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3 years ago
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Can't get it fullscreen

Hello,

I just reinstalled the sims 3 and I can't get it to go fullsceeen, I've checked everything I can think of, making sure settings is set to fullscreen on both my pc settings and the games settings, checked the resolution (same as when I had it installed before). I even tried editing my scaling from 4 to 3, it did make the game go fullscreen but made everything more wide and ruins the experience more than it should. Any suggestions? 

Playing on PC windows 10 (played the same on my first install)

  • @Hls2323  What resolution is your monitor, and are you setting the in-game resolution to match?  If not, that's the first thing to try: change to fullscreen mode at the same time as you choose the new resolution.

    If that doesn't help, please run a dxdiag and attach it to a post.

    https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/

    Please also take a photo (not a screenshot; use your phone) of what you see on-screen when you choose the fullscreen option.

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  • @Hls2323  What resolution is your monitor, and are you setting the in-game resolution to match?  If not, that's the first thing to try: change to fullscreen mode at the same time as you choose the new resolution.

    If that doesn't help, please run a dxdiag and attach it to a post.

    https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/

    Please also take a photo (not a screenshot; use your phone) of what you see on-screen when you choose the fullscreen option.

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    Hls2323
    3 years ago

    @puzzlezaddict Thank you, matching the resolution of the game and my monitor worked, I did literally everything but :/ ....Apologies for the late response, took a little break from the sims, I appreciate the help nonetheless!

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