Real Full Screen, Vsync Option
Verfasst: 22.07.2020 22:33:05
Hello,
recently I've decided to take the plunge and try this out (Aerosoft edition - hope it is OK that I write here if I don't own the official Hobby USB stick version!). I've come across several things I want to ask about and want to create a separate thread for each for better tracking and searching as I expect at least some of the questions might be relevant to others and some of it has never been covered, at least I could not find anything in English.
The first one is about the full screen setting. I usually get the best results to have smooth simulator experience to set the fps limit to 60 or 30 fps and set the vsync to on - full or half my refresh rate depending on what fps limit I find needed depending on how demanding the app is. To my suprise it didn't work with Zusi 3. Later on I realised Zusi is actually never using real full screen (when set to it in the graphics settings) but it is rather using what is called "borderless" in the gaming world. This of course allows to display other windows over the sim (like the Fahrplan), but then the vsync is fully governed by Windows where correct vsync timing is hard to achieve and although the simulation is not having tearing, it is not smooth, but stuitters (although not to a great extent). The solution is to use the "DirectX full screen" option, however the simulator then lacks many required features and actually is very hard to control as I was even unable to correctly terminate the simulation - no reaction to Esc, I even could not alt-tab out of the app. I had to use log off to get the app to terminate.
My question is: if I accept the lack of external windows (like F7), is there a way how to use this mode? Or is there any other way how to activate real full screen and not just borderless (that is called Full screen in the settings)?
Additionally I do not understand what the vsync setting under Zusi is actually meant for if the DirectX full screen is not recommended for standard use by the manual: if the game is not running in real full screen, whether a vsync is used or not is determined by the Windows graphical environment and no game setting has any influence on that. And yes: I of course get no tearing even with vsync unticked.
Any replies are greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much!
recently I've decided to take the plunge and try this out (Aerosoft edition - hope it is OK that I write here if I don't own the official Hobby USB stick version!). I've come across several things I want to ask about and want to create a separate thread for each for better tracking and searching as I expect at least some of the questions might be relevant to others and some of it has never been covered, at least I could not find anything in English.
The first one is about the full screen setting. I usually get the best results to have smooth simulator experience to set the fps limit to 60 or 30 fps and set the vsync to on - full or half my refresh rate depending on what fps limit I find needed depending on how demanding the app is. To my suprise it didn't work with Zusi 3. Later on I realised Zusi is actually never using real full screen (when set to it in the graphics settings) but it is rather using what is called "borderless" in the gaming world. This of course allows to display other windows over the sim (like the Fahrplan), but then the vsync is fully governed by Windows where correct vsync timing is hard to achieve and although the simulation is not having tearing, it is not smooth, but stuitters (although not to a great extent). The solution is to use the "DirectX full screen" option, however the simulator then lacks many required features and actually is very hard to control as I was even unable to correctly terminate the simulation - no reaction to Esc, I even could not alt-tab out of the app. I had to use log off to get the app to terminate.
My question is: if I accept the lack of external windows (like F7), is there a way how to use this mode? Or is there any other way how to activate real full screen and not just borderless (that is called Full screen in the settings)?
Additionally I do not understand what the vsync setting under Zusi is actually meant for if the DirectX full screen is not recommended for standard use by the manual: if the game is not running in real full screen, whether a vsync is used or not is determined by the Windows graphical environment and no game setting has any influence on that. And yes: I of course get no tearing even with vsync unticked.
Any replies are greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much!