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    Do you play in full screen or windowed mode?

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    Huiiie_07Huiiie_07 Posts: 1,200 Member
    in The Sims 4 General Discussion
    An odd question I know, and I am most likely in the minority with this, but I play windowed mode only and can't stand full screen, especially not in The Sims. I usually have the game open along with chrome so I can go to youtube during a loading screen. Or when things are getting a bit boring I can just leave the game running in the background while doing something else on the web. Windowed is also much more comfortable for me because I can still see the task menu and can watch what time it is etc.

    I actually think my hatred towards full screen started when I played TS3 because the game would crash on occasion to the point that I often had to restart the computer completely, while in windowed mode I can just close it with the task manager (back then, I didn't know the key combination to open it :D ). Also, the world loading screens in TS3 were quiet long so I put the game into windowed mode so it could load in the background (it always seemed to me like it took longer when loading in full screen while I minimized it).
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    Do you play in full screen or windowed mode? 225 votes

    Full Screen
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    Windowed (includes windowed full screen)
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      GalacticGalGalacticGal Posts: 28,570 Member
      Full Screen
      If I wish to go somewhere else online, I merely squish the game by hitting the Windows key on my keyboard. But, I have a loverly 20" diagonal monitor, why would I want something smaller?
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      elumaeelumae Posts: 171 Member
      Windowed (includes windowed full screen)
      Hi, @Huiiie_07. :) I play in windowed mode much for the same reasons you do. I like to catch up on my favorite sims Let's Plays and Twitch streams while I play. It's often the only time I get to do so, and it's oddly relaxing to have some sims related video content playing while I'm building my sims a home or waiting for them to finish that last bar to hit a max skill level. My monitor is quite large, so even with the game in windowed mode and Chrome off to the side, I still feel like I'm seeing enough of the game and my browser without either feeling compromised in size.
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      jprich99jprich99 Posts: 39 Member
      Windowed (includes windowed full screen)
      Absolutely Windowed.
      That started in my WoW days when I would need to look up a quest or item while playing.
      Now Im usually doing something else while monkeying around in CAS.
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      CK213CK213 Posts: 20,529 Member
      Both.
      It depends on if I am jumping back and forth between the internet and different programs, or if I want total immersion and no distractions.
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      HellHamsterHellHamster Posts: 109 Member
      I actually play full screen, and I am surprised so many play windowd :open_mouth: Maybe when I add my second screen it would make more sense tho, but I am playing with a laptop next to my normal pc, so everything else I want to do, I do on there.
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      SimmervilleSimmerville Posts: 11,673 Member
      Windowed (includes windowed full screen)
      I do like OP for the exact same reasons. I always have other programs running in the background, but most important is that I use a huge spreadsheet with info on sims and households and rotation, etc. While loading a new lot I normally switch to the spreadsheet to check or make notes.
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      HellHamsterHellHamster Posts: 109 Member
      @Simmerville whuuut? What kind of spreadsheats, I am curious :scream:
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      SimmervilleSimmerville Posts: 11,673 Member
      Windowed (includes windowed full screen)
      pendragon1994 wrote: »
      @Simmerville whuuut? What kind of spreadsheats, I am curious :scream:

      I keep track on misc info and history for my sims. Each sim has one line, and sims are grouped under what lot they live on. Lots grouped under hoods, hoods under worlds. I keep track on the extra DNA I give them, traits/asp, skills on bday, school grade (which the game really should save) careers etc. It helps me when creating a new sim also to set a few previous merits. Oh, and I also add their preference for color/style and some details about their economy.

      *melovedetails* :smiley:
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      HellHamsterHellHamster Posts: 109 Member
      That is incredible! I love it! I think it is really awesome you keep track so closely! Now I even want to do a thing like that! But I don't think I can be that organized hahahaha
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      GoldmoldarGoldmoldar Posts: 11,966 Member
      edited August 2018
      Full Screen
      I play in full screen because my specs allow me to and I like it better and I am using an 34" wide screen. It is good that options do exist for some cannot play full screen due to what their rig specs are. Windowed mode allows one to truly multi task and is not just because of ones specs I do not multitask because I want my full attention on the game at hand.
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      simlandersimlander Posts: 196 Member
      Full Screen
      I play on Mac so full screen mode is just a simple swipe away, and it continues playing in the background (if I don't pause it) even when I swipe back to the desktop. I've sometimes accidentally started the game in windowed mode and the mouse is a lot harder to control, so I've never tried playing it like that.
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      MrMonty96MrMonty96 Posts: 1,715 Member
      Windowed (includes windowed full screen)
      Windowed full screen makes it easier to jump between programs especially since I make cc
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      CK213CK213 Posts: 20,529 Member
      pendragon1994 wrote: »
      @Simmerville whuuut? What kind of spreadsheats, I am curious :scream:

      I do the same. Microsoft Excel.
      spreads.jpg

      I aged all my CAS young adults down to toddlers and gave them parents.
      I didn't want all their birthdays on the same day as I played them in rotation.
      Meadow is the lead sim, so this chart shows me what ages everyone should be compared to wherever Meadow is on the chart.
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      GoldmoldarGoldmoldar Posts: 11,966 Member
      Full Screen
      CK213 wrote: »
      pendragon1994 wrote: »
      @Simmerville whuuut? What kind of spreadsheats, I am curious :scream:

      I do the same. Microsoft Excel.
      spreads.jpg

      I aged all my CAS young adults down to toddlers and gave them parents.
      I didn't want all their birthdays on the same day as I played them in rotation.
      Meadow is the lead sim, so this chart shows me what ages everyone should be compared to wherever Meadow is on the chart.

      That is some awesome work there! :)
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      simgirl1010simgirl1010 Posts: 35,872 Member
      Windowed (includes windowed full screen)
      Windowed mode. My window fits the screen so same as full screen for me.
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      bshag4lvbshag4lv Posts: 9,378 Member
      Full Screen
      Full screen only...there are so many small things I would miss if I used window mode. Plus I don't multi-task well. :D
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      JaiSeaJaiSea Posts: 909 Member
      Windowed (includes windowed full screen)
      I play in window mode because I'm almost always looking around the forum or downloading cc while I'm playing and since I can make it as big as my screen I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything.
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      Evie0602Evie0602 Posts: 634 Member
      Full Screen
      I play with full screen. I get too distracted by everything else if I use windowed mode.
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      Deadtech5Deadtech5 Posts: 152 Member
      Full Screen
      full screen. mostly because it gets buggy if its windowed.
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      Thunderbat87Thunderbat87 Posts: 275 Member
      Full Screen
      Always fullscreen. If I want to watch yt while gaming, I use my iphone :)
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      Sweeties29Sweeties29 Posts: 47 Member
      Full Screen
      Full screen because I have a big HD screen that I would like to take advantage of. Like another poster said, if I want to watch YT for gameplays or browse the forums I simply press the Windows key on my keyboard. It does get a bit glitchy, but in my opinion it's worth it.
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      TheStarHermitTheStarHermit Posts: 280 Member
      Full Screen
      Full Screen all the way, mainly because I prefer to give the game my full attention while playing and I have good ultra graphics; on the rare occcasion I need to check something else (usually checking something on Carl's Sims Guide) then it's only a quick Alt-Tab out. :smiley:
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      Huiiie_07Huiiie_07 Posts: 1,200 Member
      Windowed (includes windowed full screen)
      Sweeties29 wrote: »
      Full screen because I have a big HD screen that I would like to take advantage of. Like another poster said, if I want to watch YT for gameplays or browse the forums I simply press the Windows key on my keyboard. It does get a bit glitchy, but in my opinion it's worth it.

      I don't know if there's an option somewhere to change this, but in my game, as soon as I hit the windows key in full screen mode the game pauses, and that's what I want to prevent because I go out of the game for it to keep running when I'm bored :D
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      BusufuBusufu Posts: 1,966 Member
      Full Screen
      I have a big screen and enjoy it.
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      zefronzefron Posts: 157 Member
      Windowed (includes windowed full screen)
      I use windowed mode because I always have like 8 tabs open and music going while I play.
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