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happinessmia
7 years ago

Sims 4 skill bars and thought bubbles cut off

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
I want to talk about something you don't mention above:
How accessible is the current experience? Annoying, but OK
Summarize what in the product is difficult to use. I have had this problem for a long time and am unsure of how to fix it. It is annoying more then anything and does not affect gameplay. Whenever my sims have a thought bubble or skill bar above their head if I move the screen and it is in anyway in line with the Ui of either their needs etc, or where their portrait sits in the bottom left if cuts off part of the picture. I have tried looking for answers and am unsure if I might not be able to phrase it correctly to find an answer or if this is something maybe not many have an issue with.
How is this making it more difficult? not difficult but annoying
How can we reproduce this experience? unsure if possible i play on a laptop but setting do not seem to make things better or worse

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The photo i included shows the thought bubble being cut off this happens to all thought bubbles and skill bars when they are there

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5 Replies

  • happinessmia's avatar
    happinessmia
    7 years ago

    Sorry it took so long to get back to you, hopefully I might still find an answer.  The resolution that I am currently using for the game is 1366x768 this is the automatic resolution that it gives me as I play in windowed fullscreen mode.  However, I have tried playing in different modes, at different resolutions, as well as in laptop mode and out of it, with everything set to the lowest settings and higher and nothing has seemed to fix it.  I attached the dxdiag.exe file as suggested, I also want to note that I did a windows update yesterday and the game worked without problems the bubbles and bars were back to normal and then today all of the sudden its doing the same thing again.  I also want to add that I have no issues running the game, no lag or anything, just the occasional glitch and its almost always been a glitch that ends up fixed in a patch.

  • jpkarlsen's avatar
    jpkarlsen
    Hero (Retired)
    7 years ago

    @happinessmia

    Your graphics are below minimum requirements and you have a weak processor. You can try to turn graphics to low and see if that helps.

  • xLeros616's avatar
    xLeros616
    6 years ago

    I'm having the same issue on my desktop which I've never had before - and the cause for me is switching from a regular monitor to an HDMI monitor. The resulting need for resolution change likely isn't helping, either.

  • jpkarlsen's avatar
    jpkarlsen
    Hero (Retired)
    6 years ago

    @xLeros616 

    there is no such thing as a HDMI monitor. HDMI is a standard for connecting peripherals..

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