Weird latency when rotating camera using Right Click, camera lag
When I want to rotate the camera using the right click there is a little latency between the moment I click and move and the moment the camera begin taking that action in considération. It's only at the beginning of clicking, after that, when you keep the click pushed it works normally.
Good idea from comments: Instead of using a time delay, isn't it better to use a minimum distance dragged before it starts rotating the camera? (Or moving the map, for those who use the swap camera buttons option.)
Comments: 60
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15 Sep, '21
Rose MergedWhen I right click and drag to rotate the view around, there's a weird delay between when I start the movement, and when the camera responds, as if it's waiting to double check that I'm actually trying to rotate the view, and it's rather annoying.
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16 Sep, '21
Yhoko MergedWhen pressing RMB / Wheel to rotate the camera, there is a annoying delay of about 300ms.
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16 Sep, '21
Niek MergedThere is a small delay when rotating the camera with right click. Don't know if its intentional. its like half a second.
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17 Sep, '21
pmduda AdminThis is working as intended, since the right click is also a Cancel action.
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17 Sep, '21
pmduda Admin MergedThis is working as intended, since right click is also Cancel.
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17 Sep, '21
Yonish Admin"Camera rotation delay" (suggested by Yhoko on 2021-09-16), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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17 Sep, '21
Yonish Admin"Bug: Small delay when rotating the camera." (suggested by Niek on 2021-09-16), including upvotes (1) and comments (1), was merged into this suggestion.
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17 Sep, '21
YhokoMay be working as intended, but please add an option. Delays are always bad usability.
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17 Sep, '21
greenbadger@pmduda re "This is working as intended, since the right click is also a Cancel action." - I don't think it is correct to say this, because if you use the swap camera buttons option, the lag gets transferred to the middle-click, which is not a Cancel button, and the right-click no longer has any lag. Also, I honestly think that the lag is trying to fix a problem that doesn't exist (I've never experiencecd an issue in other games where right-click is both cancel and camera control) by creating a UI oddity that only serves to confuse, and potentially annoy.
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17 Sep, '21
bcmpincInstead of using a time delay, isn't it better to use a minimum distance dragged before it starts rotating the camera? (Or moving the map, for those who use the swap camera buttons option.)
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18 Sep, '21
RoseEven if it's also a cancel action, a delay on the rotation doesn't make a lot of sense because just right clicking wouldn't noticably move the camera. Agreed that a minimum distance would be better.
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18 Sep, '21
Yhoko MergedSorry @pmduda but that's simply not true. I use the swap buttons so rotation happens on mouse wheel click. I use right click to move the camera and even there's no delay it works perfectly together with the cancel action. Actually never needed to cancel using RMB (or even noticed that it's possible).
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20 Sep, '21
pmduda Admin"Weird delay when rotating view" (suggested by Rose on 2021-09-15), including upvotes (3) and comments (2), was merged into this suggestion.
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03 Oct, '21
AdamI agree. This is frustrating, and I can't find an option to disable or change it. Even changing it to 20 ms etc would be a MASSIVE improvement.
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03 Oct, '21
Hellion MergedThere is no floor collision while zooming as seen in the image.
Also, while dragging the right button to oscillate the camera from right to left (unlocked camera) there seem to be some invisible box a few centimeters around the cursor. The camera does not move unless the mouse goes out of the "box", which feels very weird. Plus, releasing the cursor will snap/reset it back to the middle of the screen. -
05 Oct, '21
pmduda Admin"Bug - Floor Collision & RB camera drag" (suggested by Hellion on 2021-10-03), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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16 Oct, '21
LophoI just started playing this game and this issue is driving me insane. There are plenty of games where right click is both the cancel action and camera rotate, and it's never a problem. I agree with the comment that this is trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist. The game would feel a lot better to me without the delay.
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20 Nov, '21
Jack Balmy MergedThere is a slight delay when rotating the camera using right click; I understand the usefulness of that but being able to toggle that would be nice.
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22 Nov, '21
Gin Fuyou Admin"Right Click Rotation Delay" (suggested by Jack Balmy on 2021-11-20), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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29 Nov, '21
TypoMatser MergedWhenever I want to turn the camera through the default right-click action, there is a half second delay before you can actually move the camera. Its a small annoyance but I move the camera a lot and would like to see that delay removed.
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01 Dec, '21
Gin Fuyou Admin"Remove delay from right click camera movement." (suggested by TypoMatser on 2021-11-29), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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25 Dec, '21
Jan MergedIm loving the game so far, but one thing I noticed was the delay between right-clicking and the camera starting to rotate. I think the delay should be way smaller, like in Besiege (right-click in Besiege makes the camera move instantly, i can provide a copy of Besiege to demonstrate)
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25 Dec, '21
Gin Fuyou Admin"Faster camera movement" (suggested by Jan on 2021-12-25), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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30 Dec, '21
BertieI get the lag when rotating the camera too. I can understand the logic of needing it to prevent accidental movement when cancelling something with a right click, however I have my middle mouse bound to rotate the camera so this doesn't apply to me.
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06 Jan, '22
kammiJust adding on that I too have this issue- and I have the buttons swapped so Im using the middle button, not the 'cancel' button. I thought that this may have been a Mac issue but thats not the case. Thus far its the only thing that drives me into a rage lol- rest of the game is lit
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14 Feb, '22
OwenWanted to also add on and say that yes, this is a problem for me as well. I've also switched middle click and right click and the camera rotation still does have a second or so delay before it's allowed to actually rotate. I've not seen this in a game like this before and it definitely stands out. An option to set the delay time (or turn it off) would be a perfect solution. More options are always better, but ESPECIALLY this one.
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17 Mar, '22
hyperboleThis is a serious usability problem for me. The delay duration is too long, in the least, and binding one button to more than one action is not great UX design.
> This is working as intended, since right click is also Cancel.
You can't be serious, so many other similar games have both right-click cancel and righ-click-and-drag to move the camera. Having camera controls on the mouse is more important than cancel, I would suggest, so maybe bind Cancel to another key or let us remove the lag, or both. -
18 Mar, '22
Gin Fuyou Adminhyperbole, devs may reconsider it in the future, but for now you could try using the mod https://timberborn.thunderstore.io/package/testpushpleaseignore/CameraRotateDelayFix/
Some standing game issues are coming from Unity engine as I understand -
21 Sep, '22
Nakeela MergedWhen right-clicking to rotate the camera around the cursor doesn't immediately start moving the camera. The cursor first has to move about a cm on the screen before the camera starts to rotate which feels really clunky. Make the camera move imediately on leftclick hold and move.
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21 Sep, '22
Gin Fuyou Admin"Interface improvement: Mouse drag and rotate camera fix" (suggested by Nakeela on 2022-09-21), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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14 Dec, '22
Jonathan MergedWhen I press Right Mouse Button to rotate the camera, there is a 0.5 second delay before i can rotate. If i move the mouse immediately when pressing the RMB, the cursor will move instead of the camera. The same happens when I press the RMB when already moving the mouse.
There is a delay before the rotation actually happens. Please fix this! -
14 Dec, '22
Gin Fuyou Admin"Right mouse rotation - remove the delay" (suggested by Jonathan on 2022-12-14), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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16 Dec, '22
Colin Dawson MergedI use the Right-click move mouse control to swing my camera around. Since 0.3.4.3.9ee005d-sw released, there is a very noticeable delay before the mouse move is recognised. It can be several seconds, before the screen responds, or sometimes it does not respond at all! This makes navigation tricky.
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18 Dec, '22
JonathanI see some people saying it's working as intented, but this is a jarring way to rotate the camera. It greatly hurts the responsitivity of the game.
@Gin Fuyou the mod you posted doesnt seem to remove it anymore. -
18 Dec, '22
LukePlease fix the delay when using right click to rotate the camera. I literally have not played the game since I purchased the early access the day it came out because of this issue.
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18 Dec, '22
Gin Fuyou AdminJonathan, most mods are broken after update 3, not sure if creator is still active.
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11 Jan, '23
Kenwoodfox MergedI dont know about several seconds but i have a very repeatable 200-400ms delay every single time i right click to rotate the camera, Honestly it bugs me so bad! I would really like to see it investigated
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26 Jan, '23
anon MergedHeya, I've really been enjoying your game. One thing that constantly bugs me though is the camera rotation with the right mouse button.
After clicking rmb and dragging, there is always a deadzone in which the camera doesnt rotate yet. I think it would make for a much better experience if it was moving immediately. Maybe change to rotation mode with rmb and not rmb+detected motion. -
10 Mar, '23
Gin Fuyou Admin Merged"Smoother Camera movement" (suggested by anon on 2023-01-26), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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16 Mar, '23
sfgkjsndfgkjnsdfkjsdfbkljnsdfbklj MergedLag on camera rotation with right-click. Sad to see this is a 'feature'.
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21 Mar, '23
noob_devsThis right-click latency issue has been a known bug since release day? And the devs are calling it "working as intended"?! Been playing RTS games my whole life and never have I ever seen such a poor UX choice regarding the camera.
Refunding. -
24 Mar, '23
rockyComing in here to agree with everyone, I just got the game as part of summer sale. The delay is so jarring, makes me want to avoid rotating the camera at all tbh. Wish I could change it.
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29 Mar, '23
ThomasDamn, I just read through the update 3 patch notes and was very excited to jump in and play it. But it breaking the mod just means I'm not going to play the game. It's such an atrociously bad usability design choice I can't wrap my head around how there isn't a setting for this. It feels like lag in an offline game.
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30 Mar, '23
Gin Fuyou AdminSeriously I haven't noticed the lag until read this, and forget each time immediately.
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31 Mar, '23
BenGin Fuyou - honestly, good for you, but the number of comments and upvotes on posts about this is insane. Is adding an option to fix this not even a consideration? Blaming unity for this seems like a huge cope - plenty of other games don't require an artificial delay. At least bind mouse camera rotation to the alt key, I think civ does this.
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01 Apr, '23
Gin Fuyou Admin46 is not insane
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09 May, '23
Jamie CUsing the CTRL, ALT or Shift with the R button might mitigate the issues people are having. And giving us the ability to change the keybindings would be very helpful. Maybe CTRL-Right Click to Cancel, or give us the option to only Cancel with the ESC button.
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25 May, '23
liakosVery wierd to see the right click delay is intended behaviour... game looks cool so far but 20 minutes in this is extremely annoying for such a small thing. It' s probably the fastest i have ever tried to mod a game but the mod doesn' t work either. Also, if it is necessary behaviour for the right click to work as a cancel button as well, then please at least remove the delay when swap camera buttons is selected.
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24 Sep, '23
izual69 MergedWhen you click on the right mouse button, there is a little delay until you are able to rotate the camera around. Mouse icon moving to the direction you want the rotate the camera can be seen.
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24 Sep, '23
Gin Fuyou Admin"Bug: Input lag on right click camera move." (suggested by Colin Dawson on 2022-12-16), including upvotes (9) and comments (4), was merged into this suggestion.