game is dimming monitor
Hi, i just brought the complete Edition and after some hours suddenly the game seem to dim my monitor for whatever reason. it only happens if i do not play in fullscreen mode but i play on my big ...
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That is certainly very unusual. The fact that it only happens in windowed mode does seem to point to some display setting, or a driver. Still may be worth checking graphics & display drivers.
It might help to set windowed mode & resolution via command line, just in case the resolution is the culprit. To do this:
Launch in windowed mode and force a lower resolution via command line: In Origin, right-click the SimCity icon and choose "Game Properties" > click the "Advanced Launch Options" tab > type "-w -r:1600x900" (without the quotation marks) in the "Command Line Arguments" box. Note: Use a resolution that your display supports. You can test which resolutions work best for you. Some examples: -r:1600x900 -r:1024x768 -r:1920x1080
no it HAPPENS in fullscreen mode when i do NOT use 1920x1080 which is the resolution i use in windows.
i didn try window mode in any resolution because i wouldnt be able to read then either because than i wouldnt scale the text.
is doesnt happen in full screen on resolution 1920x1080.
If you force the windowed mode and resolution via command line, following the directions in my last post, you can choose a different resolution for the window, one that you can read.
I dont try to be difficult but... maybe its my english, i am not a native english speaker but i dont see how running the game in windowed mode will make the text bigger. or how it would be different from choosing the windowed mode vio game options. it will just change the window size. means the text will be too small in any resolution
in fullscreen using a smaller resolution than i have set in the OS it will stretch the 1440 window to a 1920 size and "stretch the pixiels" making the text bigger with it.
i made a driver update and started with the launch options. good news is that it doesnt get dimmed in windowed mode, bad news is, i actually cant read in the small window. and it gets dimmed as soon as i get back to fullscreen mode.Your English is very good, I guess I am not explaining well. If you use these steps, you can make the resolution different in windowed mode.
1. In Origin, right-click the SimCity icon and choose "Game Properties" > click the "Advanced Launch Options" tab
2. type "-w -r:1024x768" (without the quotation marks) in the "Command Line Arguments" box. Save this command
The "-w" tells the game to start in windowed mode.
The numbers after the "-r" is the resolution you want the game to use in the window. Try different ones to see what works best for you. Some examples: -r:1600x900 -r:1024x768 -r:1920x1080
Very glad to hear the dimming problem is solved with the driver update. Now let's try to get the right resolution so you can read the text.
