Extreme mouse sensitivity

[Triforce9]

Ever since the June 9th Steam Client Beta (and the Stable Client update today) my mouse sensitivity on the Steam Link box has been way outta wack! I first noticed it in Minecraft, everything spazzes out with any little movement of the mouse. Same issue in any Source Engine game (HL2, Gmod, etc.) I fixed it by going back to the stable client.

Now that the stable branch has been updated to remote play, I'm having this issue again. It's just as bad in Minecraft, but in Source games it feels more like the mouse is being mapped as a joystick, the further you move from the point where the mouse was when the game loaded, the faster it moves continuously in that direction. Opening Big Picture mode (which I rarely ever use) does not alleviate the issue either.

Steam Link on Beta 688
Steam Client Beta on Windows 7 Home
Wireless Logitech mouse and keyboard on Steam Link

[Captain X (PhoenixX)]

Far Cry 2 is unplayable for me. Mouse works fine in desktop or big picture mode, but moment I load a game the mouse jumps around the screen like the dpi has been turned right down, and the accelleration has been turned right up, the slightest movement of the mouse makes it jump in that direction a cm each time, making it impossible to select menus or aim or anything.

Most frustrating of all I was playing far cry 2 all day a few days back - and mouse support was perfect, then I stopped for a break, steam on the game pc updated to the latest version and when i returned to play it was now called "remote play" and the steam link is now completely unusable to play games anymore. If i check the machine locally the mouse is fine, its only steam link not working.

In a related note WHY IS VIRTUAL HERE A PAID 3rd PARTY APP. Get your crap together valve, it should be built in. Millions of dollars of ground breaking remote game research, and you leave out the one thing that allows people to operate remotely properly? Bit like inventing a ferrari and forgetting the transmission.

[Arietus]

Originally posted by david88m:

The free version of Virtualhere client allows you to solve this problem until it is fixed.

I purchased the Steam version of VirtualHere and it did not solve the problem. In fact, it introduced a new problem with my screen flickering while moving the mouse.

[Freddy Fro]

Same exact problem here as well. Any way to reset back to an earlier build?

[david88m]

Originally posted by Arietus:

Originally posted by david88m:

The free version of Virtualhere client allows you to solve this problem until it is fixed.

I purchased the Steam version of VirtualHere and it did not solve the problem. In fact, it introduced a new problem with my screen flickering while moving the mouse.

I have same flickering problem in desktop, but in game work well for me

[BoogieMan]

Same problem here. It makes any game with mouse look 100% straight up unplayable. I move the mouse a quarter of an inch and it snaps up or down and spins about 8 times a second. I've tried factory setting my steam link box, two mice, resetting mouse on board memory, no luck.

It had made every game I've tried with mouse look literally unplayable. The mouse cursor itself in windows and in game when not using mouse look is normal however. Mouse sensitivity settings only slow down the cursor and has next to no effect on the nausea inducing spinning.

[DeathBurger]

Posted this to reddit, adding here so it gets attention:

"My wife and I play the Borderlands series together, as I'm sure many do. A lot of the time I need to play via my Steam Link, over local LAN. It has connections to both her and my PCs, both running newer high end hardware and completely up to date, W10, etc. Everything was fine yesterday. Today, it's as if my in game mouse sensitivity is jacked up hundred-fold. Cursor works fine, but the game is unplayable. The problem is not present at the actual PC. It happens when connected to her PC as well, and like mine, not at the actual machine. It's not the battery in the wireless mouse (+keyboard combo), and persists when I try a reliable wired mouse. I factory reset the Link and started from scratch, still persists. I'm really at a loss here, this is kind of a nightly thing for us and it really sucks right now - Any advice or things to try?"

Exact same issue everyone else is describing...

[BoogieMan]

I found a work around that may help some people, depending on the distance of your PC to the Streaming device and the power of your wireless input devices.

I hooked up a wireless USB mouse on my PC and brought the mouse downstairs to my TV. It is powerful enough to get through the floor and it is behaving normally. My wireless keyboard however was not powerful to go more than 12ft from my PC, so I just hooked it back in to my Steam Link, but didn't connect any mouse device to it.

So, my keyboard inputs are going through the Steam Link, and the mouse is wirelessly connected to my PC. I imagine this may actually be a very slight improvement over normal, since there should be less input lag since I'm cutting out a stop to the steam box.

Hope this helps!

[Maha.j2]

Same issue here.

Was playing Half-Life 1 last night with no issues and when I went to turn it on today my mouse has a panic attack with every movement.

Looks straight up and spins like 8 times by just poking the mouse. I tried turning on Raw Mouse Input and that sorta fixed it but it made movements jittery and for some reason I couldn't turn a full 360 degrees for some reason.

Who broke it?

[dareepa]

I'm having the exact same issues. I thought it was just me. I tried ARMA 3, theHunter COTW, and a few other FPS's for good measure, and all similar results with the hyper mouse sensitivity. I didn't have this problem a week ago. I just recently updated from build 683 to 688, and am still having these issues despite the update. All works fine until I get in-game. No issues at the title menu, or going through the options menu. But once I begin to play, the second I move the mouse, everything goes to sh**.

[sockpuppet]

planetside 2 is completely fine for me but my mouse goes completely berserk in csgo, i can only stare and spin at the ceiling

edit:
i do not play planetside 2 through steam

[Triforce9]

@BoogieMan has opened a thread on the Steam Client Beta group:
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/discussions/0/1637536330470824136/

Hopefully now that we're all getting the word out, someone at Valve can get a fix out!

[Delta]

Getting the same issue too on multiple games with the mouse being the only thing not working correctly, I've tried using earlier builds on my steam link (back to build 517 is as far as I went before I gave up) none of them fixed the issue either. I'm thinking it's a recent steam update that caused this since the steam link worked fine not too long ago.

[Alch3m15t]

Same here. Noticed the mouse on the steam controller works fine but I would prefer to use the keyboard and conventional mouse in some games. The mouse appears to work fine in desktop mode, however it randomly looses the ability to click requiring a click on the local mouse to get it together again. Looking forward to a fix.

[n0.skill]

Also have this issue. Pretty much all FPS games are unplayable that use my mouse as input. I really hope they fix this soon.

[Kannonfodder]

I'm getting the same issue, but it appears more than just sensitivity. It actually feels like the mouse is working as a joystick when you move it. If you keep it moving a small amount around the point when a 'mouselook' mode happens it will move the camera in the direction from the point with a speed based on the distance from the point