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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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ilovemycats98
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9 months ago

I have a similar issue as others in that when DX11 enabled I can't minimize Sims 4 when it's running (by pressing the Windows key), meaning I need to close the game everytime I want to check something on my desktop, in my Documents, to search something up online, etc. Someone said switching from Fullscreen to Windowed Fullscreen should work but it doesn't matter which mode I'm using, I can't minimize the game if DX11 enabled. The only solution seems to be switching back to DX9.

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