Mouse Drags When In Game

[nathanalex66]

Hello Cry of Fear developers! I have enjoyed your game for quite some time and it is quite amazing. It's just whenever I attempt to play the game, it does something where the mouse tends to drift away and keep going in a direction I am moving the mouse. Sometimes on rare occasions it does not happen, but most of the time it does it. I have attempting using a program like RInput, but it just makes the menus messed up, and not the game itself. It will make the mouse way offset from where it originally is, which is not good, so I have to move the mouse off of the actual thing I want to select just to select it, which is hard because the offset position is very hard to determine. If you could possibly help me solve this issue, that would be fantastic. I am running Windows 10 64bit Home Edition.

[Headshot?]

Hello Cry of Fear developers! I have enjoyed your game for quite some time and it is quite amazing. It's just whenever I attempt to play the game, it does something where the mouse tends to drift away and keep going in a direction I am moving the mouse. Sometimes on rare occasions it does not happen, but most of the time it does it. I have attempting using a program like RInput, but it just makes the menus messed up, and not the game itself. It will make the mouse way offset from where it originally is, which is not good, so I have to move the mouse off of the actual thing I want to select just to select it, which is hard because the offset position is very hard to determine. If you could possibly help me solve this issue, that would be fantastic. I am running Windows 10 64bit Home Edition.

What kind of mouse do you use? Have you made sure your mousepad and laser are free from dirt and dust?

Also, please make sure you do not have any joystick controllers connected (ex. Xbox, PlayStation, etc...).

[nathanalex66]

I use an optical mouse. I have made sure it is free from dirt, dust, etc. It is very new got it not too long ago. I have no joysticks/xbox controllers connected. It seems the problem only occurs in windowed mode. When I go full screen, it fixes the mouse, but sounds break. I would like it if windowed mode mouse drag was fixed. :/

[ZikShadow]

That is strange.
Does this happen in other games/programs as well? Or particularly Goldsource ones like Half-Life 1/Sven Coop/etc?

[Headshot?]

This issue doesn't seem to be related to Cry of Fear, it's problems either directly with laser interference, program conflict, or mouse settings through Windows.

Now you did say Fullscreen "fixes" the issue, but in Windowed mode is when the issue occurs. Ensure all unnecessary background programs (ex. Hamachi, Skype, GameBooster, etc...) are turned off while you're running Cry of Fear.

If you're on a laptop, going under Mouse settings through Control Panel on Windows and disabling the touchpad could work. You can also make sure that "Hide Pointer while Typing" is enabled - this is a good option to have ticked at all times.

As a side note, if you're experiencing audio issues while Fullscreen, make sure you have updated audio drivers (whether that'd be updating the motherboard drivers or software drivers via Windows) or adjust your audio settings through Windows (ex. making sure proper audio are on and unnecessary audios are disabled.)