There is nothing that can take away from the excitement of exploring the Wasteland in real time with your friends or other single gamers while you are playing Fallout 76.
Mouse latency, on the other hand, is a particularly annoying flaw that has the potential to significantly diminish the overall quality of the experience.
The latency in your mouse might make it difficult to aim at your foes or even pick specific things from your menu in a timely manner.
The good news is that there are a few different solutions to this problem, so continue reading to learn more about how to repair the mouse lag in Fallout 76!
Fixing Fallout 76 Mouse Lag:
1) Adjust Windows
To fix mouse lag on your Windows 10 computer, you can make a few adjustments. First, go to the Start Menu and select Control Panel.
You will see an option that says Mouse’ in the left-hand column. Click this and you will be presented with options for pointer speed, pointer size and double-click speed.
Adjust these as needed until you are satisfied with the performance of your cursor. If this does not work, head over to C:Program Files (x86)Fallout76Fo76editorbinand find the file called fallout76prefs.ini.
Open it up with Notepad or any text editor and change bMouseAcceleration=0′′ to bMouseAcceleration=1′′ then save the file.
2) Add Mods
The first step is to try removing any mods that you have installed. If you still experience lag after removing all of your mods, then the next step would be to remove the game’s in-game settings file and reset all of your settings.
Finally, if you’re still experiencing problems with your mouse then it may be time for a new mouse or mouse pad.
3) Adjust Graphics Settings
The graphics settings on your PC can impact the mouse lag in the game. To adjust these settings, first navigate to your computer’s Control Panel and select Display.
From there, you’ll have the option to change resolution, color quality, and other graphical aspects of the game.
Once you find a setting that fixes the problem, save it as your new default so that the fix will be applied automatically when you open the game again.
4) Adjust Console Commands
There are several console commands that can help you fix your mouse lag. The easiest way is to go into your console and type tfc and hit enter.
This will toggle the first-person camera on and off. Another command is tm which will toggle the mouse cursor on and off. You might need to use these commands for an extended period of time before it fixes the issue, but it should eventually work. If neither of those work then make sure that mouselook is enabled in the game’s settings menu or in falloutlauncher.exe.
5) Adjust Power Options (If Needed)
To adjust your power options, follow these steps:
- Click on the Start button and click Control Panel.
- Click on the Power Options tab and then on the Choose what the power buttons do.
- Select Change settings that are currently unavailable.
- Make sure you have selected the option for when you press a button such as Lid Close, you are going to want it set to sleep or hibernate.
6) Turn Off V-Sync
- C:\Users\ (INSERT USER NAME HERE) Documents\ My Games In Fallout 76,
- WordPad or another text editor may be used to modify the “Fallout76Prefs” ini file.
- To quickly locate this line, use “Ctrl+F” and enter “iPresentInterval=1.” Replace it with “iPresentInterval=0.”
- Close the file and save your changes. Due to the permanent nature of this file, making it read-only is unnecessary.
7) Disable Mouse Acceleration in Fallout 76
After you have taken care of the Vsync issue, the next thing you will nseed to do is turn off the Mouse Acceleration option.
In order to do this, you will need to create a text file in the C: drive that is labeled “Fallout76Custom.ini.” Users (name of account)DocumentsMy GamesFallout 76.
After you have finished creating the file, add a line to it that reads “Controls,” and then put “bMouseAcceleration = 0” beneath it.
There is a chance that this step isn’t going to be required at all, but performing it nonetheless won’t damage anything.
If you continue to have difficulties with mouse latency after you have already disabled Vsync, then this could be the solution for you. I found that just removing Vsync was enough to fix the problem for me.