Screen Flickering/Tearing in SH4 (and SH3)

BarracudaUAK · 05-18-17, 02:57 PM

I know this has something to do with recent updates to WINE, as I've tried multiple different video driver (read: kernel) versions and I'm still getting it.

All is good, until I start to move the mouse in the menu.
Then I get minor flickering, start a "single mission" and as I move the mouse around playing, it gets to the point of half the screen has random triangles flickering in and out (for only a few frames).

It is random, and doesn't appear to be related to where the mouse is....

I tried both 32bit and 64bit environments, as well as with the LAA patch.
With and without "Vsync".

So I tried SH3, and I'm getting it there too.
None of my other games that I tried are having this issue.

Has anyone ever had this occur in Windows?

Any other Linux user having this with Wine 2.7? (With AMD or Nvidia?)
I just updated to 2.8 from the testing repo, I'm going to give it a try with the new version see if it imporves.

I finally got a few minutes to play, and all is going nuts...

Barracuda

EDIT: It appears it was the Kernel. I upgraded to WINE 3.3, and Kernel 4.15.7 and the screen flickering stopped.
Blackjack174 confirmed it was the Kernel, as he had the forethought to just upgrade one thing at a time!!!

05-18-17, 02:57 PM	#1
BarracudaUAK Captain Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 520 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Screen Flickering/Tearing in SH4 (and SH3) I know this has something to do with recent updates to WINE, as I've tried multiple different video driver (read: kernel) versions and I'm still getting it. All is good, until I start to move the mouse in the menu. Then I get minor flickering, start a "single mission" and as I move the mouse around playing, it gets to the point of half the screen has random triangles flickering in and out (for only a few frames). It is random, and doesn't appear to be related to where the mouse is.... I tried both 32bit and 64bit environments, as well as with the LAA patch. With and without "Vsync". So I tried SH3, and I'm getting it there too. None of my other games that I tried are having this issue. Has anyone ever had this occur in Windows? Any other Linux user having this with Wine 2.7? (With AMD or Nvidia?) I just updated to 2.8 from the testing repo, I'm going to give it a try with the new version see if it imporves. I finally got a few minutes to play, and all is going nuts... Barracuda EDIT: It appears it was the Kernel. I upgraded to WINE 3.3, and Kernel 4.15.7 and the screen flickering stopped. Blackjack174 confirmed it was the Kernel, as he had the forethought to just upgrade one thing at a time!!! Last edited by BarracudaUAK; 03-07-18 at 06:06 PM.