Cursor moves a distance to the right and/or down when clicking during streams.

[DanmakuUmineko]

Hi, this didn't happen until today.
Basically, if I left click, or right click while streaming a game from another computer, sometimes the camera (or the cursor if in a menu) will move a distance to the right instantly, making it near impossible to navigate through menus since the cursor moves before the click is registered by the game. While playing with a camera in a 3D environment it makes the camera jump to a different 3D angle.

This was tested and happens with Satisfactory and Elden Ring. I then tested the game on the computer I streamed from AND streamed to and noticed that the mouse acted normally then.

I am using Windows 10. Computer A has two screens and computer B has one string with a much higher resolution.

[lucid_enigma]

I'm having this issue too in No Man's Sky.
It's not all the time, but regularly and I can't figure out what makes it do it or stop doing it?!?
All I know is that it's annoying af and I have to hope it happens when it's just annoying and not game killing.

[DanmakuUmineko]

Originally posted by lucid_enigma:

I'm having this issue too in No Man's Sky.
It's not all the time, but regularly and I can't figure out what makes it do it or stop doing it?!?
All I know is that it's annoying af and I have to hope it happens when it's just annoying and not game killing.

When did it start happening for you?

[Noanjo]

Same here

[Lalmatia]

I'm also having this issue, it started for me only yesterday. I can confirm that this happens in any game that requires you to move a camera around and with clicking. I initially thought that this was a Windows update related bug since my computer got forcefully updated by Microsoft the same day as the day of this bug appearing. Then I thought that this might've been a problem related to laptop touchpads, since I've had this same problem before, but outside of streaming games so everywhere on the computer desktop.
Anyway, the bug occurs in games like Guild Wars, Runescape, Monster Hunter, and even non-steam games like Minecraft. I've got no idea as to what causes this. It's pretty easy to reproduce, since all I've got to do is wait a few minutes and then click. Then the cursor/camera goes back to its previous position from one second earlier. Clicking again sends it back again, and then I just have to wait a 5-10 seconds before clicking again or else it will continue to happen up to 20 times in a row. I can confirm that reinstalling steam does not fix the problem, and multiple steam updates haven't fixed it either.

I've found a temporary solution: simply turn around and do a 360 degree turn in the opposite direction from when the bug started from. For example, in most games for me it happens when I'm moving the camera to the left, so I have to turn to the right and all the way around in a circle and click once for it to not repeat for at least a few minutes.

[purity]

has anyone solved this problem?

[John]

I also have this problem. It started since I upgraded the host computer to Steam 1679680416.

When streaming to any client there is a chance that when right/left clicking the cursor will jump consistently to the right, sometimes with up or down motion.

I think what is happening is that the remote cursor drifts left as you play, and possibly up/down depending on how much vertical camera movement you perform, and clicking occasionally causes the cursor to jump to center causing your in-game camera to snap to another direction.

Tested under:

# Hosts

Ubuntu 22.04 - Steam 1679680416, Steam Beta

# Clients

* macOS Big Sur
* Ubuntu 22.04 - Steam 1679680416, Steam Beta
* Windows 11

# Games

* CS:GO
* TF2
* Minecraft (non-steam app)
* Splitgate

[John]

Relates to https://steamcommunity.com/groups/homestream/discussions/0/3824159062917328147/
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[Corporis]

Same problem. This happens after Steam update in March. Sometimes when you press the left mouse button, the cursor starts jumping to the right direction. Sometimes it gets looped. When looping, it helps to press Shift+Tab twice. But after a while he starts jumping again.
host - win11 22h2 (22621.1413), steam - 1679680416
client - win10 22h2 (19045.2728), steam - 1679680416

[danarchy]

Same problem here, bringing up the Steam Overlay with SHIFT+TAB will temporarily fix it, but it doesn't take long to come back. My host computer only has one monitor, so it's not a problem with dual monitor setups. Hoping for a fix. Only game I've been playing remotely is Limbus Company, haven't tested others yet.

[KariyamaKiyoschi]

I have the same problem. I didn't have these problems before the last update.

[blehz.]

Also have it on Windows 10 client and host combination. I only play a few games currently but at least Satisfactory and Predecessor have it. They're both Unreal Engine (4) I believe.
I have Parsec installed.
I also had the IddSampleDriver installed to install a virtual display but I removed that already.
It is broken since somewhere early March I believe.

When moving the mouse to the screen edges you can kind of fix it again. It feels like the offset happens when you move towards screen edges.

[blehz.]

I troubleshooted a bit and now I also removed the Parsec virtual display and the issue is gone.
So if anyone here can confirm if they also run software like Parsec or use a virtual display or maybe some display plug to be able to turn off the monitor of the host PC.

[DanmakuUmineko]

Originally posted by blehz.:

I troubleshooted a bit and now I also removed the Parsec virtual display and the issue is gone.
So if anyone here can confirm if they also run software like Parsec or use a virtual display or maybe some display plug to be able to turn off the monitor of the host PC.

I do not use any such software, my system is fairly "unmodified". I will do more tests later this week, see if keeping those host PC's monitor on changes anything.

[John]

Originally posted by blehz.:

I troubleshooted a bit and now I also removed the Parsec virtual display and the issue is gone.
So if anyone here can confirm if they also run software like Parsec or use a virtual display or maybe some display plug to be able to turn off the monitor of the host PC.

The issue has been reported on Windows 10, Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22.04 hosts it is most likely to be a Steam issue rather than some extra software which is common to the setups.

Similarly, we have Windows, macOS and Linux clients in the mix.

[blehz.]

Originally posted by John:

Originally posted by blehz.:

I troubleshooted a bit and now I also removed the Parsec virtual display and the issue is gone.
So if anyone here can confirm if they also run software like Parsec or use a virtual display or maybe some display plug to be able to turn off the monitor of the host PC.

The issue has been reported on Windows 10, Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22.04 hosts it is most likely to be a Steam issue rather than some extra software which is common to the setups.

Similarly, we have Windows, macOS and Linux clients in the mix.

It is indeed Steam since it worked before. But that doesn't mean we can't troubleshoot and try to find out with which configurations it doesn't play nice.
This might also give the developers some directions. In case they ever read this that is.