Games are flickering

[quentar82]

i try to play some games within virtual desktop. Games i tested were Trackmania Turbo or Hitman. The Games started and everything looks fine but when i am ingame it is flickering all the time, what makes the games unplayable. normally i'm using a 21:9 34'' Display so my resolution is 3440x1440. Must i decrease it or doesn't it matter? anyone else with this behavior?

[bront]

Also tried this. Lowered settings in rocket league, still had flickering. Turned in vsync and it stopped flickering for the most part, the odd flicker every now and then. Seemed like the headset latency remained high though? Felt noticeable lag in the head tracking.

[Captain Jack Harkness]

Yeah games are mad flickering for me too. Giving me that seizure. I have a 100Hz monitor too...so it's not a hertz issue. When running games through steamVR - its all fine and dandy..i just rather have the Virtual Desktop freedom as shown in the advertising vids!

[Captain Jack Harkness]

Had to come back..I take it back. Games are flickering via SteamVR too....hrm :/ Can it be a HMD / Vive issue?

[Producer]

Does anyone with a Rift have this issue?

[Captain Jack Harkness]

Sigh tears come down my face knowing I can't experience Non-VR games in the virtual desktop....:(

[Captain Jack Harkness]

So I did my research. Turns out games are flickering for HTC Vive and Oculus equally if they are 3D Games.

" Steam Desktop Theater is in its initial beta, so I’m not even beginning to accuse it of not being up to scratch in that regard, but it’s definitely going to need a few updates before it’s anywhere near fit for purpose. In many games, the image judders and seems to flicker in and out of sight. There’s also a bit of what feels like input lag. It’s hard to work out if any of this is framerate or some kind of image sychnorisation going haywire."

[Tin_Foil]

I'm also experiencing studdering/flickering to black on any actual game I've attempted to play in Virtual Desktop (SW Battlefront, GTA V, The Division, etc). I'm willing to work with any suggestions people might have. 980ti graphics, i7 4.0 processor.

[Captain Jack Harkness]

Originally posted by Tin_Foil:

I'm also experiencing studdering/flickering to black on any actual game I've attempted to play in Virtual Desktop (SW Battlefront, GTA V, The Division, etc). I'm willing to work with any suggestions people might have. 980ti graphics, i7 4.0 processor.

Again I really believe it to be a VR issue in general. What headset do you have buddy?

[Tin_Foil]

Originally posted by Captain Jack Harkness - Win 10:

Again I really believe it to be a VR issue in general. What headset do you have buddy?

I've got a Vive.

[Gotterdamm]

Just found a solution that completely solved the issue for me:
Went into the SteamVR settings and disabled Direct Mode.
Now every game runs flicker-free, even when fullscreened.

So I guess the question is: what's the drawback of deactivating Direct Mode full time?

[quentar82]

its funny because the direct mode features should avoid those problems we have..... For example, flashing displays upon headset detection, confused display destinations for desktop applications, and fullscreen compositor warnings are all resolved by Direct Mode. Additionally, Direct Mode allows the headset to go into standby mode, preserving power and display life.”

i will test the games without direct mode.

[Tin_Foil]

Originally posted by Gotterdamm:

Just found a solution that completely solved the issue for me:
Went into the SteamVR settings and disabled Direct Mode.
Now every game runs flicker-free, even when fullscreened

This gets rid of the flicker for me, but adds in horrible studdering (like full half second pauses every second) where my mouse doesn't move and keystrokes aren't reconized or are delayed.