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Rule to allow tearing for all games launched via Steam in Sway and Hyprland (fedia.io)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So both Sway and Hyprland now support Waylands' tearing protocol. I was wondering whether it is possible to create window rules for these WMs that allow tearing in all games launched via Steam. Something like: For Sway for_window [class="steam_app_*"] allow_tearing yes

and for Hyprland windowrulev2 = immediate, class:^(steam_app_*)$

Does anybody know whether something like this would work? You know, instead of having to create an entry for every single game.

Edit: As mranderson17 said, allow tearing isn't in the latest release versions of Sway or Hyprland at the time of writing.

Edit2: mranderson17 gave what could possibly be the right answer:

For Sway for_window [class="steam_app_.*"] allow_tearing yes

For Hyprland (maybe) windowrulev2 = immediate, class:^(steam_app_.*)$

I haven't tested it yet. But unless you think he's wrong give him your "thumbs up".

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[–] SaveMotherEarthEDF 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

This reminds me of the time I got my first 160hz monitor. Games felt buttery smooth. Like there was some friction that I never thought was present was magically gone. Days later I found out that the monitor was set at a whooping 60Hz in the settings.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I agree. It's not only placebo, though. I will gladly admit that I'm not very sensitive to these things and can't immediately tell if something is wrong. I had this experience and I even had it in reverse. After days of playing very badly I realised Sway all of the sudden was running my monitor at 60Hz. After fixing it with kanshi (which I didn't have to use prior to that) everything in game was so much easier.

You really put it well: A friction that you didn't even know was there.