Updated game has screen tearing/"VCR" effect. Is this normal?

[Fuzzball]

Played this game for the first time in a while today, saw the new launcher and tried the updated game. I've noticed though as I run around levels there is this is odd screen tearing effect, where a horizontal line scrolls down the screen and causes the visuals to judder along it. It kind of reminds me of that similar looking effect you'd get on old recorded VCR tapes.

This effect occurs whetner I have v-sync on or off, and if I run the game either with my NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX or integrated graphics card. It doesn't occur in the old version of the game.

Does anyone else get this? I'm wondering if it's a deliberate effect, seeing as it kind of goes with the game's old-styled, disorientating vibe. But it is rather off-putting. If a visual bug, what could be causing it? The change of screen resolution? I'm now running the game in 1920x1080, but in the old game the resolution is never that (I can tell because the Steam overlay isn't normal sized).

[Skymirrh]

Original resolution is 1280*720. I didn't notice any difference between the two, could you take a screenshot of both, verify there's still a difference and show us? :)

[Grinnin' Shibe]

Im also expereicning the screen tearing, it wasnt like this before. It must be a bug present in this new update.

[Eno]

Seems that this behavior is normal.
I am annoyed too:

http://abload.de/img/2013-12-10_000025ubvo.jpg

in a screenshot the lines are visible but not flickering of course. I think you just have to get used to it.

[Axmill]

the game doesent do thats its just the logos

[Eno]

I have that in logos and ingame too.

[Ammehoela]

no it`s in the game too.

[Skymirrh]

This happens when game is upscaled from its original 1280*720 resolution... It may or may not happen depending on your graphics card (it's not happening on my desktop but it is on my laptop).

[Captain Yesterday]

Try turning on V-sync. That fixed it for me.

[Fuzzball]

Originally posted by Captain Yesterday:

Try turning on V-sync. That fixed it for me.

As I said, it occurs whether v-sync is on or off.

OK, I had a little play around with settings and have discovered that this screen tearing effect does not occur in the old version of the game, or when the updated version is in windowed mode. However, on a fullscreen updated game play session, it occurs very often. It also still occurs when I set the reslution to 1280x720. What could be the explanation for this?

Unfortunately I am unable to show you a screenshot of the effect, as it doesn't seem to appear on screenshots. All the stills I took did not show the effect, even though it is quite noticeable when the game is moving. Weird.

[Geoffrey St. John]

I'm seeing this as well. Weird looking, I wonder what causes this.

[PathologicalFrolic]

its normal. they added that effect to make it looks old school like its on a vcr tv

[Fuzzball]

Originally posted by Doge:

its normal. they added that effect to make it looks old school like its on a vcr tv

Well that's good to hear it's intentional, even if I'm not a big fan of it. Is there a post somewhere where the developers mention it?

I do wonder though, as it only seems to occur as you're moving on screen. When you halt, it stops. Ah well, I'm overthinking things.

[Sitarasu [DK]]

I'm also having this issue. It's really annoying and it's not a part of the "old school vcr"-effect. It's a horizontal screen-tearing line that messes up the palm trees in the main menu and it is also there when you play the game. It appears all the way across the screen.

[I Am Become Death]

I'm having the same problem this is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ridiculous, it's not fun and it should be optional, all it does is make it harder to play.