Rule to allow tearing for all games launched via Steam in Sway and Hyprland
Rule to allow tearing for all games launched via Steam in Sway and Hyprland
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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...instead of having to create an entry for every single game.
I think I might be shot and burnt alive in a cross for saying this, but... have you tried adding class="*" instead of restricting it to the steam client only? Oh, and I tried this on my opi zero 3 and it works. The performance boost was really noticeable.
I think that would enable tearing for all windows no matter what they are as long as they are fullscreen. I'm not sure that would be desirable. Although I lack the knowledge to judge this. So sure, that is an option. I would really like to restrict this to games only, though.