Vsync option

AVGWarhawk · 04-18-07, 12:22 PM

Just what is the vsync doing for me if I check it on the options page?

tedhealy · 04-18-07, 12:25 PM

Limits the framerate to your refresh rate.

SteamWake · 04-18-07, 12:25 PM

Helps with "shearing" if your not having any problems with it leave it unchecked (shrug).

AVGWarhawk · 04-18-07, 12:26 PM

And this does what as far as FPS or clarity of the picture?

AVGWarhawk · 04-18-07, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Helps with "shearing" if your not having any problems with it leave it unchecked (shrug).

Shearing? What does this look like?

SteamWake · 04-18-07, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Helps with "shearing" if your not having any problems with it leave it unchecked (shrug).

Shearing? What does this look like?

Imagine a photograph ripped in half and put back together a little off.

Except the lines would connect like this smeared or warped.

___
\___

Has no real effect on "frame rates".

uniquemind · 04-18-07, 12:31 PM

I think the guy means "tearing" which as you move the camera around would tear the image........hard to explain but easy to notice

SteamWake beat me to it

AVGWarhawk · 04-18-07, 12:35 PM

OK, cool. I did not have this issue with 1.1. I have the option checked in 1.2. I guess then I do not need this option checked as I do not have the tearing or ripped looking picture. Yes?

uniquemind · 04-18-07, 12:39 PM

No not if your picture is fine when looking around...............I've had tearing alot in other games and v-sync sorts it out

Floyd · 04-18-07, 12:41 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vsync

AVGWarhawk · 04-18-07, 12:42 PM

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=108977

Scroll down to second screenshot of mine. This was with the 1.1 patch. Pic looks good to me. I guess I do not need this option. Thanks for the help men!

AVGWarhawk · 04-18-07, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Floyd

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vsync

Only notes CRT. I use a LCD. I'm turning this option off. Seems I do not need it.

uniquemind · 04-18-07, 12:45 PM

Strange I too have an LCD and I need it

Glad you don't

OddjobXL · 04-18-07, 12:53 PM

One thing I noticed, and maybe it's just me, but after fixing this problem in the config file in 1.1 it went away. But in 1.2 I still have shearing even with vsync enabled in the graphics options. I double-checked in the config file and it's still selected there too. Very annoying.

Not quite as annoying as the audio crackling I have to fight through but there I can't decide how much is SH4's fault and how much is the Vista/Creative debacle messing up my day. At least turning off some graphic options, yes graphic options, cut down on it enough so SH4's playable.

Antrodemus · 04-18-07, 01:00 PM

Using V-sync can also eliminate or at least minimise potential problems where frame-rates can sometimes vary from 2fps to over 100fps, which can cause instability in certain configurations. With V-sync enabled, the disparity between lower and upper limits is minimised, resulting in less unforeseen lock-ups and crashes. The down-side is that it "caps" or limits your maximum frame-rate to either your current refresh-rate, or half that value.

04-18-07, 12:22 PM	#1
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,277 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Vsync option Just what is the vsync doing for me if I check it on the options page? __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

04-18-07, 12:26 PM	#4
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,277 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	And this does what as far as FPS or clarity of the picture? __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

04-18-07, 12:35 PM	#8
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,277 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	OK, cool. I did not have this issue with 1.1. I have the option checked in 1.2. I guess then I do not need this option checked as I do not have the tearing or ripped looking picture. Yes? __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

04-18-07, 12:42 PM	#11
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,277 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=108977 Scroll down to second screenshot of mine. This was with the 1.1 patch. Pic looks good to me. I guess I do not need this option. Thanks for the help men! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

04-18-07, 12:25 PM	#2
tedhealy Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: St. Louis, MO, USA Posts: 772 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Limits the framerate to your refresh rate.

04-18-07, 12:25 PM	#3
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Helps with "shearing" if your not having any problems with it leave it unchecked (shrug).

04-18-07, 12:31 PM	#7
uniquemind Loader Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 86 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I think the guy means "tearing" which as you move the camera around would tear the image........hard to explain but easy to notice SteamWake beat me to it

04-18-07, 12:39 PM	#9
uniquemind Loader Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 86 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	No not if your picture is fine when looking around...............I've had tearing alot in other games and v-sync sorts it out

04-18-07, 12:41 PM	#10
Floyd Mate Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 57 Downloads: 255 Uploads: 0	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vsync

04-18-07, 12:45 PM	#13
uniquemind Loader Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 86 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Strange I too have an LCD and I need it Glad you don't

04-18-07, 12:53 PM	#14
OddjobXL Torpedoman Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 119 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	One thing I noticed, and maybe it's just me, but after fixing this problem in the config file in 1.1 it went away. But in 1.2 I still have shearing even with vsync enabled in the graphics options. I double-checked in the config file and it's still selected there too. Very annoying. Not quite as annoying as the audio crackling I have to fight through but there I can't decide how much is SH4's fault and how much is the Vista/Creative debacle messing up my day. At least turning off some graphic options, yes graphic options, cut down on it enough so SH4's playable.

04-18-07, 01:00 PM	#15
Antrodemus Torpedoman Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 117 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Using V-sync can also eliminate or at least minimise potential problems where frame-rates can sometimes vary from 2fps to over 100fps, which can cause instability in certain configurations. With V-sync enabled, the disparity between lower and upper limits is minimised, resulting in less unforeseen lock-ups and crashes. The down-side is that it "caps" or limits your maximum frame-rate to either your current refresh-rate, or half that value.