[General] World Editor UI too small on new PC

[DaHomieG]

Hey guys,

I got a new laptop and downloaded WC3 on it, and when I went on the editor for the first time the UI is extremely small I can't even see what I'm clicking. It's just too smol.

Here's a pic of the problem:

Anyone able to lend a hand on how to fix this issue?

 

[Kaijyuu]

You can resize windows like the tool palette and the sidebar, but I'm not sure why the icons seem to be 1/2 size.

Is your screen resolution unusual in any way? Ridiculously huge/etc.

 

[DaHomieG]

You can resize windows like the tool palette and the sidebar, but I'm not sure why the icons seem to be 1/2 size.

Is your screen resolution unusual in any way? Ridiculously huge/etc.

Yeah, 3840 x 2160. I figured it had to do with the resolution, but I don't know how to resize everything. All the buttons and drop-downs are stacked on top of each other; it's so cluttered

 

[Kaijyuu]

All I can suggest is temporarily reducing your screen resolution when opening the editor. There may be some fancy tools out there that will upscale programs for better visibility, but that's just a guess.

 

[DaHomieG]

All I can suggest is temporarily reducing your screen resolution when opening the editor. There may be some fancy tools out there that will upscale programs for better visibility, but that's just a guess.

How would I go about reducing my resolution? I'm on Windows 10

 

[Kaijyuu]

How to change Screen Resolution & Display settings in Windows 10

 

[Daffa]

Why not drag the sides to enlarge the palette?

 

[Kaijyuu]

That won't increase the size of the buttons, so the dropdown menus will probably still overlap.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Maybe report this as a DPI awareness bug?

 

[DaHomieG]

How to change Screen Resolution & Display settings in Windows 10

I fucked around with a couple different resolutions but everything still overlaps. :c

 

[Dr Super Good]

Try changing the DPI settings. I am guessing the font is DPI aware but the UI widgets are not.

 

[DaHomieG]

Try changing the DPI settings. I am guessing the font is DPI aware but the UI widgets are not.

How may I go about doing this my sir

 

[Dr Super Good]

In Windows 10 it is text scaling. In Windows 7 and earlier it was known as DPI.

 

[DaHomieG]

In Windows 10 it is text scaling. In Windows 7 and earlier it was known as DPI.

It didn't work. It made everything bigger but the drop-downs and the icons stayed small D:

 

[Kacpa2]

It didn't work. It made everything bigger but the drop-downs and the icons stayed small D:

"3840 x 2160" Wc3 was designed with 1024x768 as optimal, icons are 64x64 pixels, lower down resolution to like 1600x900 it should work fine at such. Unless for some odd reason this stupid win10 doesnt allow you to.....

 

[Dr Super Good]

lower down resolution to like 1600x900 it should work fine at such

A more correct resolution is 1440*1080, with black bars at the side. For him, full scale of that would be 2880*2160.

However none of this should matter for World Edit as that is not designed for a certain resolution. I am guessing there is a logic bug with scaling.

 

[Kacpa2]

It doesnt scale the icons on windows 7 for me either. It may only help with drop downs, but he complains mostly about icons.

 

[HappyTauren]

I just set my scaling to 150%

It works with WE perfectly, I am using my native 1080p resolution and everything in WE is scaled, including icons.

Are you sure you have the latest updates?

 

[DaHomieG]

A more correct resolution is 1440*1080, with black bars at the side. For him, full scale of that would be 2880*2160.

However none of this should matter for World Edit as that is not designed for a certain resolution. I am guessing there is a logic bug with scaling.

I just set my scaling to 150%

It works with WE perfectly, I am using my native 1080p resolution and everything in WE is scaled, including icons.

Are you sure you have the latest updates?

I scaled the resolution down to 1440:1080 then increased the text scaling to 150% and it looks like this

 

[Dr Super Good]

I scaled the resolution down to 1440:1080 then increased the text scaling to 150% and it looks like this

Try setting text scaling to 100% at that resolution.

 

[Ramsey]

SOLUTION:

For Windows 10: Go to the World Editor application and right click and create a shortcut to it on your desktop

Right click the shortcut and goto Compatibility Settings

Under "Settings" at the bottom, check mark "Override high DPI scaling behavior" and select "Scaling Performed by" SYSTEM

Now it should work

I messed with other settings but this is the only one that fixed it