried that option on both EU4 & CK2.

It works for EU4. However, the scaled UI becomes a little ugly. It's still the best thing we have so far, though.
It does not work for CK2, unfortunately.

 

[Jonnie Cache]

OK, I tried that option on both EU4 & CK2.

It works for EU4. However, the scaled UI becomes a little ugly. It's still the best thing we have so far, though.
It does not work for CK2, unfortunately.

I just tried this with EU4. I'm so glad I found this thread! I realize that I'm late to the game, but I experimented with a bunch of gui_scale levels. 3.0 was too big for what I wanted. 2.0 was too small. I went in increments of .1 between them. For me, I have found that 2.4 works really well on my monitor.

I didn't run any scientific comparisons, but I think that 2.4 looks sharper than 2.3 or 2.5. I posit that even numbers work better for the scaling.

Just thought I would throw this out there. Don't be afraid to try non-whole numbers!

 

[Daz5002]

I just used the GUI scaling setting mentioned above and makes the game playable lol. Many thanks.