VSYNC is broken with Foliage

Age of Empires III: DE III - Report a Bug
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:arrow_forward: GAME INFORMATION

  • BUILD #: 10807
  • PLATFORM: Steam
  • OS: Windows 10

:arrow_forward: ISSUE EXPERIENCED

:question: DESCRIBE THE ISSUE IN DETAIL (below). Limit to ONE issue per thread.

Combining Foliage High with VSync will cause the FPS to drop to 30 where there is a lot of vegetation (As if the monitor were 30 Hz)

My monitor is 60HZ:

Foliage in High - VSync OFF (60+ FPS and tearing)
Foliage in High - VSync ON (60 FPS, 30 in places with a lot of vegetation and not tearing)

To solve the tearing I wanted to limit the FPS of the game with NVIDIA Panel or Rivatuner, but despite being limited to the refresh rate of my monitor the tearing is still there.

:arrow_forward: FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

:question: How often does the issue occur? CHOSE ONE; DELETE THE REST.

  • 100% of the time / matches I play (ALWAYS)

:arrow_forward: REPRODUCTION STEPS

:question: List the DETAILED STEPS we can take to reproduce the issue… Be descriptive!

Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:

  1. Activate VSYNC
  2. Put foliage quality in high
  3. Play a map with a lot of vegetation (Example: Andes)
    The fps will automatically drop from 60 to 30