Weird Mouse Lag
I'm not sure what changed, but for the past month or so, I've had progressively worse mouse lag whenever Sims4 is open. While it's absolutely horrific when in the game window, it's extending to the g...
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@A_Fulcrum_Agent Try playing in a clean boot. If it helps, you can start reenabling services and testing.
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-clean-boot-windows-10
Some services won't be disabled in a clean boot, for whatever reason, even though they should be. So be sure to go through the Task Manager's background tasks list and end anything that doesn't absolutely need ot be running, for example ROG software or an outside fps limiter.
If this doesn't help, do you have another mouse you could try, just as a test? It would be helpful to rule out the mouse itself.
@puzzlezaddict
Oh, man. That's a first. The clean boot caused the mouse issue to happen without Sims4 running. Prior to this, it was only when Sims4 was up, or if Origin remained up after being in the Sims4.
I even restarted the Razer processes, and it's still being super janky.
I have 0 ideas about what's going on at this point.
UPDATE: It chilled out after a bit of having the Razer service on, at least in Windows/other applications. It did kick in after I opened the Sims4, though. =/
@A_Fulcrum_Agent When you open Origin but don't launch Sims 4, do you see the same problem? Or is it only after the game loads and before you close Origin again that you see the issue? You mentioned the problem showing up before Sims 4 was open in the clean boot, but was Origin open or was this right after you rebooted?
If you can find that other mouse, it would be a useful test. The way you describe the issue, it could be due to Origin overloading the system, or it could still be something about the mouse you're using. In the meantime, you can experiment a bit.
Try using a different surface (mousepad, gaming mat, whatever) under the mouse. Also try disconnecting and reconnecting the mouse at some point after your computer boots, and separately after you open Origin.
There are two Origin tools that run alongside Origin proper: the Client Service and the Web Helper Service. Try disabling those in the Task Manager before you play. And put Origin in offline mode afterwards, but before you launch the game. Disable Origin in-game as well: hover over your username, select Application Settings, then the Origin in-game header, and disable the option at the top.
@puzzlezaddict
It seems things are fine with Origin when it's just open. It isn't until I open Sims4 that there's an issue. It seems pretty Sims specific because I was in SWBF2 a couple of nights ago, and didn't have the issue there but had it when Sims was up earlier. It's only after the game loads that I've gotta close down Origin to get my mouse back to normal.
Origin was not open at all during the clean boot. It seems part of it was having the Razer software closed because once it was restored, the problems outside of Origin/Sims4 gradually stopped.
I don't really have a whole lot I can stick under my mouse ATM that's a level surface. I got the JFO CE pack, and it came with one of those massive gaming mats. I've stuck a piece of paper under it, for the moment, because it was all I could think of.
Those two services were already stopped even after I opened Origin. I think that might be due to having done the clean boot.
I've been disconnecting and reconnecting my mouse every time it acts up. That helps for a minute or two when Sims4 is up, but not really for long.
I had Origin in-game disabled initially but turned it on for SWBF2, so it was happening with it off before. I've tried it in offline mode a few times, and previously it didn't help much.
I'm still getting the mouse lag when Sims4 gets loaded. I noticed this time that it starts right when the in-game cursor activates. It does, however, seem to be significantly less janky with all these things turned off together, and the paper under the mouse.
I'll be getting the other mouse out later today to see if it still happens with it. It's still a Razer mouse, but it's a corded one where the JFO one is wireless. To note on the wireless, this happens whether the 2.4 gigahertz dongle is used, or the Bluetooth setting is used.UPDATE: I moved it from being a borderless window to straight windowed, and the lagging mouse seems to have vanished almost entirely. O.o
@A_Fulcrum_Agent That update is quite the plot twist. I have a Razer (wired) mouse and use borderless almost exclusively, and I've never had this issue, although I've barely run the game since the last patch. It would still be interesting to know whether your wired mouse has the same issue.
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