Gaming issue: weird pixels behavior

[killown]

Wayfire version

0.11.0-31beef5 (Feb 21 2026) branch main wlroots-0.19.2

GPU / Driver

deviceType         = PHYSICAL_DEVICE_TYPE_DISCRETE_GPU
deviceName         = AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT (RADV GFX1200)
driverID           = DRIVER_ID_MESA_RADV
driverName         = radv
driverInfo         = Mesa 26.1.0-devel (git-f71a38e9de)

Describe the bug

Pixel movement can feel jumpy, often tied to the game's region. This stutter is most noticeable during movement. In Gles2, the bug is worse. With the Vulkan renderer, it's more noticeable when starting wf-recorder, but even without it, the bug is sometimes apparent.

To Reproduce

Playing games is the only way for now

Screenshots / Videos / Stacktrace

fullscreen for a better view.

Wayfire

wayfire-gaming.mp4

Niri

niri-gaming.mp4

[killown]

I built a tool so you can test it https://github.com/killown/cube-simulator

target/release/frame-test -c 120

Adjust the number of cubes until you can perceive a difference, try GNOME or another compositor, then test Wayfire with gles2. The cube movement feels off, similar framerate, but the motion is noticeably less smooth.

[killown]

Wayfire Gles2

gles2.mp4_reduced.mp4

Gnome

gnome.mp4_reduced.mp4

Niri

niri.mp4_reduced.mp4

Wayfire Vulkan

wayfire-vulkan.mp4_reduced.mp4

Movement in Gles2 is very slow, even though the FPS matches Gnome, certain compositors have smoother movements than gnome.

The Vulkan render is faster than gles2, but it still lags behind other compositors.

The animation speeds up upon losing focus in sway indicating a possible wlroots bug.

Tested also in hyprland and the animation just works fine.

[killown]

Tested Gnome again. It defaulted to 60Hz. After setting it to 165Hz, the cube animation was smooth. I wish there was a similar, straightforward solution for wlroots compositors like this but it doesn't seem to be that simple