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Dashboard Empty When HDR Enabled.
On a fresh install with Windows 10 Pro Build 21364.co_release.210416-1504, opening the dashboard only renders the backdrop. It appears the buttons are present and clickable, but there's no text or images rendered on the backdrop. Even more interesting, when attempting to take a screenshot, the text IS visible!
I think you have hdr enabled. The way to go around this is to right click the gwsl icon, click Configure GWSL, and change acrylic_enabled to false instead of true. Then save. This is less pretty but I could not find another workaround
I think you have hdr enabled. The way to go around this is to right click the gwsl icon, click Configure GWSL, and change acrylic_enabled to false instead of true. Then save. This is less pretty but I could not find another workaround
Looks like that solves the problem. Shame I lose out on the acrylic though. Thanks.
:( Maybe I can change it to a picture or color other than black in the next update
It's not a major issue, but maybe you can default to acrylic being off for new installations, with an Enable Acrylic option somewhere in the install wizard, or in the dashboard itself. That said, this is the first app, I've encountered rendering issues from with HDR enabled, I'm curious if it's coming from the underlying libraries, or if there's something more funky going on.
Part of it has to do with the fact that GWSL is written in python so I had to get real hacky about supporting acrylic. I don't want it to be disabled by default but maybe I can find a way to detect if hdr is on. I have not found it in the registry yet though
I'm sure it's not entirely ubiquitous, but it seems Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\VideoSettings\EnableHDRForPlayback is a good starting point to detect HDR.
Maybe. I need to find an hdr display to test.. The other variables that exist for the same thing perplex me though. The registry is amazingly inconsistent between machines.
Well, I happen to have several HDR displays to test with, so if you have any experimental builds, please send them my way, and I'd be happy to give them a go.
I can do that. Now I have to mess with the registry to find the real variable if it exists (because the one you mentioned is set to 1 on my pc and I don't have the problem)
I noticed you're down in Dallas, I'm just north of you in Tulsa, OK. If you'd send me an email or a DM me on twitter at @JDDavisPro, I'm happy to give you an HDR display to test with.
As for the registry key, it's a bit misleading. Even if it's set to 1 on your local machine, it won't enable HDR unless windows detects an HDR compatible display. Disabling HDR on my displays (with the registry key set to 1) corrects the issue entirely, but obviously that's not optimal.
Yeah. And thanks that is very thoughtful but I know someone I can borrow one from. ;)
Sounds good. Feel free to close the issue (or tag it for future reference). I'm able to use the app with acrylic disabled, and that's what matters most.
👍I will keep it open for a bit though so it can benefit others. I will follow up in a few days or so if I find a fix or have a better build