Mouse scroll wheel is acting up. Slow and barely registers actions for the in-game binds I have

[76561198413116489]

About a month and a half ago, my mouse started acting up. I usually use my scrolling wheel up for jumping in games like CS:GO, Dirty Bomb and really any fps. And scroll wheel down is usually to whip out melee.
Besides working fine since i got the mouse around 2 years ago, the scroll wheel started lagging in the sense that, vertical scrolling would barely register. It'd take about 4 scrolls to get the wheel to going for 1 action and it's perplexing as to what the problem is. I don't know if I even have the option to update a driver for the mouse, to change mouse settings, or to mess with files related to the mouse, windows or the games i play.
I don't have the money to get a new mouse so, that's off the table.
I have changed my mouse settings for the wheel category numerous times and it doesn't help at all. I have tried seeing if it's about the mouse's drivers but windows doesn't have the option to update mine.
I need help as quickly as possible! Any advice, other than 'Get a new mouse' or 'Use different in-game settings to play', is greatly appreciated.

[Jurassic Fart 3]

How do you have hardware acceleration set in Windows? In Windows 10, do you have "Enhance pointer precision on?"

[76561198413116489]

Originally posted by Trolley-Hunter:

How do you have hardware acceleration set in Windows? In Windows 10, do you have "Enhance pointer precision on?"

No, I have "Enhance pointer precision" off

[Mysitcrealm]

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[Jurassic Fart 3]

Arrrgh! I have a problem related to this in another game, Borderlands, and all those *ssholes want to do is laugh because I don't know the answer! I have hardware acceleration OFF, but I can't get an in-game cursor. Heaven FORBID they should help. Wet-behind-the-ears little SNOTS.

[Zekiran]

Clean your mouse.

Also be aware that the 'treads' that the scroll wheel relies upon for most of its functionality may wear out. So if your scroll wheel is acting up, clean it carefully.

*I recommend doing so in a brightly lit room, with the mouse and its pieces in a very well defined area because you might lose pieces and then you won't have a mouse.* ... *yes, that happened to me.*

[Jurassic Fart 3]

Originally posted by Zekiran:

Clean your mouse.

Also be aware that the 'treads' that the scroll wheel relies upon for most of its functionality may wear out. So if your scroll wheel is acting up, clean it carefully.

*I recommend doing so in a brightly lit room, with the mouse and its pieces in a very well defined area because you might lose pieces and then you won't have a mouse.* ... *yes, that happened to me.*

I am deeply shamed that I had not considered this. However, the problem persists with a perfectly clean mouse. I bought a SteelSeries Rival 100 mouse a few days ago, and there hasn't been enough time or use for that mouse to get "dirty," yet the issue is stubbornly extant.

[-2ywsc]

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[Jurassic Fart 3]

Originally posted by -2ywsc:

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Oh. That is so eloquent. Color me NOT impressed with your biting, incisive, and devastatingly invective wit.

Cucumber sandwich, anyone? It's time for high tea. Earl Grey might be apropos.

[Zekiran]

Originally posted by Trolley-Hunter:

I am deeply shamed that I had not considered this. However, the problem persists with a perfectly clean mouse. I bought a SteelSeries Rival 100 mouse a few days ago, and there hasn't been enough time or use for that mouse to get "dirty," yet the issue is stubbornly extant.

I'm not familiar with that mouse, sadly, so I don't know - are there reports or complaints about it being oddly unresponsive? Maybe did you alter something in the ini file for the game at one point with a different mouse config?

[Jurassic Fart 3]

Zekiran: Ah, no, quite the contrary—RE: complaints and "doing something" to an INI file. The problem exists only in one specific game. I've been a PC user since 1984, and have actually "performed surgery" many times on a mouse to fix like problems. You might be surprised at just how useful a cocktail toothpick can be.

OP states he can't update the mouse's drivers—he can. Not knowing how to do something is quite different from not being able to do something. Microsoft's Device Manager provides users with the ability to do just that—search for updated drivers.

Further, I rather suspect OP's problem is related to his…unusual…binding assignment choices. Jumping would be better bound to the SPACE button, and melee to the SCROLL BUTTON or RIGHT CLICK rather than MOUSE UP or MOUSE DOWN. If the scroll wheel assignments are a problem in this game, then perhaps a wise choice might be to try different control options.

P.S.: Regarding "I must be the only HL2 mod player that didn't like Transmission 120" on your profile page? Hah! Trust me: You are not alone. I had some guys get really snotty and snippy with me when I failed to express like fanboy butt-pirate adulation for the lousy HL2 ripoff. The tech demo Lost Coast was better—now that would be a project, converting Lost Coast into a full-fledged game.

[Zekiran]

Yeah my melee is often bound to my thumb-back key (god I love my logitech mx518).

[Jurassic Fart 3]

I've sworn off Logitech after twenty-two years, mouse and keyboards. I have better luck with SteelSeries.

[Luminaire]

Same issue. I've been using the G502 since the original Proteus model, and I only upgraded to the Hero three years ago because I spilled water on my first one. It works fine except the scroll wheel will only register scroll up & down after I've scrolled 3 or more times. Since my warranty expired, I even took it apart and cleaned it, but that hasn't fixed it, so short of reinstalling the drivers or any other troubleshooting anybody can recommend, I think I need to get a new mouse.

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[Adam]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.