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Balladalidila
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago

Anyone on PC experiencing not only input LAG but input ignores?

First I thought it was just normal lag but then I started to play with a key logger. And at one time. I was running outside the circle (the game for some reason seem to lag more in the circle) and ran towards an Octane pad, slid on to it and mid-air I literally spammed 4 (in my Nvida replay, I can confirm I had syringes selected on 4) --> nothing happens. I run some more, slid normally and spammed 4 again.. Nothing happens... My key logg showed that I pressed  "4" 6 times on the jump pad and 4 times during the slide without anything happening. This is just one concrete example; I also experience some weirdness in the movement input. Sometimes it feels like the A and D strokes registers 0.2 seconds too late, which is a huge deal ofc, especially since you unconsciously start to compensate which leads to over-compensation of your movement. And sometimes, but not often at all, I continue to strafe left for instance even if I release the A-key...

Anyone else on PC experiencing this? Ive also noticed that my average match now has 50-60 ping compared to before the patch when I usually had 18-25. The ping to the data center is the same (around 20)

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  • @Balladalidila

    YOur game might be running in borderless even when you set it in game to fullscreen which comes with 10-20fps less and noticeable input lag.

    You can know your game isnt true fullscreen if you ALT+TAB from game and its instant without black screen for second or two.

    Here is fix (copy paste from Reddit) Im using, note that only disabling FC optimizations might not help, you need to edit Windows registry as well:


    Run regedit and copy: \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\GameConfigStore\Children\

    Ctrl+F search r5apex.exe

    "Flags" change to "211"

    In Windows:
    r5apex.exe→ right click → properties → compatibiliy→Change settings for all users →Disable fullscreen optimizations→OK→OK

    Restart PC.

    Hope it helps, helped me.

  • Balladalidila's avatar
    Balladalidila
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago

    @Awhoo_Thunder 

    Ty for the advice but its was probably just terrible server performance in EU. Funny fact; the game is actually running more smoothly for me when I tried to play at other servers like in the US with 200 ping (???). I would ofc have the typical high ping symptoms like a harder time to loot etc but the game has no input lag at least. 

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