Disable compositor for WINE games?

[Schwarzer Kater]

Up to this point I have only very occasionally played Linux games like 0 A.D., Endless Sky or Pingus on my computer.
But being a huge fan of The Witcher 3 on my PlayStation I recently decided to buy a second hand Windows version of The Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition.

This is my first Windows game I run in Linux. I have installed it using Lutris and it runs like a charm in 1680 x 1050 with maximum graphics settings (on my AMD iGPU !!!).
I even use my PlayStation controller without problems to play it.

And here comes the question:
-> Should I disable the compositor before running The Witcher 2 in Lutris/WINE? (E.g. manually with qdbus org.kde.KWin /Compositor suspend)

Honestly I am not sure if I can tell any difference between running The Witcher 2 without and with the compositor enabled - but I have only just begun playing it…

What are your experiences with Windows games running in WINE in this regard?

[claydoh]

If you run the game full screen, the compositor is automatically disabled. or it is supposed to be.

I used to manually disable it, back before Kwin did so on its own. But back then, in the dark ages of Linux gaming (2010-ish?) I had dinky potato level GPUs, and it did make some difference, but not enough to hurt things too much if I forgot.
I don't even think about it these days, even when I still had under-powered cards.
If you can't tell, then it isn't hurting performance Or it is being disabled for you.
But you may want to test on a busy or action packed scene to really know.

[Schwarzer Kater]

Thank you for your thoughts.
I will keep an eye on it and report back if I observe anything worth reporting (e.g. in crowded fighting scenes).

[Schwarzer Kater]

I have not noticed any difference so far and I think claydoh is right: the compositor is disabled automatically for my game (probably also due to the setting in System Settings -> Display and Monitor -> Compositor -> Allow applications to block compositing ).

[Snowhog]

Welcome and thank you for your answer.

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