How to verify Fullscreen Optimizations feature is off?!

Hello,

i check "disable Fullscreen Optimizations" in combatibility tab, yet i read it is not working from build 1703! I also tried some registry entries. Problem is how do i verify it is off?! From microsoft dev blog: when fullscreen optimizations feature is on, screen flickers in PC games! Which is what is happening, it is only when they are loading. But problem is, that it can mean Fullscreen Optimizations feature is on!

How do i verify this is off and in case it is on how do i turn this off?! Microsoft support doesn't even read what you say...

This feature is terrible and causing lag and fps drops!

In addition to what @Jacee said (which I didn't know and is not present on my OS) you might also want to visit installation directory of executable for which you want to disable FSO.

If you're gamer you definitely need to read this:
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/direc...optimizations/

Right click executable and under "Compatibility" tab you will find this setting, here is example screenshot:

How do you know it's not working?

If the setting is checked in compatibility tab then it should work just fine for that game.
If you want to verify whether the setting works or not start your game in windowed mode, if the issue persist the setting works but is not related to your problem.

Which means you need to adjust something else and not FSO.
If you want to disable setting uncheck it.

There is no need for registry unless you want to make troubleshooting harder.

Read this link, it may help you to adjust game:
Anti-Aliasing 101: What is It & How Does it Impact Gamers?

If not working try to set ambient occlusion:
Ambient occlusion - Wikipedia

If nothing work see this also:
Steam Community :: Guide :: Fix Flickering Textures Bug

empleat said:

EDIT: OH NOOOOO, it doesn't happen when using windowed mode. So Fullscreen Optimizations feature is probably on Tho i forget G-SYNC doesn't work windowed by default have to change that to test it!

So again i am at point 0, how do i verify it is off?

I'm not sure if I understand you, first you say it's always ON because of windowed mode confirms that, but then you want to verify your own test.

The dev blog also gives instructions on how to report problem with FSO.

That flicker is caused by G-SYNC, i turned that on in windowed mode and now it started!!!

Have you tried FSO with G-Sync OFF? In total you have 4 combinations to try out in full screen, if none works most likely it's a bug.

zebal said:

I'm not sure if I understand you, first you say it's always ON because of windowed mode confirms that, but then you want to verify your own test.

The dev blog also gives instructions on how to report problem with FSO.


Have you tried FSO with G-Sync OFF? In total you have 4 combinations to try out in full screen, if none works most likely it's a bug.

No no no, i said it can be possibly on, i don't know that! I can't test it so, that's why i was asking in the first place, how to verify it is off?

I found out, that flicker is caused by G-SYNC, but i read on that devblog, that it can be also caused by "Fullscreen Optimizations", so that's why i tested it as you said. And it doesn't happen in windowed, when G-SYNC is enabled only at fullscreen! Yet it doesn't prove anything.

The dev blog also gives instructions on how to report problem with FSO.

I don't have even feedback hub installed and this is not feedback, but problem! I don't even know whether, or not it is on/off.

Have you tried FSO with G-Sync OFF? In total you have 4 combinations to try out in full screen, if none works most likely it's a bug.

FSO? I already pinpointed G-SYNC as cause of that flicker, but again: problem is i have no way of knowing that "Fullscreen Optimizations" is disabled! As i read on multi-sources that it is bugged and cannot be disabled!

TairikuOkami said:

I guess you have also disabled Game Mode, Game Bar and of course VSync.

Yeah these are already disabled, but how do i know for Fullscreen Optimizations is disabled, if it is bugged?