Doom 3 Mouse Lag

chronox12 · 12-29-2010, 01:58 AM

I'm experiencing some severe mouse lag when playing Doom 3 and it's expansion. I have Googled it and done some reading and still haven't found any solution that works. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

greyze · 12-29-2010, 04:21 AM

Same here, just got the game in the sale and it seems completely pointless playing as the mouse is just horrific to use!

Primebeef · 12-29-2010, 06:24 AM

Agreed, having my arm falling off after few minutes already, fix this ♥♥♥♥.

Reynaerdinjo · 12-29-2010, 07:19 AM

I can't test it right now but try switching vsync off.

Primebeef · 12-29-2010, 08:05 AM

Vsync was off here, same still

Logitech driver running in the back though.

greyze · 12-29-2010, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reynaerdinjo

I can't test it right now but try switching vsync off.

Just tested this idea and "unfortunately" it does help disabling Vsync, but it only helps..

It seems that the mouse is totally buggered on the menu screens, giving very poor mouse movements and some times stop registering movements correctly.

In-game though, the mouse moves better, it moves alot better without Vsync on. But I cannot tolerate this, my monitor is huge and my PC has a crapload of power making this game look very nice but also causing severe flicking. Its horrible with Vsync turned off basically.

So, is there a solution to make the mouse better with Vsync on?

edit: I must mention though, while it is better with Vsync off, its still actually crap.
As the above poster mentioned his mouse driver.. I may aswell too, Logitech Mouse + Driver, G5 Laser Mouse.

12-29-2010, 08:26 AM

Have you tried disableing the Logitch driver? Also any happen if you max out mouse smoothness in the games options?

ZeroSignal · 12-29-2010, 09:29 AM

In every single FPS I have ever played, turning on vsync causes mouse lag. I can't think of a single game that doesn't have that problem.

I play Doom3 without vsync, and the mouse extremely responsive. Make sure you have mouse smoothing off, too. I hate that.

I don't use Logitech software, though I do have a Logitech MX518 mouse.

DIONightmare · 12-29-2010, 09:39 AM

Try lowering "Flip Queue" value (if you use Radeon cards. You'll need Ati Tray Tools to access this setting) or "Frame Pre-Render Limit" (GeForce cards. Years ago it was available right in the driver control panel, but I'm not sure if it's still there (haven't used NVIDIA cards since 8800GT), so you may want to install RivaTuner).

Depending on what you consider a lag, try setting 2 or even 1 instead of 3 (default value). This will somewhat lower performance in OpenGL applications, but it's not like modern hardware can't run DOOM3 at hundreds of fps with any handicap

You may want to check what kind of AA is used by the game - with extremely high values (or maybe supersampling is activated) DOOM3 may still lag on some machines.
Run console by pressing CTRL+~
then enter
com_showfps 1
and press enter.

You may also want to disable Steam overlay for this game (Steam->Settings->In-Game and uncheck "Enable steam community in-game").

XxLaVaxX · 12-29-2010, 07:05 PM

set smooth mouse low
set sensitivity high
commands
in_mouse 0
and / or in_mouse -1

Vincii · 10-02-2011, 04:48 PM

Here's the fix for those of you using Logitech software:

Goto setpointII (or whatever it is you use) and disable "use OS accel and pointer speed". This worked for me and took out the mouse lag entirely.

tornadoofsharks · 05-14-2012, 04:30 PM

Vincii is right. Doom 3 was ignoring any mouse movement that was too slow, rather than being generally laggy or un-sensitive. I changed SetPoint to use its own implementation instead of 'OS Implementation' in the Game settings for the mouse and that fixed it. Funny thing is, I don't even use the Logitech mouse, just the keyboard. This was messing up the motion with my other, non-Logitech mouse.

12-29-2010, 01:58 AM	#1
chronox12 Join Date: May 2009 Reputation: 36 Posts: 609	Doom 3 Mouse Lag I'm experiencing some severe mouse lag when playing Doom 3 and it's expansion. I have Googled it and done some reading and still haven't found any solution that works. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

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12-29-2010, 04:21 AM	#2
greyze Join Date: Jan 2004 Reputation: 30 Posts: 336	Same here, just got the game in the sale and it seems completely pointless playing as the mouse is just horrific to use!

12-29-2010, 06:24 AM	#3
Primebeef Join Date: Feb 2009 Reputation: 0 Posts: 45	Agreed, having my arm falling off after few minutes already, fix this ♥♥♥♥.

12-29-2010, 07:19 AM	#4
Reynaerdinjo Join Date: Jan 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 36	I can't test it right now but try switching vsync off.

12-29-2010, 08:05 AM	#5
Primebeef Join Date: Feb 2009 Reputation: 0 Posts: 45	Vsync was off here, same still Logitech driver running in the back though.

12-29-2010, 08:26 AM	#7
AtlasRapture Guest Posts: n/a	Have you tried disableing the Logitch driver? Also any happen if you max out mouse smoothness in the games options?

12-29-2010, 09:29 AM	#8
ZeroSignal Join Date: Feb 2005 Reputation: 92 Posts: 1,593	In every single FPS I have ever played, turning on vsync causes mouse lag. I can't think of a single game that doesn't have that problem. I play Doom3 without vsync, and the mouse extremely responsive. Make sure you have mouse smoothing off, too. I hate that. I don't use Logitech software, though I do have a Logitech MX518 mouse.

12-29-2010, 09:39 AM	#9
DIONightmare Join Date: Dec 2008 Reputation: 5 Posts: 142	Try lowering "Flip Queue" value (if you use Radeon cards. You'll need Ati Tray Tools to access this setting) or "Frame Pre-Render Limit" (GeForce cards. Years ago it was available right in the driver control panel, but I'm not sure if it's still there (haven't used NVIDIA cards since 8800GT), so you may want to install RivaTuner). Depending on what you consider a lag, try setting 2 or even 1 instead of 3 (default value). This will somewhat lower performance in OpenGL applications, but it's not like modern hardware can't run DOOM3 at hundreds of fps with any handicap You may want to check what kind of AA is used by the game - with extremely high values (or maybe supersampling is activated) DOOM3 may still lag on some machines. Run console by pressing CTRL+~ then enter com_showfps 1 and press enter. You may also want to disable Steam overlay for this game (Steam->Settings->In-Game and uncheck "Enable steam community in-game").

12-29-2010, 07:05 PM	#10
XxLaVaxX Join Date: Jul 2010 Reputation: 49 Posts: 376	set smooth mouse low set sensitivity high commands in_mouse 0 and / or in_mouse -1

10-02-2011, 04:48 PM	#11
Vincii Join Date: Sep 2011 Reputation: 3 Posts: 40	Here's the fix for those of you using Logitech software: Goto setpointII (or whatever it is you use) and disable "use OS accel and pointer speed". This worked for me and took out the mouse lag entirely.

05-14-2012, 04:30 PM	#12
tornadoofsharks Join Date: Oct 2010 Reputation: 5 Posts: 48	Vincii is right. Doom 3 was ignoring any mouse movement that was too slow, rather than being generally laggy or un-sensitive. I changed SetPoint to use its own implementation instead of 'OS Implementation' in the Game settings for the mouse and that fixed it. Funny thing is, I don't even use the Logitech mouse, just the keyboard. This was messing up the motion with my other, non-Logitech mouse.