[TF2] Ignoring V-sync Options Until It's Manually Reset

steamclosed MOVED: Team Fortress 2reviewed

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#695 · opened 2013-01-13 by Aypok · updated 2013-02-16 · 3 comments · github

AAypok 2013-01-13 github

When loading TF2, there's considerable screen-tearing - horizontally along the screen.

To fix it, I have to enable and then re-disable the "Wait for vertical sync" option. That is: I have to open the options, go to the "Video" tab, load the advanced options, change v-sync from "Disabled *" to "Enabled", accept and apply the changes, return to the game (which still has tearing), go all the way back to the advanced video options, reset "Enabled" to "Disabled *", then accept and apply the changes.

Once that is done, the tearing is fixed - for that session. The problem is that I have to re-do this every single time I reload TF2, which is somewhat frustrating. The Windows version (running under Windows 7 on the same hardware) doesn't seem to have this issue.

System information from Steam:

Processor Information:
Vendor: GenuineIntel
Speed: 3401 Mhz
8 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.2.0-35-generic
X Server vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server release: 11103000

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 460/PCIe/SSE2

Driver Version:  4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
VendorID:  0x10de
DeviceID:  0xe22
Number of Monitors:  1
Number of Logical Video Cards:  1
Primary Display Resolution:  1920 x 1200
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Primary Display Size: 21.65" x 13.50"  (25.51" diag)
                                        55.0cm x 34.3cm  (64.8cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 1023 MB
Supported MSAA Modes:  2x 4x 8x 16x

Sound card:
Audio device:

Memory:
RAM: 16027 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_GB.UTF-8
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 1378032 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 527812 Mb

Installed software:

Recent Failure Reports:

Jjorgenpt 2013-02-13 github

Fix should be included in the upcoming TF2 release.

Pphthano-zz 2013-02-15 github

I am experiencing a similar problem with a GTS 250. Even with vsync on and resetting it like Aypok describes, I still have tearing.

Jjorgenpt 2013-02-16 github

Should've been fixed in yesterday's release.

Nothing extracted yet.