Massive input lag with keyboard after September 2nd update.
Title. I don't know if it's the denuvo thing or something else, but it takes my keyboard several seconds to respond to any input now. I play survivor with a controller, but I play killer with KB/M and now killer is unplayable for me.
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Yeah I've had some of this on survivor side too on latency also
The game definitely felt less responsive after the last update and now it makes more sense. I’ve been getting more used to it, but it still feels janky. Hopefully this gets fixed.
Well, this goes way beyond being a little less responsive for me. If I hold W for like 5 seconds, my character will continue walking for at least 3 additional seconds when I let go. This keyboard input delay also extends to typing; both in the in-game boxes and in the steam overlay.
I have not had this issue but im also on a linux OS.
Is it true it's running both anti cheats at the same time?
This sounds borderline unplayable to me 😶 is that a Steam issue or on any platform using MKB?
It must be because I have some Asus drivers that easy anti cheat flag so i have to disable those drivers to even play DBD, i figured as the trials where on i wouldn't need to do that as its a specific issue with easy anti cheat…. still got flagged.
Yeah its true.
Unfortunately though these nothing more than bandaid as long as the game remains client sided instead of server checks then wont matter
I don't know if this even belongs here, but it reminded me of a weird bug I had yesterday with the keyboard, whenever I was searching for a perk, it deleted some of my letters, like when I typed in bot and wanted to add a, for botany knowledge, it deleted bot and replaced it with the a, it was impossible to type in some names of the perks
Played last night for a few hours on Steam, didn't see or have any issues.
The best things we can do is get logs or other data and submit it on BetaHub to the team directly: https://app.betahub.io/projects/pr-5642738318
To get logs, quit the game after experiencing the issue:
Windows Key + R → appdata → Local → DeadbyDaylight → Saved → Logs → DeadbyDaylight.log
I'm also experiencing the stuttering, but in an even stranger way.
If I don't move and only rotate the camera, everything is perfectly smooth. However, as soon as I start running, the game looks like it's dropping frames, even though the FPS counter stays around 120. The frame rate is technically high, but there is absolutely no smoothness.
The strangest part happens when you're hanging on a hook. If I press ANY button while rotating the camera, the game can suddenly turn into an extreme slideshow. The flickering/stuttering becomes so severe that it almost looks seizure-inducing.
And it gets even weirder: even after I stop pressing buttons and stop moving, the effect can persist for several seconds. Then, if I just rotate the camera without pressing anything, the game suddenly becomes perfectly smooth again.
So it doesn't seem to be a simple FPS issue. Something seems to be causing severe frame pacing/stuttering specifically when the game registers certain inputs or movement.
https://app.betahub.io/projects/pr-5642738318/issues/6883
It would appear that someone else has already made a bug report on that site regarding this issue, though I think the video provided, while appreciated, doesn't really convey exactly what's happening very well when casually viewing it. Every key press has a delay, and the input continues to be received well after the key is released. I'm not having any (new) performance issues related to network latency or FPS drops or stuttering, and I can switch between keyboard and gamepad and see the immediate difference in responsiveness. My keyboard also, of course, does not experience this delay outside of DBD, and never experienced it before this most recent update.
Anyone can add additional evidence to a report on BetaHub, and that would greatly help!
Ran into the same issue after the update. Every keyboard input seems to be backlogged by around 3-5 seconds. Also for me, spamming more keys at once seems to cause more input delay lag and even extends to typing in the chat. It makes the game unplayable if i’m pressing more than just W. It’s weird cause I have no input delay on my mouse or my mouse’s buttons and this issue only happens on DBD and not any other game. I really don’t know what to do :/
I’m glad there’s already a post on this. I’ve been having the same issue for the past couple days. Issue is definitely with DBD only. Did troubleshooting on both my laptop and desktop.
Checked integrity of files, set all settings to default, changed FPS, reinstalled the game, reinstalled steam. Tried different keyboards, pc and laptop both continue to have the exact same issue. If I hold the keys down too long, I have to wait for the game to catch up before new inputs are registered including the esc key if I’m just stuck walking. Definitely unplayable right now. Downloaded the game on Epic and inputs work just fine. So it might be DBD on Steam specifically.
I am also having this same problem. The only way I can play this game right now is if I use a controller which is uncomfortable for me. Its really odd that this seems to only be affecting such a extremely small amount of people.
I am also having the same problem. I have made sure it is not my internet connection (I have two different ones), local ethernet connection (ongoing diagnostics of lost frames, jitter, and latency to the AWS gamelift servers are steady), keyboards, PCs (I have tried two), etc. The only thing remaining is the game itself.
The game has been completely unplayable for me. i could hold w for about 10 seconds and be stuck moving the entire game. skill checks dont show up, and when they do, it'a only for a second. I'm having the keyboard delay for both survivor and killer.
So.. i wasnt having this issue since the update. But playing as Hinako and seeing that her hair was practically invisible made me start messing with the graphics. At one point i set the fps limmit to a smaller amount and when i started playing with that, there was huge input lag. Like my skill checks nearly missed every time as the button would be pressed around the great, then it would activate almost at the end. So i put the fps back to 120 and the lag went away.
I dunno if that effects your issue, perhaps your fps got lowered?
I was hoping that the update today would fix it, but nope, still the exact same. Killer is completely unplayable for me during 2v8. Fun.
As I said a few posts ago:
"I'm not having any (new) performance issues related to network latency or FPS drops or stuttering, and I can switch between keyboard and gamepad and see the immediate difference in responsiveness."
I play survivor with a controller and it's pretty much the same as it was before the broken update. I play killer with M/KB, and while my mouse inputs are read correctly, my keyboard inputs are not.
i thought i was the only one having this issue. i'm thinking i have a virus or something on my computer. But nope, just dead by daylight with the lag spike i'm dealing with on keyboard. every time i hold W or any key for my movement. my character moves by themselves. even tested other games on my computer. Just to make sure my keyboard is not damaged and swapped keyboards, same result. so ATM i'm forced to use a controller because they just keep breaking their game with updates. I hope they fix this issue soon.
I’m having the same issue and it’s 2vs8 and I’m pc/steam
Input lag, higher ping and ping fluctuation, desync. The only thing I haven't had was crashes. I love being a guinea pig.
Well, after the removal of Denuvo from the game today, my game has completely returned to normal. Very cool experiment that rendered more than half of my game unplayable for two weeks. Please go with a different anti-cheat if you have to move away from EAC, BHVR.
I've skipped out on the Denuvo trojan and was able to play again yesterday. No performance change that I could tell from Sep 1st.