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

[Hunter_BR]

+ 1

[Sharpyku]

same problem

[Fishin]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

...It affects RDR2 and GTAV as a whole, story and online. Once you load up into the game world and quit back to main menu, the keyboard and fps lagg disappears for tbat entire game session.

I also found that every 5 or so times the launcher ran I would get a pop up from the Microsoft Compatibility Program asking if the launcher was running correctly. If I click yes, the game loads in and there is no lag. @Bad_Motha is that another piece of the puzzle?

[G man]

strangely it seems there are different problems for some people. As I continue to play the story of RDR2 I notice some of the graphics stutter/flicker as I walk by. Not new vegas level glitches, just that it didn't happen before. if these could be documented as well, i am sure that would help some more people.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by Fishin:

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

...It affects RDR2 and GTAV as a whole, story and online. Once you load up into the game world and quit back to main menu, the keyboard and fps lagg disappears for tbat entire game session.

I also found that every 5 or so times the launcher ran I would get a pop up from the Microsoft Compatibility Program asking if the launcher was running correctly. If I click yes, the game loads in and there is no lag. @Bad_Motha is that another piece of the puzzle?

Hmm good to know. I have not seen this yet. Try running Task Manager before launching such stuff. And in Task Manager go to Services and sort by name so A is at top, then sort so all services Running are at the top, then scroll down and see if Windows Error Reporting is already running, if so, stop it. Launch the Rockstar Launcher via Right Click > Run As Admin (it shouldn't have ANY extra options enabled in Properties > Compatibility) and then look and see if Windows Error Reporting starts back up all on its own after this app launch.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by G man:

strangely it seems there are different problems for some people. As I continue to play the story of RDR2 I notice some of the graphics stutter/flicker as I walk by. Not new vegas level glitches, just that it didn't happen before. if these could be documented as well, i am sure that would help some more people.

Flush all GPU Shader Cache.

People seem to think that the SGA files the game makes in its Documents folder are it, no. Amd and Nvidia Shader Cache (at driver level) will make exclusive and larger sized Shader cache here > %LocalAppData%

There will be either an AMD or NVIDIA folder here per the GPU you use. Inside that folder will be a folder based around the cache being made from DX or GL (Vulkan)

Try wiping this out after you have made changes to game graphics settings to ensure all Shader cache gets recreated fresh again next game launch. See if that helps with such issues.

This can also happen when nearing your max system RAM or GPU VRAM limits as well.

[kwasowsky]

I don't know what happened because I didn't see (or maybe missed) update but today is working fine.

[GallopingGepard]

I am experiencing the same thing.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by kwasowsky:

I don't know what happened because I didn't see (or maybe missed) update but today is working fine.

The updates would have to have happened already. Two ways but it would auto update both. The game on Steam does an update in order to provide users with the latest bundled Rockstar Launcher that each Rockstar Game would include in the game files. Also when you would have launched the game or the Rockstar Launcher the Launcher would then have auto updated. When it does this kind of update its very small, like under 200MB so if your PC and Internet are fast enough you probably just never noticed the auto update occurred

[J]

Originally posted by GallopingGepard:

I am experiencing the same thing.

Confirmed Temporary Fix:

At the main menu of RDR2:
- Go to 'Settings'
- Go to 'Graphics'
(at the bottom, hold the button for 'Run Benchmark')
* Note: This does not show up for RDO-only players. You must also have the base game.

Other thread on this topic:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1404210/discussions/0/4407417406445704929/

Help With Rockstar's Awareness
Submit a ticket to them with this issue: https://support.rockstargames.com/categories/115001624507?step=403b05cd
The more attention they receive about this, hopefully the faster it will be fixed.

[spacesloth]

some people are saying that their cpu is impacted by the update. i have not found that to be the case. i have been playing with task manager on my second monitor and the cpu and gpu are running at like 10-15% on max graphics. it is JUST my keyboard that is impacted

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yes it has zero to do with CPU usage.
I can take RDR2.EXE and set it to say 2 or 4 cores to force lower CPU usage and the Keyboard Lag still there. Course on many CPUs that wouldn't make for a very playable game though and I'm glad CPU usage alone is not the problem. The actual lag is not in the game controls, so you won't experience it while controlling your player, horse, going through your satchel, vendor menus, etc. ~ rather how the SocialClub DLLs and Overlay that are active during the gameplay running are affecting other things, such as going back to OS Desktop or going into Steam Overlay and typing anything at all, there is ridiculous keyboard delays; UNTIL the work-around is done, which is quick and simple, but yes still a pain since it will need to be done every time you load up GTAV or RDR2 as a means to temp fix the keyboard lag issues. Not sure how or why it clears it up, but it does work. I've done it in both games now at least 20-30 times each game and it works every time. As long the game remains open you'll be fine.

[spacesloth]

What is your workaround? I have seen one that doesn't seem to be working (it was to go into the setting file and change the graphhics to dx12 and remove some sga files and then update the launch settings)

[J]

Originally posted by spacesloth:

What is your workaround? I have seen one that doesn't seem to be working (it was to go into the setting file and change the graphhics to dx12 and remove some sga files and then update the launch settings)

The workaround currently is listed above, scroll up a little. This of course is not related to CPU, rather RDR2 delaying a normal Windows process (the keyboard input) in this instance. This is not difficult to emulate, you can do it with a few lines in C++ regardless of your hardware. Also as mentioned, submit a ticket to Rockstar to help raise their awareness on the matter.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

No need to scroll, it was posted here.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1174180/discussions/0/4410795103737875724/