Picom Enable Vsync to Fix Screen Tearing

- Enable vsync in picom configuration
- Toggle picom on and off with gaming launch & exit script
  rather than unredir-if-possible setting

.config/picom/picom.conf

@@ -292,12 +292,12 @@ backend = "glx";
 
 # Enable/disable VSync.
 # vsync = false
-vsync = false
+vsync = true
 
 # Enable remote control via D-Bus. See the *D-BUS API* section below for more details.
 # dbus = false
 
-# Try to detect WM windows (a non-override-redirect window with no 
+# Try to detect WM windows (a non-override-redirect window with no
 # child that has 'WM_STATE') and mark them as active.
 #
 # mark-wmwin-focused = false
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ mark-wmwin-focused = true;
 # mark-ovredir-focused = false
 mark-ovredir-focused = true;
 
-# Try to detect windows with rounded corners and don't consider them 
+# Try to detect windows with rounded corners and don't consider them
 # shaped windows. The accuracy is not very high, unfortunately.
 #
 # detect-rounded-corners = false
@@ -319,88 +319,87 @@ detect-rounded-corners = true;
 # detect-client-opacity = false
 detect-client-opacity = true;
 
-# Specify refresh rate of the screen. If not specified or 0, picom will 
+# Specify refresh rate of the screen. If not specified or 0, picom will
 # try detecting this with X RandR extension.
 #
 # refresh-rate = 60
-refresh-rate = 0
 
-# Limit picom to repaint at most once every 1 / 'refresh_rate' second to 
-# boost performance. This should not be used with 
+# Limit picom to repaint at most once every 1 / 'refresh_rate' second to
+# boost performance. This should not be used with
 #   vsync drm/opengl/opengl-oml
-# as they essentially does sw-opti's job already, 
+# as they essentially does sw-opti's job already,
 # unless you wish to specify a lower refresh rate than the actual value.
 #
-# sw-opti = 
+# sw-opti =
 
-# Use EWMH '_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW' to determine currently focused window, 
-# rather than listening to 'FocusIn'/'FocusOut' event. Might have more accuracy, 
+# Use EWMH '_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW' to determine currently focused window,
+# rather than listening to 'FocusIn'/'FocusOut' event. Might have more accuracy,
 # provided that the WM supports it.
 #
 # use-ewmh-active-win = false
 
-# Unredirect all windows if a full-screen opaque window is detected, 
-# to maximize performance for full-screen windows. Known to cause flickering 
+# Unredirect all windows if a full-screen opaque window is detected,
+# to maximize performance for full-screen windows. Known to cause flickering
 # when redirecting/unredirecting windows. paint-on-overlay may make the flickering less obvious.
 #
-# unredir-if-possible = false
-unredir-if-possible = true;
-# unredir-if-possible-exclude = [
-#     "class_g = 'looking-glass-client' && !focused"
-# ]
+unredir-if-possible = false
+# unredir-if-possible = true;
 
 # Delay before unredirecting the window, in milliseconds. Defaults to 0.
 # unredir-if-possible-delay = 0
 
 # Conditions of windows that shouldn't be considered full-screen for unredirecting screen.
 # unredir-if-possible-exclude = []
+# unredir-if-possible-exclude = [
+#     "class_g = 'looking-glass-client' && !focused"
+# ]
 
-# Use 'WM_TRANSIENT_FOR' to group windows, and consider windows 
+# Use 'WM_TRANSIENT_FOR' to group windows, and consider windows
 # in the same group focused at the same time.
 #
 # detect-transient = false
 detect-transient = true
 
-# Use 'WM_CLIENT_LEADER' to group windows, and consider windows in the same 
-# group focused at the same time. 'WM_TRANSIENT_FOR' has higher priority if 
+# Use 'WM_CLIENT_LEADER' to group windows, and consider windows in the same
+# group focused at the same time. 'WM_TRANSIENT_FOR' has higher priority if
 # detect-transient is enabled, too.
 #
 # detect-client-leader = false
 detect-client-leader = true
 
-# Resize damaged region by a specific number of pixels. 
-# A positive value enlarges it while a negative one shrinks it. 
-# If the value is positive, those additional pixels will not be actually painted 
-# to screen, only used in blur calculation, and such. (Due to technical limitations, 
-# with use-damage, those pixels will still be incorrectly painted to screen.) 
-# Primarily used to fix the line corruption issues of blur, 
-# in which case you should use the blur radius value here 
-# (e.g. with a 3x3 kernel, you should use `--resize-damage 1`, 
-# with a 5x5 one you use `--resize-damage 2`, and so on). 
+# Resize damaged region by a specific number of pixels.
+# A positive value enlarges it while a negative one shrinks it.
+# If the value is positive, those additional pixels will not be actually painted
+# to screen, only used in blur calculation, and such. (Due to technical limitations,
+# with use-damage, those pixels will still be incorrectly painted to screen.)
+# Primarily used to fix the line corruption issues of blur,
+# in which case you should use the blur radius value here
+# (e.g. with a 3x3 kernel, you should use `--resize-damage 1`,
+# with a 5x5 one you use `--resize-damage 2`, and so on).
 # May or may not work with *--glx-no-stencil*. Shrinking doesn't function correctly.
 #
 # resize-damage = 1
 
-# Specify a list of conditions of windows that should be painted with inverted color. 
+# Specify a list of conditions of windows that should be painted with inverted color.
 # Resource-hogging, and is not well tested.
 #
 # invert-color-include = []
 
-# GLX backend: Avoid using stencil buffer, useful if you don't have a stencil buffer. 
-# Might cause incorrect opacity when rendering transparent content (but never 
-# practically happened) and may not work with blur-background. 
+# GLX backend: Avoid using stencil buffer, useful if you don't have a stencil buffer.
+# Might cause incorrect opacity when rendering transparent content (but never
+# practically happened) and may not work with blur-background.
 # My tests show a 15% performance boost. Recommended.
 #
 # glx-no-stencil = false
 
-# GLX backend: Avoid rebinding pixmap on window damage. 
-# Probably could improve performance on rapid window content changes, 
+# GLX backend: Avoid rebinding pixmap on window damage.
+# Probably could improve performance on rapid window content changes,
 # but is known to break things on some drivers (LLVMpipe, xf86-video-intel, etc.).
 # Recommended if it works.
 #
 # glx-no-rebind-pixmap = false
 
-# Disable the use of damage information. 
+# Disable the use of damage information.
 # This cause the whole screen to be redrawn everytime, instead of the part of the screen
 # has actually changed. Potentially degrades the performance, but might fix some artifacts.
 # The opposing option is use-damage
@@ -410,31 +409,31 @@ detect-client-leader = true
 #Changing use-damage to false fixes the problem
 use-damage = false
 
-# Use X Sync fence to sync clients' draw calls, to make sure all draw 
-# calls are finished before picom starts drawing. Needed on nvidia-drivers 
+# Use X Sync fence to sync clients' draw calls, to make sure all draw
+# calls are finished before picom starts drawing. Needed on nvidia-drivers
 # with GLX backend for some users.
 #
 # xrender-sync-fence = false
 
-# GLX backend: Use specified GLSL fragment shader for rendering window contents. 
-# See `compton-default-fshader-win.glsl` and `compton-fake-transparency-fshader-win.glsl` 
+# GLX backend: Use specified GLSL fragment shader for rendering window contents.
+# See `compton-default-fshader-win.glsl` and `compton-fake-transparency-fshader-win.glsl`
 # in the source tree for examples.
 #
 # glx-fshader-win = ''
 
-# Force all windows to be painted with blending. Useful if you 
+# Force all windows to be painted with blending. Useful if you
 # have a glx-fshader-win that could turn opaque pixels transparent.
 #
 # force-win-blend = false
 
-# Do not use EWMH to detect fullscreen windows. 
+# Do not use EWMH to detect fullscreen windows.
 # Reverts to checking if a window is fullscreen based only on its size and coordinates.
 #
 # no-ewmh-fullscreen = false
 
-# Dimming bright windows so their brightness doesn't exceed this set value. 
-# Brightness of a window is estimated by averaging all pixels in the window, 
-# so this could comes with a performance hit. 
+# Dimming bright windows so their brightness doesn't exceed this set value.
+# Brightness of a window is estimated by averaging all pixels in the window,
+# so this could comes with a performance hit.
 # Setting this to 1.0 disables this behaviour. Requires --use-damage to be disabled. (default: 1.0)
 #
 # max-brightness = 1.0
@@ -446,17 +445,17 @@ use-damage = false
 
 # Set the log level. Possible values are:
 #  "trace", "debug", "info", "warn", "error"
-# in increasing level of importance. Case doesn't matter. 
-# If using the "TRACE" log level, it's better to log into a file 
+# in increasing level of importance. Case doesn't matter.
+# If using the "TRACE" log level, it's better to log into a file
 # using *--log-file*, since it can generate a huge stream of logs.
 #
 # log-level = "debug"
 log-level = "info";
 
 # Set the log file.
-# If *--log-file* is never specified, logs will be written to stderr. 
-# Otherwise, logs will to written to the given file, though some of the early 
-# logs might still be written to the stderr. 
+# If *--log-file* is never specified, logs will be written to stderr.
+# Otherwise, logs will to written to the given file, though some of the early
+# logs might still be written to the stderr.
 # When setting this option from the config file, it is recommended to use an absolute path.
 #
 # log-file = '/path/to/your/log/file'
@@ -468,33 +467,33 @@ log-level = "info";
 # write-pid-path = '/path/to/your/log/file'
 
 # Window type settings
-# 
-# 'WINDOW_TYPE' is one of the 15 window types defined in EWMH standard: 
-#     "unknown", "desktop", "dock", "toolbar", "menu", "utility", 
-#     "splash", "dialog", "normal", "dropdown_menu", "popup_menu", 
+#
+# 'WINDOW_TYPE' is one of the 15 window types defined in EWMH standard:
+#     "unknown", "desktop", "dock", "toolbar", "menu", "utility",
+#     "splash", "dialog", "normal", "dropdown_menu", "popup_menu",
 #     "tooltip", "notification", "combo", and "dnd".
-# 
+#
 # Following per window-type options are available: ::
-# 
+#
 #   fade, shadow:::
 #     Controls window-type-specific shadow and fade settings.
-# 
+#
 #   opacity:::
 #     Controls default opacity of the window type.
-# 
+#
 #   focus:::
-#     Controls whether the window of this type is to be always considered focused. 
+#     Controls whether the window of this type is to be always considered focused.
 #     (By default, all window types except "normal" and "dialog" has this on.)
-# 
+#
 #   full-shadow:::
-#     Controls whether shadow is drawn under the parts of the window that you 
-#     normally won't be able to see. Useful when the window has parts of it 
+#     Controls whether shadow is drawn under the parts of the window that you
+#     normally won't be able to see. Useful when the window has parts of it
 #     transparent, and you want shadows in those areas.
-# 
+#
 #   redir-ignore:::
-#     Controls whether this type of windows should cause screen to become 
+#     Controls whether this type of windows should cause screen to become
 #     redirected again after been unredirected. If you have unredir-if-possible
-#     set, and doesn't want certain window to cause unnecessary screen redirection, 
+#     set, and doesn't want certain window to cause unnecessary screen redirection,
 #     you can set this to `true`.
 #
 wintypes:

.scripts/game_exit.sh

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 /home/sravan/.scripts/deadd.sh --unpause
+/home/sravan/.scripts/picom.sh --on

.scripts/game_launch.sh

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 /home/sravan/.scripts/deadd.sh --pause
+/home/sravan/.scripts/picom.sh --off

README.org

@@ -2542,12 +2542,12 @@ backend = "glx";
 
 # Enable/disable VSync.
 # vsync = false
-vsync = false
+vsync = true
 
 # Enable remote control via D-Bus. See the *D-BUS API* section below for more details.
 # dbus = false
 
-# Try to detect WM windows (a non-override-redirect window with no 
+# Try to detect WM windows (a non-override-redirect window with no
 # child that has 'WM_STATE') and mark them as active.
 #
 # mark-wmwin-focused = false
@@ -2557,7 +2557,7 @@ mark-wmwin-focused = true;
 # mark-ovredir-focused = false
 mark-ovredir-focused = true;
 
-# Try to detect windows with rounded corners and don't consider them 
+# Try to detect windows with rounded corners and don't consider them
 # shaped windows. The accuracy is not very high, unfortunately.
 #
 # detect-rounded-corners = false
@@ -2569,88 +2569,87 @@ detect-rounded-corners = true;
 # detect-client-opacity = false
 detect-client-opacity = true;
 
-# Specify refresh rate of the screen. If not specified or 0, picom will 
+# Specify refresh rate of the screen. If not specified or 0, picom will
 # try detecting this with X RandR extension.
 #
 # refresh-rate = 60
-refresh-rate = 0
 
-# Limit picom to repaint at most once every 1 / 'refresh_rate' second to 
-# boost performance. This should not be used with 
+# Limit picom to repaint at most once every 1 / 'refresh_rate' second to
+# boost performance. This should not be used with
 #   vsync drm/opengl/opengl-oml
-# as they essentially does sw-opti's job already, 
+# as they essentially does sw-opti's job already,
 # unless you wish to specify a lower refresh rate than the actual value.
 #
-# sw-opti = 
+# sw-opti =
 
-# Use EWMH '_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW' to determine currently focused window, 
-# rather than listening to 'FocusIn'/'FocusOut' event. Might have more accuracy, 
+# Use EWMH '_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW' to determine currently focused window,
+# rather than listening to 'FocusIn'/'FocusOut' event. Might have more accuracy,
 # provided that the WM supports it.
 #
 # use-ewmh-active-win = false
 
-# Unredirect all windows if a full-screen opaque window is detected, 
-# to maximize performance for full-screen windows. Known to cause flickering 
+# Unredirect all windows if a full-screen opaque window is detected,
+# to maximize performance for full-screen windows. Known to cause flickering
 # when redirecting/unredirecting windows. paint-on-overlay may make the flickering less obvious.
 #
-# unredir-if-possible = false
-unredir-if-possible = true;
-# unredir-if-possible-exclude = [
-#     "class_g = 'looking-glass-client' && !focused"
-# ]
+unredir-if-possible = false
+# unredir-if-possible = true;
 
 # Delay before unredirecting the window, in milliseconds. Defaults to 0.
 # unredir-if-possible-delay = 0
 
 # Conditions of windows that shouldn't be considered full-screen for unredirecting screen.
 # unredir-if-possible-exclude = []
+# unredir-if-possible-exclude = [
+#     "class_g = 'looking-glass-client' && !focused"
+# ]
 
-# Use 'WM_TRANSIENT_FOR' to group windows, and consider windows 
+# Use 'WM_TRANSIENT_FOR' to group windows, and consider windows
 # in the same group focused at the same time.
 #
 # detect-transient = false
 detect-transient = true
 
-# Use 'WM_CLIENT_LEADER' to group windows, and consider windows in the same 
-# group focused at the same time. 'WM_TRANSIENT_FOR' has higher priority if 
+# Use 'WM_CLIENT_LEADER' to group windows, and consider windows in the same
+# group focused at the same time. 'WM_TRANSIENT_FOR' has higher priority if
 # detect-transient is enabled, too.
 #
 # detect-client-leader = false
 detect-client-leader = true
 
-# Resize damaged region by a specific number of pixels. 
-# A positive value enlarges it while a negative one shrinks it. 
-# If the value is positive, those additional pixels will not be actually painted 
-# to screen, only used in blur calculation, and such. (Due to technical limitations, 
-# with use-damage, those pixels will still be incorrectly painted to screen.) 
-# Primarily used to fix the line corruption issues of blur, 
-# in which case you should use the blur radius value here 
-# (e.g. with a 3x3 kernel, you should use `--resize-damage 1`, 
-# with a 5x5 one you use `--resize-damage 2`, and so on). 
+# Resize damaged region by a specific number of pixels.
+# A positive value enlarges it while a negative one shrinks it.
+# If the value is positive, those additional pixels will not be actually painted
+# to screen, only used in blur calculation, and such. (Due to technical limitations,
+# with use-damage, those pixels will still be incorrectly painted to screen.)
+# Primarily used to fix the line corruption issues of blur,
+# in which case you should use the blur radius value here
+# (e.g. with a 3x3 kernel, you should use `--resize-damage 1`,
+# with a 5x5 one you use `--resize-damage 2`, and so on).
 # May or may not work with *--glx-no-stencil*. Shrinking doesn't function correctly.
 #
 # resize-damage = 1
 
-# Specify a list of conditions of windows that should be painted with inverted color. 
+# Specify a list of conditions of windows that should be painted with inverted color.
 # Resource-hogging, and is not well tested.
 #
 # invert-color-include = []
 
-# GLX backend: Avoid using stencil buffer, useful if you don't have a stencil buffer. 
-# Might cause incorrect opacity when rendering transparent content (but never 
-# practically happened) and may not work with blur-background. 
+# GLX backend: Avoid using stencil buffer, useful if you don't have a stencil buffer.
+# Might cause incorrect opacity when rendering transparent content (but never
+# practically happened) and may not work with blur-background.
 # My tests show a 15% performance boost. Recommended.
 #
 # glx-no-stencil = false
 
-# GLX backend: Avoid rebinding pixmap on window damage. 
-# Probably could improve performance on rapid window content changes, 
+# GLX backend: Avoid rebinding pixmap on window damage.
+# Probably could improve performance on rapid window content changes,
 # but is known to break things on some drivers (LLVMpipe, xf86-video-intel, etc.).
 # Recommended if it works.
 #
 # glx-no-rebind-pixmap = false
 
-# Disable the use of damage information. 
+# Disable the use of damage information.
 # This cause the whole screen to be redrawn everytime, instead of the part of the screen
 # has actually changed. Potentially degrades the performance, but might fix some artifacts.
 # The opposing option is use-damage
@@ -2660,31 +2659,31 @@ detect-client-leader = true
 #Changing use-damage to false fixes the problem
 use-damage = false
 
-# Use X Sync fence to sync clients' draw calls, to make sure all draw 
-# calls are finished before picom starts drawing. Needed on nvidia-drivers 
+# Use X Sync fence to sync clients' draw calls, to make sure all draw
+# calls are finished before picom starts drawing. Needed on nvidia-drivers
 # with GLX backend for some users.
 #
 # xrender-sync-fence = false
 
-# GLX backend: Use specified GLSL fragment shader for rendering window contents. 
-# See `compton-default-fshader-win.glsl` and `compton-fake-transparency-fshader-win.glsl` 
+# GLX backend: Use specified GLSL fragment shader for rendering window contents.
+# See `compton-default-fshader-win.glsl` and `compton-fake-transparency-fshader-win.glsl`
 # in the source tree for examples.
 #
 # glx-fshader-win = ''
 
-# Force all windows to be painted with blending. Useful if you 
+# Force all windows to be painted with blending. Useful if you
 # have a glx-fshader-win that could turn opaque pixels transparent.
 #
 # force-win-blend = false
 
-# Do not use EWMH to detect fullscreen windows. 
+# Do not use EWMH to detect fullscreen windows.
 # Reverts to checking if a window is fullscreen based only on its size and coordinates.
 #
 # no-ewmh-fullscreen = false
 
-# Dimming bright windows so their brightness doesn't exceed this set value. 
-# Brightness of a window is estimated by averaging all pixels in the window, 
-# so this could comes with a performance hit. 
+# Dimming bright windows so their brightness doesn't exceed this set value.
+# Brightness of a window is estimated by averaging all pixels in the window,
+# so this could comes with a performance hit.
 # Setting this to 1.0 disables this behaviour. Requires --use-damage to be disabled. (default: 1.0)
 #
 # max-brightness = 1.0
@@ -2696,17 +2695,17 @@ use-damage = false
 
 # Set the log level. Possible values are:
 #  "trace", "debug", "info", "warn", "error"
-# in increasing level of importance. Case doesn't matter. 
-# If using the "TRACE" log level, it's better to log into a file 
+# in increasing level of importance. Case doesn't matter.
+# If using the "TRACE" log level, it's better to log into a file
 # using *--log-file*, since it can generate a huge stream of logs.
 #
 # log-level = "debug"
 log-level = "info";
 
 # Set the log file.
-# If *--log-file* is never specified, logs will be written to stderr. 
-# Otherwise, logs will to written to the given file, though some of the early 
-# logs might still be written to the stderr. 
+# If *--log-file* is never specified, logs will be written to stderr.
+# Otherwise, logs will to written to the given file, though some of the early
+# logs might still be written to the stderr.
 # When setting this option from the config file, it is recommended to use an absolute path.
 #
 # log-file = '/path/to/your/log/file'
@@ -2718,33 +2717,33 @@ log-level = "info";
 # write-pid-path = '/path/to/your/log/file'
 
 # Window type settings
-# 
-# 'WINDOW_TYPE' is one of the 15 window types defined in EWMH standard: 
-#     "unknown", "desktop", "dock", "toolbar", "menu", "utility", 
-#     "splash", "dialog", "normal", "dropdown_menu", "popup_menu", 
+#
+# 'WINDOW_TYPE' is one of the 15 window types defined in EWMH standard:
+#     "unknown", "desktop", "dock", "toolbar", "menu", "utility",
+#     "splash", "dialog", "normal", "dropdown_menu", "popup_menu",
 #     "tooltip", "notification", "combo", and "dnd".
-# 
+#
 # Following per window-type options are available: ::
-# 
+#
 #   fade, shadow:::
 #     Controls window-type-specific shadow and fade settings.
-# 
+#
 #   opacity:::
 #     Controls default opacity of the window type.
-# 
+#
 #   focus:::
-#     Controls whether the window of this type is to be always considered focused. 
+#     Controls whether the window of this type is to be always considered focused.
 #     (By default, all window types except "normal" and "dialog" has this on.)
-# 
+#
 #   full-shadow:::
-#     Controls whether shadow is drawn under the parts of the window that you 
-#     normally won't be able to see. Useful when the window has parts of it 
+#     Controls whether shadow is drawn under the parts of the window that you
+#     normally won't be able to see. Useful when the window has parts of it
 #     transparent, and you want shadows in those areas.
-# 
+#
 #   redir-ignore:::
-#     Controls whether this type of windows should cause screen to become 
+#     Controls whether this type of windows should cause screen to become
 #     redirected again after been unredirected. If you have unredir-if-possible
-#     set, and doesn't want certain window to cause unnecessary screen redirection, 
+#     set, and doesn't want certain window to cause unnecessary screen redirection,
 #     you can set this to `true`.
 #
 wintypes:
@@ -6933,6 +6932,7 @@ ${font Montserrat Light:size=9}${color1}${top_mem name 10} ${color}${font} ${got
 #+END_SRC
 
 * Gaming 
+
 ** Gamemode
 
 *** General
@@ -7052,6 +7052,7 @@ inhibit_screensaver=1
 ; Timeout for scripts (seconds). Scripts will be killed if they do not complete within this time.
 ;script_timeout=10
 #+END_SRC
+
 ** MangoHUD 
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC conf :tangle .config/MangoHud/MangoHud.conf
@@ -7850,6 +7851,7 @@ These are scripts that should be run from Lutris when launching or exiting a gam
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC shell :shebang #!/bin/bash :tangle .scripts/game_launch.sh
 /home/sravan/.scripts/deadd.sh --pause
+/home/sravan/.scripts/picom.sh --off
 #+END_SRC
 
 *** Post-Exit Script
@@ -7858,6 +7860,7 @@ These are scripts that should be run from Lutris when launching or exiting a gam
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC shell :shebang #!/bin/bash :tangle .scripts/game_exit.sh
 /home/sravan/.scripts/deadd.sh --unpause
+/home/sravan/.scripts/picom.sh --on
 #+END_SRC
 
 ** Control Center