Sims 3 black screen on load- windows 11
I downloaded the sims 3 off of Steam and Origin, but I've been running into the same issue that I have been trying to trouble shoot for the past 5 days. All the "solutions" I've found don't work. To ...
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@Theminebos Just because it's easy and helps in this situation some of the time, try forcing the game to launch in windowed mode. Go into Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3, open options.ini, search for fullscreen , and set it to = 0 .
If that doesn't help, please run a dxdiag and attach it to a post.
https://help.ea.com/en/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/
And if you've added any mods or custom content, please test without it. The game often crashes due to an incompatible mod at exactly this point.
I am having the same problem, but running the game in Windowed Mode only band-aids the problem. I cannot launch the game in Fullscreen again. I have three bundled Mod packages and some CC installed through the launcher, so I don't see why this doesn't want to work...
@SimFan335 What resolution is your monitor, and what in-game resolution are you trying to use in fullscreen mode? Are you using a custom DPI scaling? If you're not sure, check under Windows Settings > System > Display.
I am using the recommended resolution, for both my laptop and the game. Letting the application control the DPI settings does not help.
I think I am doomed to just switch back and forth from windowed to fullscreen...
@SimFan335 I wasn't asking whether the app was controlling DPI, I was asking what DPI setting your computer is using overall. They're not the same, and I'm not even sure Sims 3 can take advantage of the setting to let it control DPI.
