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Default settings actually, I'd recently changed drivers to try and fix this problem. I suppose I could try much older drivers, I've tried 3-4 recent ones, but I'm sure that would screw up one of my other games. Polraudio - I can't believe I overlooked that, v-sync only works in fullscreen... *insert homer simpson doh!* Thanks for the help guys, after toying around with it, D3DOverrider does indeed do the trick but only in fullscreen mode. Which leads to another problem, one that I was researching anyway... Is there a way to have both custom resolutions - ideally selectable ingame, I realize that might be pushing it - and fullscreen mode? I'd really like to make the game for 1280x720, that way I can play it comfortably in fullscreen without screen tearing (I run at 1920x1200), but for maximum user friendliness I would want several lower options as well. I tried ForeverZer0's custom res script, which is great, but doesn't play well with alt-enter. Also, is the tileset width x height a hard and fast rule? No way around how the engine deals with this? I can see it being a problem if every interior has to be a certain min size to work right. In that case I guess I'm better off just working with the default res, that or try to explain why all the houses in this quaint little fisherman's village have mansion-sized interiors lol. Much thanks for the quick responses, it's been murder trying to figure out the limitations of RMXP and what I can work-around with scripts. I'm trying to see how "modern" and user friendly of a game I can make within XP.

ATI 5870 and Phenom II X4 965, latest dx updates. I was thinking - if my usual methods of forcing v-sync rely on directx, well, what does the RMXP engine run on? Maybe I need a different program or driver to recognize it. Honestly, if ATI drivers weren't so pathetic maybe the control panel v-sync would fix the tearing, but it's never once worked for me.

It's the trial version, so 1.04? I tried taking a screen, but you can't really capture tearing that way. The F1 commands were one of the first things I tried, no dice. I'm at a total loss, I don't understand how I could be the only one experiencing this. I searched 4 or 5 forums and I barely even found the word v-sync mentioned. I read that the engine runs at 40 frames, and since my LCD runs at 60hz I thought that might be a problem, so I added Graphics.frame_rate = 60 in the main script. No change. Also tried an anti-lag script (don't remember whose), although lack of framerate isn't really the problem. Did nothing. I suppose you could say it's a computer issue, thats kind of what screen tearing is. But I've never had a problem forcing v-sync / triple buffering with D3DOverrider to fix it. RPG maker games don't seem to play nice with it however.

Problem: I can't seem to get rid of the noticeable screen tearing in every RPG Maker XP game that I've tried. This is my first post in any RMXP community (I'm completely new to RPG Maker), and I'm afraid it's because I'm completely confused about this. I've exercised my Google-Fu and searched every XP community I could find, and yet there doesn't seem to be a single answer or solution anywhere. The word v-sync seems to be a taboo? That, or this problem was solved by ingenius scriptors 4 years ago and I'm the only noob with the gall to ask about it. Now, the problem might be because ATI drivers are terrible, and the built-in option for v sync hasn't worked ever since I got my card... I've always used D3DOverrider instead... but it doesn't work in this case. Am I screwed? I see people post that they don't have this problem. But I've always been extremely sensitive to things like this. I couldn't imagine developing and testing a game on the RMXP platform and having to ignore the atrocious screen tearing. I'm no novice to windows, I've tried everything I can think of (except for ruby scripting solutions because that is not at all my forte). I have never had a problem enabling v-sync or triple buffering in any 3d game, so my question is, how the hell do I fix this in 2d games? Thanks in advance for your help.