Mirror's edge + Screen tearing = FAIL!

Ok so I just downloaded the demo and played the game. The game has a nice look and the game play is fun.

But OMFG at the screen tearing! There was quite a bit and very distracting.

The jaggies I could deal with but in a game where the selling point/gimmick is the immersiveness of the first person view. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! I was considering buying the game but now I wont unless the devs fix the issues for the retail version.

Your thoughts?

Ok so I just downloaded the demo and played the game. The game has a nice look and the game play is fun.

But OMFG at the screen tearing! There was quite a bit and very distracting.

The jaggies I could deal with but in a game where the selling point/gimmick is the immersiveness of the first person view. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! I was considering buying the game but now I wont unless the devs fix the issues for the retail version.

Your thoughts?

kmadon

Im not very savy on video game lingo, i know what pop ins are and stuff but what exactly is screen tearing?

It is a demo.

There was screen tearing in BF:BC demo also but not in full game.

[QUOTE="kmadon"]

Ok so I just downloaded the demo and played the game. The game has a nice look and the game play is fun.

But OMFG at the screen tearing! There was quite a bit and very distracting.

The jaggies I could deal with but in a game where the selling point/gimmick is the immersiveness of the first person view. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! I was considering buying the game but now I wont unless the devs fix the issues for the retail version.

Your thoughts?

Animal-Mother

Im not very savy on video game lingo, i know what pop ins are and stuff but what exactly is screen tearing?Because the mirrors edge didnt bother me too much

Can't say I noticed screen tearing, but it did have jaggies.Floppy_Jim

[QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"]Can't say I noticed screen tearing, but it did have jaggies.Animal-Mother

This is screen tearing

[QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"]Can't say I noticed screen tearing, but it did have jaggies.Animal-Mother

screen tearing is where a line might come up during a game (horizontal line) and you will see it kind of mess up the screen a little it usually happens when there is a lot of action or fast movement on screen.

[QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"]Can't say I noticed screen tearing, but it did have jaggies.Animal-Mother

It's kinda hard to explain. Basically it's when you see weird horizontal lines going across the screen. Uncharted and Far Cry 2 have them, although rarely.

Edit: ^^^Yeah, those 2 guys explained it better than I did.

Never noticed screen tearing...

some jaggies, that's all. no big deal:|

Im not gonna lie, but I got mad screen tearing too! Maybe it was cuz when i played the demo I was using my SDTV (My brother was watching a movie on my HDTV :x) but there was sum insane screen tearing.

[QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"]Can't say I noticed screen tearing, but it did have jaggies.Animal-Mother

Screen tearing is this effect some games get when it looks like half way down the screen, the visuals are "torn" like a piece of paper and then they no longer match up...there is a GT5 P pic that shows screen tearing perfectly. Ah here, I found it:

You see on the right hand side next to the car, thats screen tearing.

Im not gonna lie, but I got mad screen tearing too! Maybe it was cuz when i played the demo I was using my SDTV (My brother was watching a movie on my HDTV :x) but there was sum insane screen tearing.

[QUOTE="Animal-Mother"][QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"]Can't say I noticed screen tearing, but it did have jaggies.II_Seraphim_II

Screen tearing is this effect some games get when it looks like half way down the screen, the visuals are "torn" like a piece of paper and then they no longer match up...there is a GT5 P pic that shows screen tearing perfectly. Ah here, I found it:

You see on the right hand side next to the car, thats screen tearing.

Oh, boy you shouldn't have got a pic of GT. Anything but that. Now this thread is going to be turned into a flame war.

[QUOTE="II_Seraphim_II"]

Im not gonna lie, but I got mad screen tearing too! Maybe it was cuz when i played the demo I was using my SDTV (My brother was watching a movie on my HDTV :x) but there was sum insane screen tearing.

[QUOTE="Animal-Mother"][QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"]Can't say I noticed screen tearing, but it did have jaggies.KinderChimp

Screen tearing is this effect some games get when it looks like half way down the screen, the visuals are "torn" like a piece of paper and then they no longer match up...there is a GT5 P pic that shows screen tearing perfectly. Ah here, I found it:

You see on the right hand side next to the car, thats screen tearing.

Oh, boy you shouldn't have got a pic of GT. Anything but that. Now this thread is going to be turned into a flame war.

Im sorry! I didnt know! :cry: :P

Im not gonna lie, but I got mad screen tearing too! Maybe it was cuz when i played the demo I was using my SDTV (My brother was watching a movie on my HDTV :x) but there was sum insane screen tearing.

II_Seraphim_II

Exactly. I was playing on an SD tv as well and it was really bad. But shouldnt it be the other way round?? ie More screen tearing and jaggies the higher the resolution??

Man all this nit picking is pathetic :roll:

Its almost as pointless as cow's and lems arguing over "jaggies" in their boring sim racers.

[QUOTE="II_Seraphim_II"]

Im not gonna lie, but I got mad screen tearing too! Maybe it was cuz when i played the demo I was using my SDTV (My brother was watching a movie on my HDTV :x) but there was sum insane screen tearing.

kmadon

Exactly. I was playing on an SD tv as well and it was really bad. But shouldnt it be the other way round?? ie More screen tearing and jaggies the higher the resolution??

yeah I dont understand it either!

Man all this nit picking is pathetic :roll:

Its almost as pointless as cow's and lems arguing over "jaggies" in their boring sim racers.

Gh0st_Of_0nyx

nah, we aint nitpicking! Im serious, play the game on an SDTV...you will see sum insane screen tearing, no lies!

[QUOTE="KinderChimp"][QUOTE="II_Seraphim_II"]

Im not gonna lie, but I got mad screen tearing too! Maybe it was cuz when i played the demo I was using my SDTV (My brother was watching a movie on my HDTV :x) but there was sum insane screen tearing.

[QUOTE="Animal-Mother"][QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"]Can't say I noticed screen tearing, but it did have jaggies.II_Seraphim_II

Screen tearing is this effect some games get when it looks like half way down the screen, the visuals are "torn" like a piece of paper and then they no longer match up...there is a GT5 P pic that shows screen tearing perfectly. Ah here, I found it:

You see on the right hand side next to the car, thats screen tearing.

Oh, boy you shouldn't have got a pic of GT. Anything but that. Now this thread is going to be turned into a flame war.

Im sorry! I didnt know! :cry: :P

Its too late now. The Cows should be coming any minute....now!

[QUOTE="kmadon"][QUOTE="II_Seraphim_II"]

Im not gonna lie, but I got mad screen tearing too! Maybe it was cuz when i played the demo I was using my SDTV (My brother was watching a movie on my HDTV :x) but there was sum insane screen tearing.

II_Seraphim_II

Exactly. I was playing on an SD tv as well and it was really bad. But shouldnt it be the other way round?? ie More screen tearing and jaggies the higher the resolution??

yeah I dont understand it either!

Man all this nit picking is pathetic :roll:

Its almost as pointless as cow's and lems arguing over "jaggies" in their boring sim racers.

Gh0st_Of_0nyx

nah, we aint nitpicking! Im serious, play the game on an SDTV...you will see sum insane screen tearing, no lies!

How could you put that pic up up Gran Turismo that game i beautiful and i have never had any problems with it/ sarcasm

All platforms have screen tearing problems sometimes.

[QUOTE="II_Seraphim_II"][QUOTE="kmadon"][QUOTE="II_Seraphim_II"]

Im not gonna lie, but I got mad screen tearing too! Maybe it was cuz when i played the demo I was using my SDTV (My brother was watching a movie on my HDTV :x) but there was sum insane screen tearing.

Gh0st_Of_0nyx

Exactly. I was playing on an SD tv as well and it was really bad. But shouldnt it be the other way round?? ie More screen tearing and jaggies the higher the resolution??

yeah I dont understand it either!

Man all this nit picking is pathetic :roll:

Its almost as pointless as cow's and lems arguing over "jaggies" in their boring sim racers.

Gh0st_Of_0nyx

nah, we aint nitpicking! Im serious, play the game on an SDTV...you will see sum insane screen tearing, no lies!

Thats the problem you see. Once you know what screen tearing is you cant miss it, how ever hard you try..lol. Its a terrible burden to bear.

Its like when some one points out at some thing in the sky and u just cant seem to notice it and when u finally do, doesnt matter how much u look away but thats all u see.. lol

I Never got any jaggies or screen tearing.

480p ftw!

To be honest, In games... I never notice jaggies or screen tearing, is that a bad thing?sam280992

NOOO THATS GREAT! Dont change dont evr change! lol. Cus once you find out what they are, thast all ull ever see.. trust me on this.

[QUOTE="kmadon"]

Ok so I just downloaded the demo and played the game. The game has a nice look and the game play is fun.

But OMFG at the screen tearing! There was quite a bit and very distracting.

The jaggies I could deal with but in a game where the selling point/gimmick is the immersiveness of the first person view. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! I was considering buying the game but now I wont unless the devs fix the issues for the retail version.

Your thoughts?

Animal-Mother

Im not very savy on video game lingo, i know what pop ins are and stuff but what exactly is screen tearing?

i think he means what ppc gamers call shearing, it's where one part of the frame isn't dsiplayed at the same rate as another part

It is a demo.

There was screen tearing in BF:BC demo also but not in full game.

mamkem6

it would be aceptable in a beta but errors this big really shouldn't appear in a demo

In case anyone was wondering Screen tearing is the result of a low refresh rate. I noticed this aswell, it didn't bother me much, but it was definatly there. Apparently it can be fixed on PC games using something called vertical sync, where the refresh rate is synchronised with the FPS. I think it might have something to do with your TV aswell. You might be able to make it go away if you change the refresh rate. I don't really know, my knowledge just expired there :lol:.WasntAvailable

The game is too fun to let any slight issues bother me. It was nowhere near Extreme.... now where did Mr. Bear go...

Rawr!

Oh no... Mr. Bear is trying Parkour ..

*Mr. bear takes a leap of faith and .... ... smashes into the side of a building* ...

Screen tearing is because of a lack of V-sync, from what i can make out, with V-sync enabled frame drops are alot more severe (any framerate drop will take you from say 30 to 20fps), but without v-sync the framerate can alternate in 1s (from 30fps to 29fps for a minor framerate drop).

If i'm wrong please feel free to correct me.

Can't say I noticed screen tearing, but it did have jaggies.Floppy_Jim

^What Floppy_Jim said. Anyways, people make too big of a deal out of nothing, really.

I noticed jaggied edges but I haven't seen this screen tearing...

I have no idea what these whole screen tearing or jaggy things are, but I swear some people let them bother them way too much.ONLYDOD

Agreed, that kinda stuff is never noticeable to the point where it kills the experience, some people are just way too whiney about everything.

Ok so I just downloaded the demo and played the game. The game has a nice look and the game play is fun.

But OMFG at the screen tearing! There was quite a bit and very distracting.

The jaggies I could deal with but in a game where the selling point/gimmick is the immersiveness of the first person view. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! I was considering buying the game but now I wont unless the devs fix the issues for the retail version.

Your thoughts?

kmadon

I agree that it was extremely annoying, especially since it's such a fun game. Have developers these days even heard of vertical syncing? Ugh.