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EA_Cade
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11 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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espeon9466
Seasoned Adventurer
10 months ago
  • Platform: PC
  • Which language are you playing the game in? English
  • How often does the bug occur? Every time I load the game, I guess
  • What is your current game version number? 1.109.185.1030 DX9
  • What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All of them up to the current new kits
  • Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? I have no idea.
  • What happens when the bug occurs? I don't have DX11. My game is still on DX9 after the most recent update. Unsure if this is a technical issue or because I'm on an Intel GPU, which I did read the blog post that we don't get DX11 by default yet.
  • What do you expect to see? My game on DX11 by default.
  • Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods: A few. They were disabled by the update but I updated and reenabled them after.

Posting here as requested/suggested by a friend, who found it odd that I'm not on DX11 by default after the recent update. I'm unsure if I have a tech issue or not, but anyway, my DXdiag is attached. 🙂 

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espeon9466
Seasoned Adventurer
10 months ago

Just replying to myself, I fixed the issue! I guess it was a me being a tech idiot issue. 

I went to my Nvidia control panel and changed my preferred graphics processor to "High-performance NVIDIA processor", restarted my laptop and now my game is on DX11. 

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    atreya33
    Legend
    10 months ago
    @espeon9466 wrote:

    Just replying to myself, I fixed the issue! I guess it was a me being a tech idiot issue. 

    I went to my Nvidia control panel and changed my preferred graphics processor to "High-performance NVIDIA processor", restarted my laptop and now my game is on DX11. 

    @espeon9466thank you so much. I looked for the option you mentioned and that updated my game to default DX11. Now I can see if this will indeed make a difference.

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