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EA_Cade
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12 months ago

DirectX 11 Technical Issues and Feedback Thread

Sul Sul Simmers! With today's base game update, we've enabled DirectX 11 (DX11) for PC/Windows players using either NVIDIA and AMD GPU’s. For Intel or other GPU users interested in enabling thi...
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MapleSimmer
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11 months ago

@MCMAYNERBERRY I take it you play in Fullscreen mode? The last update launched DX11 for most Windows players per the patch notes. I know in the past you couldn't alt tab out in Fullscreen if you had DX11 enabled. The work around I've been using is to use Windowed Fullscreen. Alternatively you could go into your graphics options and choose the DX9 option that is there. 

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Good luck! 

Jennifer

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JulietJuly22
Seasoned Veteran
11 months ago

Yes, this is what I had to do as well. It doesn't seem to run as smoothly as DX9 but it does work. 

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