Skyrim: howto fix input lag and vertical sensitivity for mouse and 360 controller (PC)
Why Arqade Stack Exchange recommends it
Arqade (Gaming Stack Exchange) users link it when answering questions about Skyrim mouse lag, input problems, and mismatched mouse sensitivity on PC.
Recommended by 2 people across 2 different months, 2011 to 2016.
What it is
A short 2011 PC tutorial that walks through a nine-step fix for Skyrim's mouse and gamepad input lag and uneven vertical/horizontal mouse sensitivity. It combines the 1.1 patch, ini edits, a driver setting for pre-rendered frames, and the D3D Antilag mod with a 50 FPS cap. Presented by YouTuber Killatomate85.
What people said
Recommends Mazura · 2014-10 · Arqade Stack Exchange · on “Skyrim, Fallout 3 and New Vegas: major mouse issues”
"Up until the driver update it worked", roll back your driver. Make note of any additional settings that disappear, and any different settings. Skyrim: how to fix input lag and vertical sensitivity for mouse and 360 controller (PC) [this video] - YouTube Most of these are ini tweaks. Try lowering your pre-rendered frames in the Nvidia control panel to 1. Cap the frame rate at 50fps. Alternatively: ( GameFAQs [LINK] , --Helfire-1) Enable adaptive Vsync (half refresh rate) Enable triple frame buffering Pre-render 3 frames In the ini file: Mouse acceleration off {add bMouseAcceleration=0 to [Controls]} In the standard options: Distant object detail (medium) My settings : (Like in the video, it also
Recommends Tomáš Zato · 2016-12 · Arqade Stack Exchange · on “How to fix Skyrim's incredibly long loading screen caused by d3d9.dll?”
I have just bought Skyrim, and instead of 3 hours of playing, I've been spending 3 hours getting it to work. I experienced heavy mouse input lag (about 0.2 seconds, try to block someone's sword with that). I fixed this problem using instructions in this video [this video] . In particular, this instruction had the strongest effect: Step 6: -download "D3D_Antilag_v1.1" and move "D3D9.dll" and "antilag.cfg" into the game folder (where the *.exe files are located) -open antilag.cfg with notepad and set "frames rendered ahead" to "1" (This forces frames rendered ahead to 1 and adds a framelimiter, which is required to fix vertical sensitivity issues) Step 7: -open antilag.cfg with notepad and change "
Cites Simechski · 2011-11 · Arqade Stack Exchange · on “How can I sync vertical/horizontal mouse sensitivities?”
A full solution is presented here : If it's not enough, (like for me: old sys = low framerate + a widescreen), play windowed in 4/3. A patch is coming at the end of november, maybe it'll provide a real solution.