Game has an indefinite blank white screen when alt-tabbed

Whenever I'm playing I'll switch between YouTube and the game and I've noticed that after I've done this a few times (and load back into the game) it will have a blank white screen and I have to forc...

Gagea25
3 years ago
@jasmineve99
Try playing in "windowed fullscreen" to avoid this. Some older games respond badly when the user alt-tabs out in fullscreen mode.

Gagea25

Hero

3 years ago

@jasmineve99

Try playing in "windowed fullscreen" to avoid this. Some older games respond badly when the user alt-tabs out in fullscreen mode.

potterssplay
Rising Scout
3 years ago
Is the Sims 4 considered an old game now???? And yeah I've been playing in windowed ever since just thought that it might be a bug since it only started doing that recently after I updated my game...
- puzzlezaddict
  Hero+
  3 years ago
  @jasmineve99 Sims 4 was released in 2014, so yes, it's an older game by current standards. It's being updated, sure, but it also still uses resources (e.g. DirectX 9) that predate it and don't necessarily support the way someone might use a modern computer.