Mouse Input Lag

[dow4now]

Hi guys, the mouse input lag is making this game unplayable on higher difficulties (4/5), the lag is with this game only - the mouse responds fine with everything else. I'm literally hitting left mouse five times for it to respond which isn't great if you're a driller trying to drop C4,... Same with right click, you want to pickaxe a bug and just end up looking at it.

I've seen some people suggest alt+enter for switching between windowed and borderless but this has no noticeable effect on the lag for me, has there been any other fix found for this?

Can't over state how frustrating this is watching your health go down waiting for your weapon to respond or have the C4 do nothing and then detonate in your hand as the input comes in all at once.

[koan]

You wouldn't happen to be running anything in the background like OBS or Wallpaper Engine would you? I've experienced a weird bug where the game runs at the FPS of other programs.

[oriole]

I also have my mouse movement inputs feel delayed, only in DRG, by like 0.3 seconds (its visibly delayed compared to how my mouse behaves on desktop or in Source engine games). I've disabled mouse smoothing, Vsync, and have tried FPS limit on/off at many different values already.

But i only get around 60-80 fps, so i wonder if that is something only ppl with fps below 120-140 have to experience? Maybe it's something developers do to prevent choppiness, maybe Unreal engine just happens to filter mouse inputs like this, or maybe it's a matter of implementing raw input or something like it?

[dow4now]

Thanks for responding guys, to psychic, no fancy wallpaper, I use a corsair scimitar mouse with iCUE overlay but have seen others using different hardware getting the same issue, so for me its the game itself.

@ i cant see ♥♥♥♥ I'd love a 0.3 delay on activation I could live with that but this is way worse, weapon changing is fine on mouse mapped buttons but the left and right click are just so none responsive.

I'll try remapping the left and right click and let you know how that goes.

[dimi]

SInce you mentioned C4 twice, is it only an issue with C4 or with every mouseclick in the game? Because the C4 is delayed for me too, but I think it's only becuase of the animation, it's not a bug. It's usability could be improved tho.

[Pi2tpur]

i'm having similar problems. though not with C4, mine is getting the pickaxe out, or trying to fire the weapon, it just doesn't want to do it. or if it does it takes a solid sec to do so. im using a logitech mouse.

[Hezza B]

Same here. Sometimes it works fine but other times my gun refuses to fire/ pickaxe refuses to swing. Can get very hairy on harder difficulties where i am relying on every shot to count. Sometimes only obeying after i clicked about 3-4 times.

[dow4now]

Originally posted by dimi:

SInce you mentioned C4 twice, is it only an issue with C4 or with every mouseclick in the game? Because the C4 is delayed for me too, but I think it's only becuase of the animation, it's not a bug. It's usability could be improved tho.

No it's anything that uses left or right click, like the guys above the clicks just don't get the response they should and you end up clicking again to get the initial action, that might be a pickaxe or weapon round, and it might take up to six clicks!

I mention the C4 because it has the worst outcome when you double click, you just end up looking bad detonating yourself and some of the team.

[Tommyboy]

I am having the same mouse lag with this game only. I originally started having it with my Logitech wireless Pro. I thought the mouse was broken so I bought a Corsair Ironclaw RGB wireless and I am still having the same problem. Did anyone find is resolution?

[ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ the bear]

I have this same problem. Clicks often just don't register at all. More of a problem for precision weapons as others have noted.

[Breakingzap]

same problem i think it maybe not regersting when you dwarf is faceing a wall or something

[koan]

A lot of these issues can usually just be fixed by switching to fullscreen instead of windowed.

[Rabid Scotsman]

are you sprinting at the time? you basically can't do any action while sprinting. that's why i ended up using 'hold to sprint'. hope this helps! xD

[Goldnectar]

Originally posted by Rabid Scotsman:

are you sprinting at the time? you basically can't do any action while sprinting. that's why i ended up using 'hold to sprint'. hope this helps! xD

I haven't tried this yet, but it makes sense. I am constantly sprinting everywhere. I'll give this a try. Thanks!

[Addison1024]

try switching to fullscreen in settings (not windowed fullscreen). that supposedly helps. otherwise, i have no idea. if you play public, do your best to avoid high ping lobbies (i have played in a game before, as scout, where it would take a full 2/3 of a second for my grappling hook to fire)

[Mochan]

I have heard that using Borderless Windowed can cause input lag in this game. Check if you are using that setting. And if you are, switch to Fullscreen.