From 59c193c22a3121ad5fb2d41158a71fe2711d99cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Griese <migrie@microsoft.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2021 15:54:32 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] okay, so it's just vintage(100)+cleartype that doesn't work.
 Everything else gracefully falls back to grayscale

---
 src/cascadia/TerminalControl/ControlCore.cpp | 20 ++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/ControlCore.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/ControlCore.cpp
index 3c65ef6db..d912795f6 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/ControlCore.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/ControlCore.cpp
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Control::implementation
                                      0.0,
                                      1.0);
 
+        auto lock = _terminal->LockForWriting();
         // Update our runtime opacity value
         Opacity(newOpacity);
 
@@ -450,18 +451,17 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Control::implementation
         // is what the Terminal did prior to 1.12.
         if (!IsVintageOpacityAvailable())
         {
-            const auto oldUseAcrylic{ UseAcrylic() };
+            // const auto oldUseAcrylic{ UseAcrylic() };
             _runtimeUseAcrylic = newOpacity < 1.0;
-            // If they've changed the value of UseAcrylic, then update the
-            // renderer as well.
-            if (oldUseAcrylic != UseAcrylic() && _renderEngine)
-            {
-                // GH#5098: Inform the engine of the new opacity of the default
-                // text background.
-                auto lock = _terminal->LockForWriting();
-                _renderEngine->SetDefaultTextBackgroundOpacity(_correctForTransparency());
-            }
+            // // If they've changed the value of UseAcrylic, then update the
+            // // renderer as well.
+            // if (oldUseAcrylic != UseAcrylic() && _renderEngine)
+            // {
+            //     // GH#5098: Inform the engine of the new opacity of the default
+            //     // text background.
+            // }
         }
+        _renderEngine->SetDefaultTextBackgroundOpacity(_correctForTransparency());
 
         auto eventArgs = winrt::make_self<TransparencyChangedEventArgs>(newOpacity);
         _TransparencyChangedHandlers(*this, *eventArgs);