P3D v4.5 - in VC screen flashes briefly

[Sartanius 399]

13 minutes ago, argosafe said:

Something must have changed people's settings then as this didn't happen before 1903 came out. 

This is true.  It is either 1903 itself, or the way the NVIDIA drivers play with 1903.  In any event, glad there is a simple workaround.

[simbol 5,814]

2 hours ago, ryanbatcund said:

Do you mean running in windowed mode AND using Windows10?  Because I've never had this before in win7.

Correct, this happens on Windows 10.

S.

[Peter Webber 339]

3 hours ago, simbol said:

This is caused because you are using P3D in windowed mode, two posible solutions:

A)you can switch to full screen instead.

or

B) Enable tipple buffering with Vsync enabled which will also remove the issue.

 

Regards,

S. 

Simbol, if I have a "tipple" I won't even notice the black flashes!

[ryanbatc 12,799]

Argh....another reason to stick with xp11.  Or with win7.  Overall 10 is fine just getting used to the nuances (and how to disable stuff permanently lol)

How do I do triple buffering?  Is that a Nvidia CP setting?

[richbonneau 76]

2 minutes ago, ryanbatcund said:

How do I do triple buffering?  Is that a Nvidia CP setting?

That's a setting in the P3D graphics selection - VSYNC / Triple Buffering.

[ryanbatc 12,799]

Ahhh but I'm guessing that will crush my fps?

[ryanbatc 12,799]

1 hour ago, dmiannay said:

The specific feature causing this for me was having cockpit tool-tips "enabled" in the VC.  Disabling cockpit tool tips stopped the black flashes.  As was mentioned above, checking [enabling the check-mark] next to "Disable fullscreen optimizations" in the Prepar3D.exe properties also did the trick.

Oops I missed this I'll try that first!

[planechaser 46]

Had this problem big time when in the QW787 VC

Anytime you clicked the autopilot or any other switch , the screen would flicker

Disabling full screen optimization solved the issues completely.

[simbol 5,814]

49 minutes ago, ryanbatcund said:

Argh....another reason to stick with xp11.  Or with win7.  Overall 10 is fine just getting used to the nuances (and how to disable stuff permanently lol)

How do I do triple buffering?  Is that a Nvidia CP setting?

Inside P3D settings.

Also please note to all users using "Disabling full screen optimization" as a solution, that if you use FSLABS Airbus, this add-on will re-enable full screen optimization without your consent, and therefore it is recommended to use the triple buffering and Vsync enable inside P3D.

S.

[Sartanius 399]

For what it's worth, I just unchecked "Disabling full screen optimization", re-enabled Cockpit Tooltips, have triple buffering and Vsync enable inside P3Dv4.5 (my default anyway)... and the problem has completely disappeared!  Not sure if one of the frequent 1903 updates corrected the issue, but my problem has now been eliminated in P3D. 

Running Win10 v1903 (Build 18362.175) and NVIDIA GeForce 430.86 (released 5/27/19).  Latest 1903 cumulative update was KB4503293 (installed on 6/12).

Update:  Bummer, thought 1903 update had corrected the problem, but after a reboot, it returned..  So back to original solution... disable Cockpit Tool-tips.  I always have triple buffering and Vsync enabled in P3D, so that solution doesn't work for me. 

Edited July 3, 2019 by dmiannay

[YoYo 374]

17 hours ago, ryanbatcund said:

Having a weird issue only happens in VC.  I'm also using windowed mode.

I get a brief but somewhat frequent black flash of the screen.

Here's a short video to illustrate this.  (Not the best video....the flash happens early on and then once or twice later)

https://s.amsu.ng/nkSrTYWyCflN

Oh I'm also using Windows 10 now with all patches.

Its known issue but "Disabling full screen optimization" solved this issue for me from the first day of 4.5v.

[ryanbatc 12,799]

55 minutes ago, YoYo said:

Its known issue but "Disabling full screen optimization" solved this issue for me from the first day of 4.5v.

Do you run in windowed mode though or full screen?

[Sartanius 399]

4 hours ago, ryanbatcund said:

Oops I missed this I'll try that first!

Hey @ryanbatcund, did disabling Cockpit Tool-tips work for your issue?

[Riah069 157]

Gotta ask. But what is it with FSLabs and there you must have this set to this etc. Like if i change AA on restart. It comes up with OH you better set it to this. I KNOW what it is set to leave me alone.

[David Roch 1,975]

31 minutes ago, dmiannay said:

Hey @ryanbatcund, did disabling Cockpit Tool-tips work for your issue?

Hello Doug,

Thanks for this tip.

Will try tomorrow and report here. Touch wood! 😉