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[D2D][Resolved] Visual glitch with acceleration on

Backwards compatibility issues related to the conversion of Rainmeter to D2D.
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[D2D][Resolved] Visual glitch with acceleration on

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Strange visual glitch is occuring on changing ImageAlpha on meters. It is happening with acceleration turned on in 4.3 r3237.

How it works in 4.2 r3111:
gif1.gif
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How it is working in 4.3 r3237
gif3.gif
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The glitch does not seem to appear with turned off D2D as can be observed here.

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Rainmeter 4.3.0.3237 beta (64-bit)
Language: English (1033)
Build time: 2018-08-23 16:00:46
Commit Hash: e1040980
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (build 7601) Service Pack 1 - English (1033)
Path: C:\Program Files\Rainmeter\
SkinPath: D:\#Profiles\Active Colors\Rainmeter\Skins\
SettingsPath: C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Rainmeter\
IniFile: C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Rainmeter\Rainmeter.ini
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Re: Visual glitch with D2D

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Where is the .rmskin of this example skin?
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Re: Visual glitch with D2D

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jsmorley wrote:Where is the .rmskin of this example skin?
Stripped off the skin to the bare minimum to demonstrate the problem.
GlitchTest_1.0.rmskin
Comparison:

4.2 r3111:
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4.3 r3237:
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Re: Visual glitch with acceleration on

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Hmmmm. I am not getting that at all.

Here is what I get:
GlitchTest.gif
Left is 4.2, Right is 4.3

I wonder if this is an issue with certain graphics cards and/or graphics drivers. Feels similar to this: https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?p=151598#p151598

-Brian
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Re: [D2D][Resolved] Visual glitch with acceleration on

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The problem is gone after reinstalling Windows.
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Re: [D2D][Resolved] Visual glitch with acceleration on

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Found the culprit. After installing either Steam, or a game from steam, or SageThumbs, I got this setting changed shown on the screenshot below. Be sure not to have "High Performance NVIDIA" with Rainmeter, in case if such bug happens to you. I will remind, I have:

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Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Dell Inspirion 5558
NVIDIA GeForce 920M 
Intel Core i5-5200U
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