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@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ Finally, a game exhibiting *stutter* will appear smooth, but appear to *stop* or
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.. image:: img/motion_stutter.gif
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Jitter
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@@ -98,6 +97,11 @@ games, will usually not exhibit this problem anyway).
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For fullscreen, Windows gives special priority to the game so stutter is no
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longer visible and very rare. This is how most games are played.
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+When using a mouse with a polling rate of 1,000 Hz or more, consider using a
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+fully up-to-date Windows 11 installation which comes with fixes related to high
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+CPU utilization with high polling rate mice. These fixes are not available in
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+Windows 10 and older versions.
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+
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.. tip::
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Games should use the **Exclusive Fullscreen** window mode, as opposed to
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@@ -157,7 +161,20 @@ Project configuration
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On platforms that support disabling V-Sync, input lag can be made less
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noticeable by disabling V-Sync in the project settings. This will however cause
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-tearing to appear, especially on monitors with low refresh rates.
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+tearing to appear, especially on monitors with low refresh rates. It's suggested
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+to make V-Sync available as an option for players to toggle.
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+
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+When using the Forward+ or Mobile rendering methods, another way to reduce
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+visual latency when V-Sync is enabled is to use double-buffered V-Sync instead
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+of the default triple-buffered V-Sync. Since Godot 4.3, this can be achieved by
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+reducing the **Display > Window > V-Sync > Swapchain Image Count** project
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+setting to ``2``. The downside of using double buffering is that framerate will
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+be less stable if the display refresh rate can't be reached due to a CPU or GPU
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+bottleneck. For instance, on a 60 Hz display, if the framerate would normally
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+drop to 55 FPS during gameplay with triple buffering, it will have to drop down
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+to 30 FPS momentarily with double buffering (and then go back to 60 FPS when
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+possible). As a result, double-buffered V-Sync is only recommended if you can
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+*consistently* reach the display refresh rate on the target hardware.
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Increasing the number of physics iterations per second can also reduce
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physics-induced input latency. This is especially noticeable when using physics
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@@ -187,6 +204,13 @@ every input, rather than accumulating inputs and waiting for a frame to be
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rendered. Disabling input accumulation will increase CPU usage, so it should be
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done with caution.
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+.. tip::
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+
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+ On any Godot project, you can use the ``--disable-vsync``
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+ :ref:`command line argument <doc_command_line_tutorial>` to forcibly disable V-Sync.
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+ Since Godot 4.2, ``--max-fps <fps>`` can also be used to set a FPS limit
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+ (``0`` is unlimited). These arguments can be used at the same time.
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+
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Hardware/OS-specific
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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