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    White flicker on moving through UI after update to 4.2.3

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    • RedBatmanR
      RedBatman @DarkWolf
      last edited by RedBatman

      @DarkWolf How do I add more VRAM? Also the white flicker will go away once I cycle through the UI, and like I said it only started after I updated.

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      • DarkWolfD
        DarkWolf @RedBatman
        last edited by

        @RedBatman Ok that is exactly what I experienced too
        You can add more vram in the Other Options menu

        System: Raspberry 3 Model B, RetroPie 4.2.1
        Storage: 16gb Micro SD, 64gb USB Drive
        Theme: Updated NBBA

        Documentation solves many problems: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

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        • RedBatmanR
          RedBatman
          last edited by RedBatman

          Alright I'll try it later today or tomorrow. Also where is other options located again? My mind is a little hazzy.

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          • DarkWolfD
            DarkWolf @RedBatman
            last edited by

            @RedBatman Main Menu (Start button) > Other Settings > VRam Limit

            System: Raspberry 3 Model B, RetroPie 4.2.1
            Storage: 16gb Micro SD, 64gb USB Drive
            Theme: Updated NBBA

            Documentation solves many problems: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

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            • J
              josete2k
              last edited by josete2k

              Same issue here... 200MB of vram did not solve it.

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              • RedBatmanR
                RedBatman
                last edited by

                Unfortunately that didn't work i even tried 300mb VRAM and no luck

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                • TMNTturtlguyT
                  TMNTturtlguy @RedBatman
                  last edited by

                  @RedBatman @josete2k what pi are you using? Pi3? Have you updated to retropie 4.2 and the most current emulationstation? What theme are you trying to use? Are you using video previews? Any other modifications or overclocking?

                  I would suggest that the vram should fix issues with heavy themes within the 70 - 130 range. You should move up and down in increments of 10. The heaviest themes run for me at 120 or at 70.

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                  • AlexMurphyA
                    AlexMurphy Banned @TMNTturtlguy
                    last edited by AlexMurphy

                    @TMNTturtlguy Yeah, I run a relatively "heavy" custom theme, with 18 systems. Upping the vRam to 120 seems to have sorted it for me.

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                    • TMNTturtlguyT
                      TMNTturtlguy
                      last edited by

                      I should have also mentioned that @pjft has been working hard at a fix for this. We are testing it out currently.

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                      • AlexMurphyA
                        AlexMurphy Banned @TMNTturtlguy
                        last edited by

                        @TMNTturtlguy Yeah, I saw that. Ta.

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                        • J
                          josete2k
                          last edited by

                          I have the carbon-nometa theme and only a few systems (NES, SNES, MEGADRIVE, MASTER SYSTEM, ARCADE, NEOGEO, PCENGINE and Kodi)

                          Pi3 (no OC) all updated.

                          I'll post a video tonight.

                          Thanks.

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                          • AlexMurphyA
                            AlexMurphy Banned @josete2k
                            last edited by

                            @josete2k Yeah, you shouldn't be seeing that with Carbon and so few systems. Did you play with the VRAM settings?

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                            • TMNTturtlguyT
                              TMNTturtlguy
                              last edited by

                              @josete2k agree with @AlexMurphy you should have no white flash issues at all with that then. VRAM should be set to 100.

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                              • J
                                josete2k
                                last edited by

                                100 and 200 same issue...

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                                • TMNTturtlguyT
                                  TMNTturtlguy @josete2k
                                  last edited by

                                  @josete2k try switching theme to just standard carbon and see if that works. If not, you probably have some other issue causing the problems.

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                                  • RedBatmanR
                                    RedBatman @TMNTturtlguy
                                    last edited by

                                    @TMNTturtlguy

                                    I have a Pi3, it doesn't matter which theme I use it happens on all of them. As I said before this didn't happen until I updated to 4.2.3 Retropie.

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                                    • TMNTturtlguyT
                                      TMNTturtlguy
                                      last edited by

                                      Guys, I am stumped. I agree that with the "heavy themes" the white flash increased after an update. This flash was contributed to the white screen fix. From what I understand, we get a flash as the images are loaded into memory, this is an alternative to completely losing the backgrounds.

                                      As for why you are experiencing this in themes like carbon, I am not sure. I can't replicate this. There is a PR that has been submitted to remedy this and it looks pretty promising.

                                      I don't have much more to offer as suggestions other than trying to re update, reinstall, and look at any video preview or scraped images and see if you need to reduce file size.

                                      Sorry I can't offer more help

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                                      • AlexMurphyA
                                        AlexMurphy Banned @TMNTturtlguy
                                        last edited by

                                        @TMNTturtlguy It's a minor annoyance at most. Someone will find a fix or workaround. As you said it is infinitely better than the WSOD.

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                                        • DarkWolfD
                                          DarkWolf @TMNTturtlguy
                                          last edited by DarkWolf

                                          @TMNTturtlguy I wasn't able to replicate this either...
                                          So I would recommend a reinstall

                                          System: Raspberry 3 Model B, RetroPie 4.2.1
                                          Storage: 16gb Micro SD, 64gb USB Drive
                                          Theme: Updated NBBA

                                          Documentation solves many problems: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

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                                          • RedBatmanR
                                            RedBatman @DarkWolf
                                            last edited by

                                            @DarkWolf

                                            How do you reinstall? I forgetc where to go for that, is it in the same place where you update the cores, or different. If that doesn't work is it possible to roll back the update.

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