(Brief cliff note that can be deleted if need be):
I did a search, and was surprised that there was not a topic named UI Lag. I named mine ui lag because I did not know if the search function is case sensitive or not. I did a search for this, and it was hit and miss. I feel that there needs to be a thread devoted to “UI Lag” solely. It is a problem all of it’s own.
How this effects me personally:
While trying to navigate my character throughout the game, I used methods such as W,S,A,D, and Hold down right mouse click to control “Camera Look” direction, with which to control the direction my character is going.
Problem:
Lose, the right mouse click (Right mouse click comes “Un-Clicked”). Resulting in you having to “Re-Click” the Right Mouse Click to continue navigating your character.
Some trouble shooting information:
At, first I could not pin point what excatly was the problem (been playing the game for about 4-5 months now.), I believed it might well be my mouse that is the problem, (And, it may yet be some of the problem still). However, Today I noticed that I could not move, after completing a heart quest that leveled me up at the same time.
Coincidentally enough, I was also trying to move my character with the standard W,S,A,D+Right Click Hold method. When I noticed something. The mouse cursor popped up just briefly then all of the sudden my character was unable to move. By this I mean, I could not roll, walk in any direction, it was as if my feet had fallen through an invisible wall in the map, and rooted my character to the ground right there on a (What appeared to be) a very flat unobstructed terrain. It was then that it hit me. The UI Lagged out, and froze up. I thought well I bet it’s my N52 game pad software, messing up. Popped up to the main keyboard, still nothing.
Now, how it seems to be effecting other people:
Classes that use ground targeting predominantly, such as Necro’s for instance. Seem to be having a harder time with this. As they are very dependent on being able to see where their cursor is. I have noticed that in very populated battles be it PvP, or PvE. That some times the cursor will just disappear completely for a few seconds, and you have to scurry your mouse about on the pad fanatically trying to get it back. This my friends is certainly UI Lag.
Problem:
Can’t See Cursor. (Cursor goes invisible)
Other thoughts:
I did see this mentioned in other a few other threads, and if there is some merging to be done, there should be a thread named ui lag/UI Lag as this is what the “Core” problem is what I believe to be.
I have seen other games deal with the cursor problem (Somewhat) by adding options in the game for the player to customize their cursor, to be what they feel would be the most visible to them.
I am also noticing just now, that there is no option in the “Options”, to control the Mouse Speed, as I have seen in so many other games. Is there a mouse speed accelerator in the games UI, or in the games other mechanics? If so, there needs to be a mouse speed control. Plus, the customization of the mouse cursor might help the disappearing act of the mouse some, but that is still really just a band-aide.
I’m not sure of what else can be done to fix this, as I’m not a programmer. I’m just a consumer, and reporting what the problem is. Hope this helps.
(edited by Copenhagen.1257)