I have only just begun experiencing this weird occurence, but whenever I try to move a unit, or queue an upgrade/unit, there is roughly a half-second delay between mouse/button-click, and actual response. I tried seeing if this occured in the Campaign, offline AI match, and the Challenges section, and they all worked just dandy. This has only occured after erasing a large portion of the Temporary folder in the C:\ drive, as alot of unused space was being filled. Did I perhaps affect the connection between the game's server by doing so, and can anyone recommend anything to help resolve this? Thanks. P.S. Yes, the delay really is that tedious and bad. Microing AND macroing is being hurt as a result. In addition, I have tried out Starcraft 1, WoW, and a multitude of other games and did similar actions to spot similarities, but there is nothing wrong with the other games. It is specific to this game alone, it seems.
So all mouse actions have a half-second delay only when you play online multiplayer games? Perhaps by deleting a temporary file, you erased a saved graphics setting, reverting it back to default?
That is quite possible. It also isn't one of those situations where the game stops or slows, then has a short period of very-fast movement to compensate. Game runs superbly on Ultra. It's just a physical delay. You think a re-install might help? I hope that doesn't erase Campaign saves.... errk....
Also, when I use the keyboard, to say, queue up some units; offline the icon and queue would well, 'queue' the moment I pressed it. Online, there is also a half-second delay when using the keyboard as well. I hate pressing or clicking and watching as the unit/building takes a dump before resuming it's duties. >.<
No; as we speak I've already uninstalled and am re-installing the game.... lol.... that method might have saved time, but I wanted to be sure, so I'm re-installing the whole she-bang.
If the issue persists, it is safe to assume that it is sabotage, perhaps a friend or family member you beat at SC2?
Sabotage is only ONE of my theories. Bear with me. Keyloggers have been installed on your computer. They only activate when your computer reaches a certain threshold of activity, say, roughly the amount of network traffic required to access battle.net. Not that this is their intention, the people watching you have no interest in your build order. Not that, if they saw and understood your build order, they would have anything against it, they just don't like StarCraft. Anyways, every input action you perform is relayed to their center for processing, and then back to your computer if it passes their checks. Sometimes, these will not pass, and the action will not perform. Maybe in StarCraft, it's just delays. But I'm sure you've clicked on a link, or typed something on the internet and it didn't work, right? Right. Thing is, it never fails for anyone else. Only for you, and only when your action fails their check. They are slowly shaping you into someone, something, that does specific things on the internet. What is it? With this kind of effort, planning, and expense, I'm not sure I want to know.
I have no idea what in the HELL you guys are going on about keyloggers. Try reading the FAQ first and posting a Dxdiag dump so we can get some kind of an idea of what to you are running. I have this issue on my laptop, because its Intel based GFX and can't play the game to begin with. If you are worried about keyloggers, install Microsoft Security Essentials a great FREE virus scanner. If you are worried about temp files and performance after deleting temp files, try a fantastic defragger called PerfectDisk Pro. Use it to remove all of your temp files THEN defrag using it. Try that, post your full system spec using dxdiag's save.
