andi366 Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Hi, as soon when I start EFB2 the monitor starts to flicker (every 5 seconds a little black box appears for a millisecond. I have P3dv4 latest version and W10, also GTX 1070 Video card. Thanx for any help. I happens with different planes (PMDG, Aerosoft) and different locations. Kind regards Andrej Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggerolamo Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Yes, I have the same problem !!? I tested with all of my addons (enabled,disabled) - EFB2 causes this problem ! This constant flickering in the background is really disturbing !? any ideas ? greetings ggerolamo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aivlasoft Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Unfortunately I cannot reproduce the behavior that you describe. The presentation logic has not been changed since more than a year when the first version 2 came out. It's standard graphics operation of .NET managed code. Nothing suspicious. The only idea which comes to my mind is that the flickering may happen if EFB Client window is positioned in front of the simulator window (also just partially), but sorry, no ideas what else could cause this flickering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggerolamo Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Thanks for the answer ! Normally I use efb2 on my 2nd screen. I have tried everything to that end... I only notice this strange behavior since the last (or second last) update !? - a constantly flickering black bar in the middle of the screen unfortunately a complete showstopper Any idea ? Change any setting ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andi366 Posted October 3, 2019 Author Share Posted October 3, 2019 I also use it on my second screen. First time I recognized it was about 3 weeks ago. I assumed it had something to do with the driver or som updates in EFB. There is at least one other person having the issue (in the facebook P3D-group. Kind regards Andrej Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggerolamo Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 So, for everyone who cares, i have found (for myself) a solution to the problem: Right-click the prepar3d.exe In the context menu, select Properties. Go to the Compatibility tab. Enable the option Disable fullscreen optimizations. That worked great for me - no more flickering!!! greetings ggerolamo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonewulf47 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 On 10/10/2019 at 11:02 AM, ggerolamo said: So, for everyone who cares, i have found (for myself) a solution to the problem: Right-click the prepar3d.exe In the context menu, select Properties. Go to the Compatibility tab. Enable the option Disable fullscreen optimizations. That worked great for me - no more flickering!!! greetings ggerolamo Thanks Ggerolamo, for your troubleshooting! I have set this option already for quite some time due to another issue I had with P3D on a multi-screen setup not related to EFB. So in fact I didn't get aware that this could also be the issue here. At least it explains why I haven't seen it anymore to-date. We will include this proposal into our FAQ section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andi366 Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share Posted October 13, 2019 thanx for the reply. looks like it solved the issue for me also. u r my hero! kind regards Andrej Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottecLEMD Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Hi Urs, Same for me. However, let me say that this only started following the latest Windows Build installation and subsequent update. It has been working flawlessly for me up until that point. I narrowed this down to EFB by disabling all my addons until the flickering disappeared. And now I can reproduce it each and every time. I´ve moved the EFB window around to ensure that it is not near the main Sim window ( 3 monitors) but still the flickering. NB: It´s only when the client is running; ive not noticed any flickering with just the server. It´s almost impossible to try and capture the screen as it happens at irregular but frequent intervals. It is almost as if a message box is trying to load in the sim but disappears before it has time to load and all you get is a black line for less that a second. I have made the changes as suggested and will report back tomorrow. Best regards, Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottecLEMD Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 And, happy to report, no flickering today after the applying the fix above. Thanks ggerolamo Un saludo, Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggerolamo Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 The way it looks I wasn't the only one with the problem I also think, that this behavior was created with one of the last WINDOWS patches ! ..never had the problem before ... I am happy, if the tip helped some others too greetings ggerolamo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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