HOW TO FIX INPUT LAG/DELAY

[john helldiver]

No, you're not crazy. All 3 games have input lag.

HOW TO FIX INPUT LAG
Right click game exe (This works on all of them, and you'll have to do all 3 games individually)
Properties
Compatibility
Change high DPI settings
High DPI Override
Check the box
Pick "Application" from the drop down menu
Apply

Voila, you are now playing without that horrendous input lag, thank you TECMO for continuing to dump on this series.

"Sigma 2 still has input lag!"
Sigma 2 is a piece of ♥♥♥♥ and will always feel like ♥♥♥♥ to play, they added tonnes of minor delays after actions and anytime you delimb an enemy the game will stutter. Just don't play it, you're not missing out on much

[LVLLN]

Oh wow, I don't know if this is placebo, but for me this seemed to work. I played a few hours of Sigma a couple nights ago and was noticing input lag. It wasn't significant enough to ruin the experience, but it definitely felt off compared to my memories of Sigma on PS3 & Black on XBox. Today, after doing this, I tried playing again for a bit and the game felt just as responsive as I'd remembered from the olden days.

The most obvious thing was even before going into the game. In the main menu once I open the game, previously the input lag had been very noticeable, where pressing A to activate an option immediately after using the D-pad to select it would simply not register; I had to wait about a quarter/half second after selecting before pressing A in order for the game to read the input. Now it responds instantly, and pressing A the moment I select an option in the menu makes the game activate that option.

So thank you. Even if this is all just placebo, at least following the instructions on your post made my experience better.

[Peelsepuuppi]

Using Special K to improve framepacing and latency I've noticed curious behavior with this game. Whenever I remove focus from the window of this game (Click to another monitor Alt+Tab Windows key etc.) Framepacing becomes erratic and a lot of latency is introduced.

When I get the window back in focus. The poor framepacing and high latency both stay. I have to then reapply the framerate limiter to get back the good framepacing and low input lag.

Edit: looks like the game just sometimes drops to poor framepacing and higher lag even on it's own. without any window shenanigans. But I can always reset it by reapplying the framerate limiter.

[Daikatan]

Stop hating S2

https://youtu.be/67vY5sqrUqQ

[OmegaDASH]

Originally posted by ToveriJuri:

Using Special K to improve framepacing and latency I've noticed curious behavior with this game. Whenever I remove focus from the window of this game (Click to another monitor Alt+Tab Windows key etc.) Framepacing becomes erratic and a lot of latency is introduced.

When I get the window back in focus. The poor framepacing and high latency both stay. I have to then reapply the framerate limiter to get back the good framepacing and low input lag.

More info on how you did this please?

[Nezgot]

Sigma 2 is amazing.

[Peelsepuuppi]

Originally posted by OmegaDASH:

Originally posted by ToveriJuri:

Using Special K to improve framepacing and latency I've noticed curious behavior with this game. Whenever I remove focus from the window of this game (Click to another monitor Alt+Tab Windows key etc.) Framepacing becomes erratic and a lot of latency is introduced.

When I get the window back in focus. The poor framepacing and high latency both stay. I have to then reapply the framerate limiter to get back the good framepacing and low input lag.

More info on how you did this please?

Have to use a "mod" called Special which has all kinds of useful features and tweaking options and monitoring options for games

For example I can set this game to borderless window mode on launch without having to click the maximize icon through some tweaking and then use couple options to make borderless window run like Fullscreen with less latency.

https://wiki.special-k.info/

It was pretty annoying to get working with this game through and some of the best features like "SDR to HDR" don't work in this game right now.

[Son_Goten]

my special k only works when used globally rather than locally. even with a delay it just crashes on startup

[Peelsepuuppi]

Originally posted by Goten_son:

my special k only works when used globally rather than locally. even with a delay it just crashes on startup

Where did you add the delay? It stopped crashing for me when I set GlobalInjectDelay=0.0 to 1.0. In the game profile config .ini file.

[RayTheGmr]

Thank you, this seems to have worked for me. I feel a difference in the responsiveness already.

[Styros]

for me its change nothing , well even before I didn't feel any delay

[Son_Goten]

Originally posted by ToveriJuri:

Originally posted by Goten_son:

my special k only works when used globally rather than locally. even with a delay it just crashes on startup

Where did you add the delay? It stopped crashing for me when I set GlobalInjectDelay=0.0 to 1.0. In the game profile config .ini file.

thats what i changed however it looks like my special k isnt creating the injector as theres no d3d11.dll file in the folder and it even says n/a on the skim :(

[MyArseHasAKing]

Originally posted by Goten_son:

my special k only works when used globally rather than locally. even with a delay it just crashes on startup

My Special K only works when I pour milk on it...


I'll get my coat...

[GгімTћіs]

Hopefully this works, will test in a few hours. I was playing last night and it deffinately felt off. I would hold block when i saw an enemy attack incoming but it wouldn't register sometimes. Lost my damn rebirth talisman to Bast fiends cus of it. Shameful.
At first i thought it was my controller; was using a switch pro and i know the bumbers and triggers are digital, but after switching to 360 it was still happening. Will come back and edit with results.

EDIT: it deffinately helped, but it's still slighty off. Hooked up my ps3 just to check. That being said, it was still a noticable improvement. Thanks OP.

[Peelsepuuppi]

Originally posted by Goten_son:

Originally posted by ToveriJuri:

Where did you add the delay? It stopped crashing for me when I set GlobalInjectDelay=0.0 to 1.0. In the game profile config .ini file.

thats what i changed however it looks like my special k isnt creating the injector as theres no d3d11.dll file in the folder and it even says n/a on the skim :(

The global one doesn't create that file. It should work without putting any files into the game folder. If you need help getting SK running you could join the discord server in that link and ask for help.

Originally posted by MyArseHasAKing:

Originally posted by Goten_son:

my special k only works when used globally rather than locally. even with a delay it just crashes on startup

My Special K only works when I pour milk on it...


I'll get my coat...

Lol you aren't the first one who has made this joke. At least it wasn't a Ketamine reference this time.

[Naur]

The entitlement from someone that doesn't even own the game legit will never cease to amaze me