Screen tearing that seem unrelated to... everything?

[Danger Mouse]

By screeen tearing, do you mean a visible line of difference in frames at a horizontal location on the screen? Because I'm not seeing that anywhere... just noticable fps drops in large areas with my newew laptop. Could be that I'm running it a the native resolution for the laptop and it's only an onboard intel gpu. *shrug* but it's definitely easily playable. it's not to a point of stuttering video or audio.

[Johnny Boy]

By screeen tearing, do you mean a visible line of difference in frames at a horizontal location on the screen? Because I'm not seeing that anywhere... just noticable fps drops in large areas with my newew laptop. Could be that I'm running it a the native resolution for the laptop and it's only an onboard intel gpu. *shrug* but it's definitely easily playable. it's not to a point of stuttering video or audio.

It's probably a problem with slightly older video cards, I'm not certain, but the quick fix that Alec made remedied the problem. 

If all you're suffering from is a drop in fps then you aren't having the same problem.  It's not the same subject but I did notice another thread related to Laptops and video card driver updates, perhaps that will help cure your drop in fps (hopefully), or at least improve it.  Here's the related thread I mentioned:

http://www.bit-blot.com/forum/index.php?topic=430.0

Hope it helps.

[Danger Mouse]

Thanks, but I've been on the forums forever and remember the thread quite well. However this is a new laptop, not an older one. My old laptop in fact [Dell Inspiron] ran the game flawlessly before v1.1.1. I haven't tried v1.1.1 on it though. *shrug* It really isn't even that bad though, I think it's just the fact that I have the resolution set at the highest supported by the laptop. Still very playable though. I just wanted to get a better insight on what was meant by the screen tearing since I haven't experienced it. Thanks for the feedback though, much appreciated.

[Quemaqua]

Well, it's *like* screen tearing but it only affects the foreground elements, not Naija herself or the background.  So yes, visible horizontal line, but only on certain elements.  Makes it look like the game is slowing down, but in fact, it isn't.  I was getting around 70FPS at the time.

[Alec]

Well, it's *like* screen tearing but it only affects the foreground elements, not Naija herself or the background.  So yes, visible horizontal line, but only on certain elements.  Makes it look like the game is slowing down, but in fact, it isn't.  I was getting around 70FPS at the time.

Check your PMs, Mr. Q. 

[Quemaqua]

Bless you, Alec.  Smooth as silk now with vsync and framebuffer effects at 1280x1024.  Not a hint of a hitch.

Also, I apologize for not issuing my system specs at the start of the thread.  For some reason I thought I had and realize now that this wasn't the case.  I have facepalmed myself adequately, I assure you.  Thanks for getting to the bottom of this so quickly.  I have lauded your devotion to your customers before, but seriously... you work amazingly fast.

[Nava]

He's my hero too *swooooon* 

But the quote "All you get from killing monkeys is a deep sense of shame" may now be a false statement, because I think you get a side-dish of Steam achievement with that shame.

[Chibi]

Oh, the irony!  Just consider it consolation for the "accidental" death of the monkey.

[Quemaqua]

I am going to be severely emotionally conflicted from here on out.

[Aicop]

Hello, I seem to be having the same issue - As if the background is using slightly too big steps in its gradient makeing each step noticable (especially with the higher resolutions I suppose)

I made a screenshot, its a bit hard to see since it is not moving but it is still visible:
http://i42.tinypic.com/2q355qd.png

(tinypic downscaled the image from 1920x1200 to 1600x1000)

[Alec]

That's just the way the gradient works, that's not "screen tearing".

[Danger Mouse]

I don't see anything wrong at all with that picture.... (ok now I'm really confused.)

[Chibi]

That's because there is nothing wrong with the picture - the guy probably saw a little lag and overreacted. 

[Alec]

I think he's talking abou the slight "banding" effect on the gradient.

[Xidus]

Double check that it's 32bit color depth?