Unresolved mouse drifting win 8.1

secrettsquirrel

Using Win 8.1 x64 and, in both windowed mode and full screen mode, the view spins/drifts if the mouse isn't centered. Whenever I move the mouse to rotate the view, the camera starts spinning in that direction and I have to counter the movement to slow it down. I was able to make it "manageable" by turning down the DPI resolution of my mouse (Razer Naga 2014) and bringing the camera rotation speed way down, but I wouldn't call it playable.

I did see the thread here but it didn't help: https://help.elderscrollsonline.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4492/kw/camera spinning

Update KB2903939 was already installed, and I also set the DPI compatibility settings of both the launcher exe and eso.exe, but am still having the issue.

pgiambal

I haven't tried this because I don't have your issue...

But I have noticed in the UserSettings.txt file there is a line:
SET MouseRawInput "1"

Try changing that to 0, saving, and relaunching?

My Docs\Elder Scrolls Online\live\UserSettings.txt

secrettsquirrel

Thanks- just tried that but no change.

pgiambal

Do you have a different mouse you can try to narrow down whether its the mouse driver or not?

secrettsquirrel

I also tried a basic Microsoft optical mouse (not sure what model) and had the same problem so pretty sure it's a Win 8 thing.

When I start the game in windowed mode, I don't have the problem UNTIL I move my character.

Mylum

I FOUND THE ISSUE! Control Panel>Hardware&Sound>Mouse>Pointer Options then DESELECT the box labeled "Enhance Pointer Precision"

I feel so accomplished! Damn, that drifting was annoying.

secrettsquirrel

That option was already disabled on my PC.

Mylum

Oh, well sorry. It fixed my drifting and another guys.

secrettsquirrel

Fixed.

Not sure why it wasn't working, but I did the following (it seemed easiest):

• Re-installed Win 8
• Installed updates & Nvidia driver
• Update to 8.1
• Re-DL & re-installed TESO - works fine
• Reconnect HDMI (for A/V sound receiver) and other monitor - works fine
• Install drivers & Synapse 2.0 for Naga mouse - still works fine

At this point I'm just going to enjoy playing for a bit. If I run into the problem again after reconfiguring the rest of my PC I'll post back.

Saerydoth

Mylum wrote: »

I FOUND THE ISSUE! Control Panel>Hardware&Sound>Mouse>Pointer Options then DESELECT the box labeled "Enhance Pointer Precision"

I feel so accomplished! Damn, that drifting was annoying.

Oh god, I hate that option. It is the bane of my existence on every computer I have to use, I have to fumble around until I can turn it off. (I use different computers at work, this isn't an issue on my home computer). Mouse acceleration is evil, I don't understand why anyone would ever want to use it.

jibsjones

YAy That worked perfectly Thanks!

wrlifeboil

secrettsquirrel wrote: »

I also tried a basic Microsoft optical mouse (not sure what model) and had the same problem so pretty sure it's a Win 8 thing.

When I start the game in windowed mode, I don't have the problem UNTIL I move my character.

I'm running Win 8.1 and don't have this drifting mouse problem. Which mouse driver did your mouse install load?

Interestingly I had this problem with 8.x in World of Warcraft last year. Microsoft followed up with a FixIt patch. It worked for me but didn't work for 100% of gamers with the same issue.

Edit: I see that you fixed the problem