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The Sims 3 Tiny UI Fix
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Play in higher resolutions than 1080p and want UI Scaling for The Sims 3? Look no further! Tiny UI Fix for The Sims 3 has you covered! In this guide I will show you step by step on how to get Tiny UI fix Up and running for The Sims 3!
   
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Guideindex
Överblick
Introduction 
Getting Started 
Installing The Mods Folder 
Step 1 - Downloading Tiny UI Fix & Installation 
Step 2 - Tiny UI Settings 
Step 3 - Tiny UI Fix is Now Installed! 
F.A.Q. Section 
Change Log Section 
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Introduction
Hello!

Welcome to my guide for Tiny UI Fix and how to scale The Sims 3 UI on higher resolution monitors on newer PC systems.

If you have any questions feel free to look at the F.A.Q Section for common questions that have been answered.

Happy Simming!!

This guide is intended to be used with game version 1.67 Steam and 1.69 EA App on Windows 10 OS and Windows 11 OS.

Versions obtained without purchase are not supported at all!

Linux users should have no issues.


LIKE ANY TYPE OF GAME GUIDE THAT MAKES YOU EDIT THE GAME FILES ALWAYS, ALWAYS BACK-UP YOUR FILES BEFORE STARTING!
Getting Started
Before Following this guide I highly recommended you to follow my other guide for The Sims 3 to improve the games performance.
https://sp.zhabite.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1131162350
Installing The Mods Folder
For new users to The Sims 3 Modding this will show you how to install the Mods Folder into your game so your game will be able to read and use ".Package" file mods.

The "Mods" Folder is for .package files, .sims3pack Files need to be installed through the games launcher. I recommend this depth video by @SimMattically for more information about the different package types can be found HERE!
　
Step 1 - Download the mods folder using the download button from ModTheSims HERE![modthesims.info]
　
Once on the download page scroll down a little until you see a "Download" button, once found click on this link and it will download the file.

After the download is complete place the file somewhere easy to find like the desktop.
　
Step 2 - Once downloaded go to...
　
"Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3"
　
Once there, open up the downloaded mods folder file and extract its contents right into The Sims 3 documents folder.
　
Step 4 - Just to make sure open up the mods folder and make sure the contents inside looks like this image below!
Files that should be present and that are needed are...
  • Resource.cfg File
  • Packages Folder
  • Overrides Folder
　
The two package files that come inside the packages folder called...
  • NoBuildSparkles.package
  • nointro.package
these files are for testing purposes only and can be safely deleted after launching the game to see if the mods folder is functioning correctly.

If the maxis logo is still showing up on startup even with the "nointro.package" present in the mods folder for testing this is normal since the "nointro.package" was made before that intro screen was added in a later patch and uses a different file path to the other intro videos.

　
　
If you want to keep "nointro.package" to disable the intros and want the Maxis Logo Intro gone as well, you can download a mod for it HERE[modthesims.info] to be used along side "nointro.package".
　

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
The Mods folder is now installed!
Step 1 - Downloading Tiny UI Fix & Installation
Tiny UI Fix is the tool that we will be using to make The Sims 3 UI Scale with higher resolutions.

Step 1 - Download Tiny UI Fix From HERE![modthesims.info] or HERE![github.com]

Once on the Page Windows Users need to download the files called - "tiny-ui-fix-for-ts3.bat.zip"

Once downloaded extract the contents into a newly created folder.
Next you will need to run the program by double clicking the "tiny-ui-fix-for-ts3.bat" file.

Step 2 - Once you have opened the program you will be greeted by this window.

Since this guide is for the steam version of the game we will be typing in the letter "S". Once the letter has been typed in press "Enter"

(initiation method should be the same for the EA App version of the game as the tool should auto detect you game installation.)

Once you have pressed "Enter" you will be asked to download two required libraries that being "S3PI" and "7zip" for Tiny UI Fix to work. Adding the letter "Y" and pressing "Enter" for both prompts is required.

Once Both of the extra requirements have been downloaded you will see this message at the bottom of the window to continue press the "Enter" key on your keyboard.


Step 2 - Tiny UI Settings
This part will show you how to set up the mod compatibility and settings for Tiny UI Fix within its UI.

Step 1 - After Completing the previous step you will be greeted by this window in your web browser.

First thing you will need to do is set how much you wish to scale the games UI. I'd recormend these settings for...
  • 8k (8129 x 4320) - Setting Size "4"
  • 4k (3840 x 2160) - Setting Size "2"
  • 1440p (2560 x 1440) - Setting Size "1.5"
On the far left corner of the window under "Configuration" set the "UI Scale" Option to the desired scale.
(For this tutorial I will be setting it to "2")

Step 2 - Next the "Avalible Patchsets" section has patches for Core Mods, Nraas Mods and Smooth Patch's .package file. This is located in the middle left section of the window. You will need to check the boxes for...
  • Vanilla Core DLL Compatibility Patches
    &
  • Compatibility Patches for NRaas Mods

The Smooth Patch option is not needed if you do not have the "ld_SmoothPatch.package" from smooth patch installed.

Step 3 - Once patches are slected go over the the far right corner of the window. Under the section "Actions" Click the "Generate Package" option.
Step 3 - Tiny UI Fix is Now Installed!
After Applying "Generate Package" You may close the web browser page and Tiny Ui Fix Will regenerate all of the games UI to the new up-scaled size you selected in the tool.

You will see this in the tool window this means it was successful and you are free to close the program and play the game!


When installing some new mods the UI will need to be regenerated! Tiny UI Fix Will notyfy you in game with a popup if this is needed after installing a new mod!
Tiny UI will remember your settings selected next time you launch the tool!
F.A.Q. Section
Q: In game I am getting a popup telling me that the mod needs updating!
A: This is due to a new mod being installed that needs its UI scaled and it was not installed the last time Tiny UI was ran. Re-running the program will regenerate the files with the new mod included.

Q: Some UI elements look stretched, distorted or flicker.
A: the mod has a few minor bugs still to be fixed but its still 100% usable! These are just visual issues everything is still fully functional. This may also be caused by wide screen monitors.

Q: The Changes have not taken effect in my game and the UI is still small!
A: You will need the clean the games cache files, I recommend using Regal Save Cleaner[modthesims.info] as it has a clean cache option built in.

Q: I found a bug with the tool were do I report the issue?
A: The Github[github.com] page or the Mod The Sims[modthesims.info] page is the best place to place a bug report.
Change Log Section
2024
  • 03/09/2024 - Published the guide.
30 kommentarer
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Anime_Boom  [skapare] 7 jun @ 17:10 
@Juxtavarious - is it running in admin mode? if so you may need to file a bug report on the github page or mod page.
Juxtavarious 7 jun @ 13:08 
I've now tried 10 times to get this to generate something that will actually work and it seems to insist on failing. It simply will not acknowledge half of the mods in my folder and then claims that I must have secretly added them at some point. At first it wasn't even actually looking in the right folder because the mods are stored under the Documents folder with Steam instead of the programs folder so I moved them to the location it seemed to think was there. This didn't help.

I then took everything out of any subfolders & put them all to just the Mods folder. This made no difference. For some reason it's not picking up any mods that actually have some modification to the UI. I don't know if this is because it is looking for some VERY specific name and not at what the mod itself does or how exactly it's operating that.

Does anyone know if this is just straight up incompatible with NRaas Portrait Panel?
objet petit a 6 jun @ 8:28 
I made the powershell installer download S3PI, but for some reason it doesn't do anything, and as a consequence, it will fail making the .package file.

I tried downloading S3PI manually in Peter Jones' sourceforge website and then place it right next to the place I put the .bat, also nothing.

So what I did to fix it is to manually install S3PE (note, different than S3PI!), also by Peter Jones, downloaded through here [simlogical.com] , run the installer, and it fixed the .bat installer as it has the required S3PI library detectable by the Tiny UI powershell.

This might be useful to anyone who is having problem with it.
Cocytus 11 apr @ 13:06 
pfft, the only thing above that would differ when using the ea app vs steam would be pressing R key instead of S during the tiny UI fix installation and someone that's able to post here normally should be able to read that much themself o_O
VybeX- 11 apr @ 11:09 
why is there no guide on how to install this mod for the EA app version of the game? my game is not running in the C: drive either. this is really frustrating because i want to play but only 1 instance is being covered on this.
Anime_Boom  [skapare] 28 mar @ 21:36 
@kubus - Make sure to have administrative rights on the PC also the OS has to be windows.
Booty 28 mar @ 18:52 
it doesnt work for me, it shows me that its exctracted to ea folder successfully, but when i open the game nothing's changed :C
Cocytus 2 mar @ 12:49 
not really, but i am grateful to the person that made it because after some minor starting issues it improved my experience with the game quite a lot.
so when someone that got no clue about any of it comes around spouting nonsense about malicious software etc it shouldn't be a surprise that people like me that benefit from the fix would defend it, no?

also there's no need to "press the refresh button" when there's notofications about any replies :steamfacepalm:
Shithead 2 mar @ 12:43 
Wonderful piece of advice, you seem to be full of useful information, allow me to return the favor.
Stop pressing the refresh button.
Did you have anything to do with the creation of this software?
Cocytus 2 mar @ 12:18 
umm yea, claims it being flagged as malicious by multiple AV programms and to stay away from it...
(lil hint here, everything besides windows defender is 3rd party)
after being corrected goes like "i never mentioned any use of 3rd party AV programms"
yea sure, whatever you say man...
lil piece of advice, next time you actually want help maybe try not to enter the room throwing around wild claims about malicious software and that people should stay away from it, if you lack basic understanding of what you're talking about...