Unity Issue Tracker - [Ventura][Silicon] Game/Scene view flickers when entering the Play Mode with Vsync on

Fixed in 2021.3.31f1

Fixed in 2021.3.X, 2022.3.X, 2023.2.X, 2023.3.X, future release

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[Ventura][Silicon] Game/Scene view flickers when entering the Play Mode with Vsync on

Nov 17, 2022

Reproduction steps:
1. Open the attached project “FlickerTest”
2. Enter the Play Mode

Expected result: The Game view is visible without any interruptions
Actual result: The Game view flickers

Reproducible with: 2021.3.14f1, 2022.1.23f1, 2022.2.0b16, 2023.1.0a20
Could not test with: 2020.3.41f1 (no Silicon Editor)

Reproducible on: MacOS Ventura 13.0.1 (M1)
Not reproducible on: MacOS Monterey 12.6 (M1), MacOS Ventura 13.0.1 (Intel), Windows 10

Notes:
The issue started happening after updating MacOS to Ventura.
Not reproducible with Rosseta.

CaptainPMM

Apr 12, 2023 19:37

If you dont want to change your display settings...
I hereby present to you a kinda random fix I came up with while fiddling around with this issue:

#if UNITY_EDITOR_OSX

using UnityEngine;

namespace Utils {
public static class MacVSyncFix {
[RuntimeInitializeOnLoadMethod(RuntimeInitializeLoadType.BeforeSplashScreen)]
public static void Fix() {
QualitySettings.vSyncCount = 2; // Change from default 1 to 2 did the trick
}
}
}

#endif

Just create a file somewhere in the Assets folder and you can now use the Game View's VSync again.
In the builds I did not have any problems.
BACALL

Mar 07, 2023 07:17

For me Vsync is totally broken, changing the Refresh Rate down to 60hz (disabling ProMotion), and enabling VSync causes screen tearing, but at least the flickering is gone
DJ_Link

Jan 21, 2023 14:52

I can confirm that for me it's ProMotion breaking it as well
toddmakesgames

Jan 20, 2023 16:04

I have found that on my MacBook Pro (M1 Max) the flicker issue only occurs when ProMotion is enabled in Display Settings. If I set my screen to a constant 60hz, the issue does not occur. It seems be only related to ProMotion on the built-in display.