Jables Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 Since 2.8/Steam, I have had a bad problem with what I think is lag, but I could be way off, I've been known to be wrong before. My controls are very "mushy" is the way I would put it, when I try to change directions, it may take a second or two for the keystroke to kick in, and I notice that if I am typing in chat, frequently my keystrokes take a second or so to appear sometimes. It is annoying to say the least. So, does this sound like "lag" to those that might be better informed than I? And if so, is there any suggestions that might help me with this problem? Its frustrating to get near a cliff or something high up, try to get near the edge to look over, and then to fall off because the game doesnt recognize I've already stopped pressing "w". Thanks in advance for any advice/help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StateCop Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 Sounds like your system is having trouble keeping up or the priority on your steam app is set lower. Someone suggested this as a fix for some of the steam problems out there when it first come out but that can be chalked up to those people who also suggest typing kill in the console.I can help you with this but I need to know a little about your systemsuch as...........- OS?- How you connect? (with hlsw or just through steam)-You system setupPost these and I will give it my best shot.I am also moving this to the steam help desk as others may have suggestions but from what you describe it sounds like something I have seen before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jables Posted November 9, 2003 Author Share Posted November 9, 2003 -StateCop]Sounds like your system is having trouble keeping up or the priority on your steam app is set lower. Someone suggested this as a fix for some of the steam problems out there when it first come out but that can be chalked up to those people who also suggest typing kill in the console. I can help you with this but I need to know a little about your system such as........... - OS? - How you connect? (with hlsw or just through steam) -You system setup Post these and I will give it my best shot. I am also moving this to the steam help desk as others may have suggestions but from what you describe it sounds like something I have seen before. Windows ME (Please don't laugh at me =[ ) Connect through steam Athlon 1700xp, 512 ram, 120g HD, Geforce 2mx (my g4 4200i card burned up if u recall, still stinks in this room) soundblaster audigy and ummm I guess thats it. something to add, this problem only occurs with keystrokes, mouse movement and buttons are not affected Thanks SC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StateCop Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 have you checked the handicap thing in Control Panel...WinXP has it I think ME may also....anyway it slows down your keys. IF that doesnt work try let me know....I would also suggest WinXP but if you dont have a fresh copy at hand then you may want to defrag your system. Let me know how those work for you....If that doesnt we will try some other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornToDie1955 Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 Win 2000 & XP are best than Me who have a lot of bugs... And i think there is for that your GeForce 4 Ti 4200 burned cos it's for 2000 or xp win + new updates from Nvidia site.Egidio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jables Posted November 9, 2003 Author Share Posted November 9, 2003 Before 2.8, I never had this problem and of course I was running ME at the time, so not sure if XP is the answer. I did a defrag, no help. I might try a re-install next, not sure what else to do. Only thing I do know for sure is FA is almost unplayable now. Its very frustrating to be sliding around shooting aimlessly because you cant control where you are going. I wont be playing much if at all until this is fixed.Also, I don't have this problem with DOD or CS. And I don't really like playing either one of those mods. Go figure it has to happen to the one mod I like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psy4 Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 I don't get the same but one thing similar one day.I play FA normaly, after a few time i quit the game and come back to my desktop.After that i talk on msn and when i finish i come back to the game and..Surprise : FA is come back in direct3D, all my key was removed (not go to default values, i got no value for each key).So i replace all key correctly, play a little, quit the game and come back later... Surprise again , all my key was removed again.Solution : uninstall FA AND Half life and reinstall all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macgyver Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 I beleive it is your connection. There are times I slide around and I thknk it is the server/connection not the game. Maybe steam.You could try a different keyboard.I have had weapon sound effect lag. This was a system memory issue.You can try our Steam install guide.It is best to start from scratch with Steam sometimes.I use Win ME myself on all 10 of my computers. That is not the issue. I hear of just as many problems nowadays with XP as ME. The only difference I see is less blue screens for SOME people.You can reinstall ME if none of the above do not work. You will not loose anythjing. Just save your FA config.cfg, menus, sprites, maps.. Get the latest drivers on cdrom before this is done as well. The better prepared you are the easier getting up to speed is.Mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornToDie1955 Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 -BornToDie]Win 2000 & XP are best than Me who have a lot of bugs... And i think there is for that your GeForce 4 Ti 4200 burned cos it's for 2000 or xp win + new updates from Nvidia site. Egidio. I forgot to type Mac there is the french version of Me who have a lot of bug, the english or USA version, i dont know if there is some crash bugs who make this blue sky ? Ow ! Blue screen, sorry. Egidio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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