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Hls2323
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 setti...
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    puzzlezaddict
    3 years ago

    @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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puzzlezaddict
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3 years ago

@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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