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==Disabling composition for your games== | ==Disabling composition for your games== | ||
{{Needs work|Problem=I don't know whether the procedure for disabling composition in Cinnamon actually works. Please edit if you know more}} | {{Needs work|Problem=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: | Disabling composition will dramatically improve input lag and ''"smoothness"''. Here is how to do it: | ||
Revision as of 14:37, 8 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: This can be done with a switch in Lutris settings. Right click the game ->
Configure->System options->Disable desktop effects. If you use Steam or Heroic, you have to manually disable composition withshift+alt+f12. The same combination re-enables it. - 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