nah it still occurs, both with native resolution of 2560*1080 and with 1920*1080. I doubt VSync is being added in their borderless mode since there's an option in the graphics menu and I have it set to turn off. maybe they're utilising some weird property unbeknownst to us both in the Desktop Windows Manager, or their borderless windowed mode isn't using DWM at all but a special DirectX window and then using the app forces it to render inside of DWM but it's not setting the flag for always on top/above taskbar? might explain the screen tearing too if the now DWM window is ignoring the DirectX "render ahead" page-flip thing (similar to Triple Buffering in OpenGL except it can go from 0 to 8, not just 0 or 3, but Triple Buffering requires VSync to be on? TB drops freames, Render Ahead doesn't) and the Desktop Window Compositor thing is being a turd. idk mane I have no idea what's going on lol, but hopefully this information is relevant and can trigger a brain blast

Originally posted by Tronki:

it would really be helpful if you can add a setting to enable black bars. The main reason i use this program is because i have a widescreen monitor and the only way to play 1920x1080 in borderless is your app. Having the rest of thescreen still showing is a bit distructing

some of the idea of this app is to remove black bars so you CAN see the sides (e.g. for streaming so you can see your chat/stats/etc., or so you can have an eye on youtube/emails/etc.) so I can see why this isn't an option (yet?)

but as a workaround at least for now, you could make a fully black picture that's the resolution of your screen (or just the same aspect ratio and zoom in but you may get scroll bars unless you get the zoom exact), open it in a web browser, hit F11 to make it fullscreen, then alt-tab to have your game over it. you may have to enable auto-hide the taskbar in windows' settings if you go this route depending on the game

hope this helps :)

though it has borderless window mode, it adds black bars making it pretty much useless.

trying to use it on the fullscreen mode doesn't work: game changes the native resolution to 1920x1080 if I use that in-game (adding an offset shows desktop confirming it), or if I use 2560x1080 and use the app to force 1920x1080, it introduces screen tearing (in fact, 1920x1080 without the app has screen-tearing too, only at native resolution there is no screen tearing) but the taskbar problem doesn't happen

when I use it in conjunction with borderless window mode though, it both makes my auto-hide taskbar pop up as well as introducing screen-tearing that wasn't there before activating the app, thus making me need to move my taskbar and turn VSync on in nVidia Control Panel.

windowed mode also has this problem, even before using the app, so it might be a problem with the game itself (or maybe I'm missing something?) as well as being able to click out of the window even with mouse lock on (BWG or gamesettings or both) on the very edges of the screen.
However, saying that, the built-in borderless window mode doesn't have either problem, just the black bars, so it's definitely something fecky going on that might be worth looking into.

any help would be appreciated, especially if I missed a setting in Windows somewhere.

OS: Windows 10 LTSC 21H2
Driver: nVidia 526.47
GPU: RTX 3090
Game Mode is on, hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling is on, Variable refresh rate is on, FPS limited to 2 under refresh rate & tearing doesn't change going lower, Vsync to Fast helps but doesn't eliminate