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Disabling composition will dramatically improve input lag and ''"smoothness"''. Here is how to do it: | Disabling composition will dramatically improve input lag and ''"smoothness"''. Here is how to do it: | ||
*If you use KDE: | *If you use KDE: | ||
**For Lutris: Right click the game -> <code>Configure</code> -> <code>System options</code> -> <code>Disable desktop effects</code>. | |||
**For Steam, Heroic or others: You have to manually disable composition with <code>shift</code> + <code>alt</code> + <code>f12</code>. The same combination re-enables it. | |||
*If you use Gnome: You don't have to do anything. | *If you use Gnome: You don't have to do anything. | ||
*If you use Cinnamon: Go to <code>settings</code> -> <code>general</code> -> <code>disable compositing for full-screen window</code> | *If you use Cinnamon: Go to <code>settings</code> -> <code>general</code> -> <code>disable compositing for full-screen window</code> | ||
Revision as of 17:31, 11 February 2022
If you use a DE with X11, then you probably have a compositor. The compositor does nice things like window shadow and effects. But it also reduces fps, adds input lag, and introduces stuttering. That's why you should disable it when running a game.
Disabling composition for your games
This page needs work, for the following reason(s): I don't know whether the procedure for disabling composition in Cinnamon actually works. In case this does not work, you should not be using Cinnamon. If you want a DE that looks a bit like Windows, you should choose KDE Plasma instead. Please edit if you know more.
Disabling composition will dramatically improve input lag and "smoothness". Here is how to do it:
- If you use KDE:
- For Lutris: Right click the game ->
Configure->System options->Disable desktop effects. - For Steam, Heroic or others: You have to manually disable composition with
shift+alt+f12. The same combination re-enables it.
- For Lutris: Right click the game ->
- If you use Gnome: You don't have to do anything.
- If you use Cinnamon: Go to
settings->general->disable compositing for full-screen window