Terry N. Muse
Terrarian
Roughly a week or two ago, I installed a Windows 10 Update; I don't recall whether it was specifically the Anniversary, Creators, or another update, but it seemed fairly publicized (received notifications and e-mails about it - not sure where the e-mail went...). Since then, I've encountered problems with running Terraria. Due to using a laptop, I always run it on FPS-optimized settings (frame skip on, low quality, no backgrounds, retro lighting, waves/storms/heat off, etc.). It has usually achieved 60 FPS, though tends to dip in demanding situations (home bases tend to be laggy, presumably due to how much there is on-screen at once, as well as events such as Frost Moon or Pillars). Regardless, that isn't the main focus.
My FPS is fine to me. However, my mouse and keyboard have periodically become extremely laggy ever since the update. This seems to be independent from Terraria to some degree, since this occurs even in situations when there appears to be nothing taxing Terraria. In particular, rain causes my mouse movement to become extremely choppy. It begins eating my inputs, beginning/stopping an autofiring weapon can take several tries, and keys sometimes become "sticky" - my character may continue walking in one direction after I release the key or even press in the other direction. This can occur even when Terraria is running at a perfectly smooth 60 FPS.
Similarly, minimizing Terraria in the taskbar with frame skip off (a trick to effectively accelerate in-game time as much as the computer allows, typically used for AFK farming) causes a period of extreme lag to my laptop as a whole. The mouse continues to have choppy movement and there can be a pause of several seconds before Windows responds to any key or mouse clicks. In some cases, alt-tabbing to other windows causes them to freeze and then close abruptly. This period of lag can last anywhere from a few seconds to over a minute, and minimizing with frame skip on prevents it from occurring (but also prevents background acceleration).
My drivers claim to be fully updated, and reinstalling them does not fix the issue. I have attempted restoring a previous version of Windows 10 to no avail.
I am using a Lenovo laptop. I am running Terraria v1.3.5.3, and commonly use Task Manager to change Terraria's base priority to High when loading it. In Control Panel, my processor is "Intel Core i7-4510U CPU @ 2.00GHz 2.60 GHz" with 8.00GB of RAM. Graphics card is Intel HD, with approx. 2160MB total memory.
Advice on what the exact cause of the issue is and/or instructions on how to fix it would be deeply appreciated. Thank you for your time.
My FPS is fine to me. However, my mouse and keyboard have periodically become extremely laggy ever since the update. This seems to be independent from Terraria to some degree, since this occurs even in situations when there appears to be nothing taxing Terraria. In particular, rain causes my mouse movement to become extremely choppy. It begins eating my inputs, beginning/stopping an autofiring weapon can take several tries, and keys sometimes become "sticky" - my character may continue walking in one direction after I release the key or even press in the other direction. This can occur even when Terraria is running at a perfectly smooth 60 FPS.
Similarly, minimizing Terraria in the taskbar with frame skip off (a trick to effectively accelerate in-game time as much as the computer allows, typically used for AFK farming) causes a period of extreme lag to my laptop as a whole. The mouse continues to have choppy movement and there can be a pause of several seconds before Windows responds to any key or mouse clicks. In some cases, alt-tabbing to other windows causes them to freeze and then close abruptly. This period of lag can last anywhere from a few seconds to over a minute, and minimizing with frame skip on prevents it from occurring (but also prevents background acceleration).
My drivers claim to be fully updated, and reinstalling them does not fix the issue. I have attempted restoring a previous version of Windows 10 to no avail.
I am using a Lenovo laptop. I am running Terraria v1.3.5.3, and commonly use Task Manager to change Terraria's base priority to High when loading it. In Control Panel, my processor is "Intel Core i7-4510U CPU @ 2.00GHz 2.60 GHz" with 8.00GB of RAM. Graphics card is Intel HD, with approx. 2160MB total memory.
Advice on what the exact cause of the issue is and/or instructions on how to fix it would be deeply appreciated. Thank you for your time.
