mouse lags driving me crazy

[Gott mit Uns]

Hey guys,

for 5 days now I encounter extemely annoying MOUSE LAGS. The pointer is freezing for a split of a second and then jumps, sensitiviy varies and so on.
I already bought a new CPU (i5 7500) and i still have 100% cpu usage. Its only in the game, not in the menu. no other games effected. R6 Siege on high resolution 120 fps.
Besides the game itself doesnt lag regarding cars or moving objects. only the pointer
Also I am pretty sure the Traffic Manager is somehow involved because turned this thing off its fine. But it worked fine before so I'm desperate.

I would be so happy to find a solution!
Thanks!

[Strategy Nerd]

Your problem is likely RAM, not CPU. TM:PE is a very memory and math-intensive mod, and will cause a bit of lag, even if it's not the "normal" kind. Try turning off any and/or all of its custom AI options if you have them turned on, and see if that does anything. If not, switch to the Stable version if you're using Labs, and see if that helps.

[Gott mit Uns]

Thank you for your answer, I will try. Although RAM is not 100% and it worked fine with 8 and now I have 12gb and only problems lately.

[leftbehind]

If it's only the pointer then I'm not sure it's anything to do with mods or the game itself (everything would lag, not just the mouse).

How is the mouse connected to PC? I've had mouse lag caused by low mouse battery (rechargeable battery will degrade over time) which in turn affected wireless connection to PC. And it was worse when the computer was under heavy load for some reason.

If you have wired mouse, check the cables are plugged in securely.

Other than that, the only other thing I can think of is if you've somehow switched to using software mouse cursor rather than hardware accelerated mouse cursor. I have no idea where to even begin looking for details on that, but google might yield some ideas.

Also, check that the computer isn't throttling itself due to overheat of CPU or GPU.

[Gott mit Uns]

I have a Logitech cable mouse and it’s only in cities skylines, no other game. Thank you for your advice!

[Metacritical]

i had similar lag when i connected my new mouse to my USB3 slot, lag went away when i plugged it into the old USB2 slot. this however affected the entire PC and not one specific game. might be worth trying though just to rule it out.

[MarkJohnson]

Originally posted by Metacritical:

i had similar lag when i connected my new mouse to my USB3 slot, lag went away when i plugged it into the old USB2 slot. this however affected the entire PC and not one specific game. might be worth trying though just to rule it out.

+1

You can switch to any USB port. The computer thinks it's a new device as it is in a different port and reconfig the mouse again.

Also, your i5-7500 upgrade isn't that much for this game. It is 4 core only, i7 has 4 cores, plus an addition 4 helper hyper-threading cores for 8-threads total. So the game can utilize 8 core CPUs.

Also, it could just be mod issues. There is a new DLC being readied for release, so modders seem to making them compatible for the new release. We may be having odd issues for a week or two until DLC is released.

TMPE was patched yesterday, so it may be better by now.

[Gott mit Uns]

Thank you for your answers!

[K2P2]

Hi people. I encountered mouse lag at some point when it never did that before. For me the solution was to unsubscribe from the 81-tile mod. Not just disable it, unsubscribe it.

Funny enough the lagging only occured while the game was on play. Game paused or hitting the options button and lag was gone. No idea how that works, but this is what happened here. Hope it will fix your problems too.

[Gott mit Uns]

My solution was uninstall Avira antivirus.

[Gott mit Uns]

Originally posted by CoolantCorrie:

P.S. When I did get lag, just the way you describe, I'd often find that if I waited a while, like 30 minutes (though I couldn't resist trying to waggle the cursor in that time), the problem went away and I'd suddenly get back normal mouse movement as if nothing had happened. Possibly the computer's still handling the newly loaded program.

Thanks for your effort! I found a solution in the meantime. Avira Antivirus caused the problems by abusing the CPU in the background without being displayed in the cpu usage.