Keyboard Input Lag when tabbing out

[KingTimey]

After the update this afternoon I get insane keyboard input lag outside of the game when I tab out. It doesn't matter if it's just the Windows Search Bar or a Webbrowser. Everything else working fine, no visual lags and no mouse input lag. Just the insane input lag when typing. Never had a problem until today. Other games working fine as well. This even occurs in the Steam Overlay when trying to chat with a friend or opening the Steambrowser. I have a Razer Keyboard, if anyone else has this problem.

Edit: For a temporary fix look up post #145 to #148. https://steamcommunity.com/app/1174180/discussions/0/4410794772264329409/?ctp=3#c4410795103741435405
Thanks to Bad 💀 Motha and J.Jonah for that.

Edit: Thanks y'all for that many Community Awards <3

[Quotennoob]

Not a keyboard issue, same with a standard windows one ... The lags are just nuts

[KingTimey]

I tried it with the Windows Screen Keyboard too and it's the same issue. Did this happen to you before or also starting today?

[Fobba]

I have the exact same issue. No input delay in game and game runs normally otherwise, but when tabbed out or in steam overlay there is crazy keyboard input delay. Started today after the update. Other games work normally also, as you said, so must be related to the update. Re-installing the game did not help either.

[KingTimey]

Thanks for the info, let's hope they're going to fix this soon.

[Teyroks]

+1

[DrLivesey]

It's good that I found this topic before throwing my computer off the 10th floor.
The same thing happened, nothing I did helped. Naturally, I noted to myself that this was preceded by a game update, but I seriously didn’t even think that this could be a real problem with what happened.

[RALOMCHEGG]

Damn it! I'm glad I'm not the only one with this ♥♥♥♥ going on. I was playing this afternoon and everything was fine, but when I went away for a few hours and came back, I found that all the keystrokes in the game are accompanied by a delay of SEVERAL SECONDS, even though the mouse works fine. The same thing happens on the system when I tab out the game. What the hell is this?

[Naszirk]

Same problem for me too :(

[Balatreo B. Balatrez]

+1

[G man]

+1 this is happening to me as well, I was honestly about to smash my keyboard. for my particular case the in-game inputs are fine but if I tab out and try to type anything it is accompanied by a 1-4 second delay, and other things such as the windows search bar lagging profusely. i hope they fix this soon

[DvD]

Same problem.

[Shaken_Widow]

you guys are alt tabbing when in fullscreen mode, which switches it to windowed mode, and then the game runs constantly while you're tabbed out.

you aren't supposed to alt tab period with this game, or any game that auto switches to windowed for that matter.

not saying like it's against the rules or anything, it's just that the obvious issue becomes present when you do so.

it's not actually a game problem, because the game is doing exactly what it was meant to do.

when you play in windowed, it allows you to access other things on your pc, but the game is still running as if it is focused.

all of you probably don't even realize it changed to windowed either and are wondering why your fps counter is locked.

[G man]

I have tried windowed borderless, windowed, and fullscreen and none of them stop the keyboard nonsense. It is likely the new update to the launcher or whatnot

[G man]

I was alt-tabbing out of this game quite literally yesterday and it was working fine, but as soon as I installed the new social club update or whatever it started doing this.

[Shaken_Widow]

Originally posted by G man:

I have tried windowed borderless, windowed, and fullscreen and none of them stop the keyboard nonsense. It is likely the new update to the launcher or whatnot

again, ANY time you alt tab it switches to windowed.

it's not which mode you select, none will change this fact.

it has ALWAYS done this.

this isn't something new with the update.

maybe the lag is, but the switching to windowed has always been a thing because the game is always running as if it is focused.

it has always been recommended to NOT alt tab with this game. there are posts that are years old about this subject already where bad_motha comes in and drops the knowledge.

my experience with things like this tells me that the reason for the lag is the game is still actually loading shaders that were reset with the update, alt tabbing is just more stress on the computer while it does its job. it most likely will go away after shaders have been fully compiled and after that the game should also load up faster and no longer lag while you are in the background.