Comments on: Braid vsync issue

By: belial

belial — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 02:29:32 +0000

just instal riva tuner and run d3d overrider.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:45:43 +0000

How do I apply the target code to my shortcut on desktop heres the line I have “C:\Program Files\Braid\braid.exe” can you add the code I keep getting a target error code. Braid I have is PC version and is slow. I have an AMD dual core and nvidia integrated gforce 7000m I love this game I played it on another system. Also Im using windows 7 ultimate 64 Please help or help to get the game to speed. the requirements say i have enough.

By: Jonathan Blow

Jonathan Blow — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:05:10 +0000

Before starting up, the game spends about half a second rendering one of the heavier game scenes (off-screen where you can’t see it) and measuring how long it takes per frame. If it won’t hit 60fps, it turns off post-processing. You can skip this test by forcing a refresh rate on the command-line. For example, if you put -30fps on the command-line, you’ll get 30 frames per second with post-processing on.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:23:20 +0000

When I press “0” it tells me that post processing is off. I understand by default post processing is supposed to be on, but in my case it’s turned off. So how do I turn post processing on?

By: ashkan

ashkan — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:19:44 +0000

wow, i didnt think nowadays 2d games need powerful systems, well it didnt work for me anyway 🙂

By: Jonathan Blow

Jonathan Blow — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:58:33 +0000

Kassidy: People with AMD dual-core CPUs seem to have this problem. If you download the AMD Dual-Core Optimizer it will solve this problem and you don’t have to revert to single-core mode. However, I will be looking into actual in-game solutions to this.

By: Kassidy

Kassidy — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:13:35 +0000

OK, I tried to play the demo and suffered horribly from slow-down, then thought “ok, maybe fixes have gone into the full version”, so I purchased it, and lo, slow as treacle. Found my way here, have tried several things…

Now here’s what I’m running:
AMD XP 2800+ 64bit
NVidia 9800GT
4Gb RAM (though only 3Gb accessible because this is Windows XP after all)

But I’ve finally found how to get around it, so I hope this helps others that may have the same predicament. Open Task Manager, Processes, right-click on Braid when it is running, Set Affinity, and leave ticked only 1 CPU. And there you have it, instant speed.

I also set -30fps in the Launch Options, but until I set my affinity to a single CPU core no dice. Hope this helps someone.

By: jon

jon — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:48:49 +0000

This V-Sync fixed the screen flicker on my ATI 4850 with the latest patch too.

By: deABREU

deABREU — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:17:32 +0000

hey, I got Braid today and the vsync issue is still on the current steam build. (I’m running vista 64 with a geforce 9800GT 512) thankfully, this command line resolved it.

could you please tell me if there is any way to manually set the resolution, as the game seems to be running at 1280×800 on my 1440×900 display?

By: Juliana Peña

Juliana Peña — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 03:43:56 +0000

As a followup to my last comment, here is a guide to fixing vsync-related slowness issues with Braid and Nvidia cards: http://julianapena.com/2009/04/how-to-fix-braid-slowness-issue-with-nvidia-graphics-cards/