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Random mouse input lag
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I feel like there's 1000 of these threads, but I couldn't find one that was close enough to my problem and didn't want to necro any old posts.

Ever since the large-ish update a few weeks ago (April update with the MM changes and all that), I've had some pretty annoying mouse input lag. It's not enough to be a HUGE unplayable issue, but it's bad enough where it seriously bothers me and alters my aim quite a bit. Yes V-sync and Mouse Accel are off, I've done mark c mouse fix, re-installed about 8 times, turned off the controller settings (as far as I know), used different configs, different direct x levels and all that. It ONLY happens in TF2 and is perfectly fine in all other games as well as on my desktop. It very slightly gets worse over time, but theres no overheating happening. I've had a few times where it fixed after a clean re-install but it seemed to go back to being laggy after a little while. My framerates are almost always 200+ even in pubs, so that's not the problem either. I've had the issue in the past but it used to go away after a few months, this time it has not.
Thanks in advance for any help!

edit: I forgot to mention that my brother also plays TF2 on my PC (different windows account) and I'm curious even if the settings are the same across the accounts (minus like crosshairs and sensitivities etc) that logging into my account after he was logged into his could affect it in any way?

edit: Also decided to check CSGO since I haven't and the issue seems to be there as well. The only things I can think of would be: A source engine issue or a resolution issue (I play at stretched 1024x768 on both games)

I feel like there's 1000 of these threads, but I couldn't find one that was close enough to my problem and didn't want to necro any old posts.

Ever since the large-ish update a few weeks ago (April update with the MM changes and all that), I've had some pretty annoying mouse input lag. It's not enough to be a HUGE unplayable issue, but it's bad enough where it seriously bothers me and alters my aim quite a bit. Yes V-sync and Mouse Accel are off, I've done mark c mouse fix, re-installed about 8 times, turned off the controller settings (as far as I know), used different configs, different direct x levels and all that. It ONLY happens in TF2 and is perfectly fine in all other games as well as on my desktop. It very slightly gets worse over time, but theres no overheating happening. I've had a few times where it fixed after a clean re-install but it seemed to go back to being laggy after a little while. My framerates are almost always 200+ even in pubs, so that's not the problem either. I've had the issue in the past but it used to go away after a few months, this time it has not.
Thanks in advance for any help!

edit: I forgot to mention that my brother also plays TF2 on my PC (different windows account) and I'm curious even if the settings are the same across the accounts (minus like crosshairs and sensitivities etc) that logging into my account after he was logged into his could affect it in any way?

edit: Also decided to check CSGO since I haven't and the issue seems to be there as well. The only things I can think of would be: A source engine issue or a resolution issue (I play at stretched 1024x768 on both games)
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I've been having similar issues where sometimes my rockets won't fire, or they'll come out when I'm already swinging my mouse back during a jump, I had thought it was just my mouse getting old, but I've heard of other people having this problem recently as well.

I've been having similar issues where sometimes my rockets won't fire, or they'll come out when I'm already swinging my mouse back during a jump, I had thought it was just my mouse getting old, but I've heard of other people having this problem recently as well.
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It's not so bad that it'll affect my rocket jumping, but it's nice to hear I'm not the only one having issues. Mine just feels like I have V-Sync on but I know for certain that all V-Sync settings are off

It's not so bad that it'll affect my rocket jumping, but it's nice to hear I'm not the only one having issues. Mine just feels like I have V-Sync on but I know for certain that all V-Sync settings are off
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Windows mouse accel?

Windows mouse accel?
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typtoWindows mouse accel?

That's what the MarkC Mousefix is for. It's off in the Windows settings but due to the mousefix, it shouldn't matter anyway. And like I said, it only happens in TF2, so it must be a setting local to that.

[quote=typto]Windows mouse accel?[/quote]

That's what the MarkC Mousefix is for. It's off in the Windows settings but due to the mousefix, it shouldn't matter anyway. And like I said, it only happens in TF2, so it must be a setting local to that.
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#6
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Don't have a solution, but I'm experiencing the same issues.

Don't have a solution, but I'm experiencing the same issues.
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#7
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tryy m_limitedcapture_workaround 1.
i had the same issue and i was told to put that in console, since ive done that i havent had any issues with mouse input lag ever again.
the most noticeable time that input lag happened was in ESEA Matches (dont know why)

tryy m_limitedcapture_workaround 1.
i had the same issue and i was told to put that in console, since ive done that i havent had any issues with mouse input lag ever again.
the most noticeable time that input lag happened was in ESEA Matches (dont know why)
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Are you using default interp on everything again?

Are you using default interp on everything again?
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Pontedit: Also decided to check CSGO since I haven't and the issue seems to be there as well. The only things I can think of would be: A source engine issue or a resolution issue (I play at stretched 1024x768 on both games)

iirc monitor scaling nonnative aspect ratio/resolutions leads to about 0.2-0.5ms of input lag. Probably not what you're noticing though.

Also I remember reading something awhile back that if you're on windows 10 you should go to the process file

so hl2.exe -> right click -> go to properties -> compatibility tab -> make sure "Disable Fullscreen optimizations" is checked. May/may not fix your issue.

[quote=Pont]edit: Also decided to check CSGO since I haven't and the issue seems to be there as well. The only things I can think of would be: A source engine issue or a resolution issue (I play at stretched 1024x768 on both games)[/quote]

iirc monitor scaling nonnative aspect ratio/resolutions leads to about 0.2-0.5ms of input lag. Probably not what you're noticing though.


Also I remember reading something awhile back that if you're on windows 10 you should go to the process file

so hl2.exe -> right click -> go to properties -> compatibility tab -> make sure "Disable Fullscreen optimizations" is checked. May/may not fix your issue.
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So I fresh-installed, used m_limitedcapture_workaround 1 and did the Disable Fullscreen optimizations and my tf2 is buttery smooth again. Not sure what the issue was though, will update if it occurs again.

So I fresh-installed, used m_limitedcapture_workaround 1 and did the Disable Fullscreen optimizations and my tf2 is buttery smooth again. Not sure what the issue was though, will update if it occurs again.
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