Screen tearing WON'T go away... help!

[shurleydude]

For some odd reason, I'm only experiencing screen tearing in Q3A-based games, and I have turned v sync ON, but it does not seem to fix it. I also tried using refresh lock and that does not fix these screen tearing problems either. How do I fix them? And why do they only happen in Q3A based games? Thanks.

 

[Rick67]

Bring the console down (hit the ~ key) while at the game menu (not while playing) and type "r_swapinterval 1" and hit enter. Don't include the quotation markes. That should get rid of the tearing.

 

[Rick67]

BTW, you'll take a hit in the FPS department if you use this.

Also, you can add "seta r_swapinterval 1" to the config file located in your Q3 main folder. Use a program like word to edit it. Either way should work.

 

[shurleydude]

thanks!!!! oddly enough I really haven't taken any noticable drop in framerate, even with 2xAA on. It did fix my problems though! thank you VERY much!