SCUM Game Guide: How to Activate Vsync

A new prison riot survival game, SCUM, is now available on Steam. It offers an incredible level of graphics, but with a slight downside. Currently, the game’s display settings don’t have the Vsync function — which matches your graphics card processing power to your monitors refresh rate. This can eliminate screen tearing and allows the game to run smoother.

If you have a bit of time and patience, you could actually turn on the Vsync function in SCUM on your own using a simple method described in our step-by-step guide below.

Step 1: Open AppData

In order to activate Vsync in SCUM, you need to edit a system file that can be found in the AppData folder. Follow these steps to locate the file:

1. Open the Start menu
2. In the search field type %appdata%
3. Open the “AppData” folder
4. Go to “/AppData/Local/SCUM/Saved/Config/WindowsNoEditor/”

In the final WindowsNoEditor folder, you should be seeing a number of .ini files.

Step 2: Edit Game Settings

Now you need to edit the game settings file and add a new line to the configuration. Follow these steps to edit the file:

1. Right-click on the “GameUserSettings.ini” file
2. Open the file with Notepad
3. Search the text for the following line “bUseVSync”
4. Change “bUseVSync=False” to “bUseVSync=True”
5. Save and close the file

Sometimes there is a chance that you will not be able to find the “bUseVSync” in your configuration file. In this case, simply add the “bUseVSync=True” line at the bottom.

In these few simple steps, you’ll be able to activate the Vsync function in SCUM which should display much smoother than before.

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