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Ganfei
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Taiwan1439 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-11-06 10:15:03
November 06 2008 10:08 GMT
#1
My computer is by far more than capable of running starcraft, so I know it's not anything to do with that

In SC my mouse is SLIGHTLY laggy. It's like those effects online where something will follow your mouse around the screen, only faster. It's like I move my mouse, and it takes a splitsecond to respond so it's like bait on my mouse's fishhook or something. For me, it makes playing SC REALLY annoying.

I don't know what happened, I didnt change any settings really or anything like that. It seemed to have happened overnight, so rather than really accurate movement, it's laggy and makes me have to move my mouse way slower and often overshoot what I want.

I reformatted a bit after that. After reformatting, I have my USB port at 500 updates/sec, I've disabled Windows acceleration using a registry tweak, and I use Setpoint for my Logitech G5 mouse. I really have no idea what this is. It seems that no matter what DPI/Sensitivity combo I use, it's not comfortable.

Googling it leads me to conclude that it might have something to do with USB port conflicts...but when I unplug my two externals nothing is changed. The only other thing I have plugged into a USB is my keyboard. However, it's been that way for a long time before the problems started.

I've updated my graphic's card drivers, I disabled Direct X 9.0C sound acceleration (just random, saw it helped someone during my googling). I've found a few sites with all these technobabble jargon about mouse tics and shit that I have no clue how to interpret so I can't really follow it.

I'm just really at my wit's end on what to do to fix this or what the problem could even be. Does anyone have any idea? The lag doesn't happen anywhere but SC.

****
You are crushing me like a cheese sandwich
renegade_zerg
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Korea (South)525 Posts
November 06 2008 11:42 GMT
#2
do you use chaos launcher? if so, check ur mouse speed on chaos.
jgad
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada899 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-11-06 14:08:06
November 06 2008 14:06 GMT
#3
This may be silly, but it can be just dust collecting in your mouse. The little hole in optical mice is like a bellybutton - it collects lint. It's been my experience that there seems to be a threshold of acceptable lint density that a mouse can tolerate and then above that it starts skipping and having problems. Could be a software problem too, of course, but this is a simple problem I've noticed. If it's only affecting SC, though, it's probably not that.
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stenole
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
Norway870 Posts
November 06 2008 14:25 GMT
#4
Have you tried using a different mouse? Does it have the same problems?
hugitout
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States379 Posts
November 06 2008 14:26 GMT
#5
do you use xfire?
neliel
Profile Joined April 2008
Sweden63 Posts
November 06 2008 15:39 GMT
#6
I have the same problem. Using a Death Adder. Also have a widescreen monitor and for some reason the mouse lag only seems to exist while in fullscreen mode.
Ganfei
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Taiwan1439 Posts
November 06 2008 17:17 GMT
#7
no xfire, not dust because i clean my mouse a lot, I don't use chaos launcher. The mouse doesn't really skip at all, it just like has a splitsecond delay in everything I do
You are crushing me like a cheese sandwich
XCetron
Profile Joined November 2006
5226 Posts
November 06 2008 17:38 GMT
#8
do you use pidgeon?
Ganfei
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Taiwan1439 Posts
November 06 2008 18:58 GMT
#9
No. The only thing running on my computer is SC
You are crushing me like a cheese sandwich
R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10343 Posts
November 06 2008 19:23 GMT
#10
Don't use any USB driver hacks with SetPoint, it has a polling feature built into the software. Also try using Chaos / CPU Savior, running SC at 100% CPU could be starving something.
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BBallTime
Profile Joined February 2009
Canada21 Posts
September 02 2009 06:32 GMT
#11
I got the same problem!!!! i hate it...and it happens in diablo 2 + warcraft 3 also ONLY IN FULLSCREEN, it doesnt happen in windowed mode...i think it might be a problem with widescreen monitors or my nvidia driver...i can never find how to fix this gay problem....only solution for me is playing in windowed mode...
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