Unexpected Mouse movement

[Noxelius]

Hi everyone,
I am new here so please forgive me, if I am making mistakes with this post.

So I noticed my mouse is never on its 'startingposition' after moving the coursor (or rather crosshair) around. This is without ever lifting the mouse.
And to mention, of course I don't have mouse acceleration or smoothing enabled.
 

I assumed, the mouse should be at the same postition it started, when moving the coursor to its original position, after some movement.

Is my assumption wrong, or is there actually something wrong here?

Using Windows 10 Pro Version 20H2 (19042.1110 Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.3530.0)
I have tested this with Logitech G502 and Xtrfy M4 inside CSGO, AimLab and Windows Desktop

 

[shoutingsteve]

You mean that if you move your mouse (the hardware) 3 cm to the left and then 3 cm to the right, then you cursor (software) isn't in the same spot on the screen?  Mine does not go back to its original spot, either.  Do you have a reason why you need it to restore its position?

[Noxelius]

In a way, yes.
Something always felt weird when playing FPS games. I am don't have legendary aim, though in my struggle to improve, I observed this.

I need it so X distance is always X distance. Or at least with the least amount of variance.
Sometimes I find my mouse at the edge of my desk. That seems to be way to high of a deviation.

Are you gaming with your setup as well?

[kirashi]

1 hour ago, Noxelius said:

Hi everyone,
I am new here so please forgive me, if I am making mistakes with this post.

So I noticed my mouse is never on its 'startingposition' after moving the coursor (or rather crosshair) around. This is without ever lifting the mouse.
And to mention, of course I don't have mouse acceleration or smoothing enabled.
 

I assumed, the mouse should be at the same postition it started, when moving the coursor to its original position, after some movement.

Is my assumption wrong, or is there actually something wrong here?

Using Windows 10 Pro Version 20H2 (19042.1110 Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.3530.0)
I have tested this with Logitech G502 and Xtrfy M4 inside CSGO, AimLab and Windows Desktop

Mouse acceleration (known as "pointer precision" on Windows) means your pointer will move on screen not just based off how far you move your mouse, but also how fast you move it. Some people don't mind it, some people (like myself) hate it. You may want to disable it to see which you prefer.

[Noxelius]

31 minutes ago, kirashi said:

Mouse acceleration (known as "pointer precision" on Windows) means your pointer will move on screen not just based off how far you move your mouse, but also how fast you move it. Some people don't mind it, some people (like myself) hate it. You may want to disable it to see which you prefer.

Thanks for not reading what I wrote!
 

[kirashi]

4 minutes ago, Noxelius said:

Thanks for not reading what I wrote!
 

I did read what you wrote, however, I forgot to note that I've run into situations where turning off mouse acceleration within the OS doesn't resolve this problem with certain models of mice that either a) have their own separate driver software or b) have their own acceleration built into the sensor / mouse itself.

My apologies for leaving that part out of my original reply. Since you note it happens with 2 separate models of mice, that points to probably something at the OS level, not mouse level. Does this issue happen after a clean installation of Windows? What about in a bootable Linux Live USB environment?

[Noxelius]

30 minutes ago, kirashi said:

I did read what you wrote, however, I forgot to note that I've run into situations where turning off mouse acceleration within the OS doesn't resolve this problem with certain models of mice that either a) have their own separate driver software or b) have their own acceleration built into the sensor / mouse itself.

My apologies for leaving that part out of my original reply. Since you note it happens with 2 separate models of mice, that points to probably something at the OS level, not mouse level. Does this issue happen after a clean installation of Windows? What about in a bootable Linux Live USB environment?

Sincere thanks now.

You can probably understand that I refrained from laboriously performing a fresh Windows installation until now. I have multiple drives, but the OS drive also has alot of productivity software, launchers and other which I wouldn't like to do again. Long story short, as for most users, cleanly reinstalling the OS is the last measure I shall take.

(I am more and more believing I have to do this. 'But it's not even spring yet!')

 

Trying a Linux liveboot didn't come to my mind.

But thinking about it, I doubt any meaningful insight. In my experience (ubuntu, mint, elementary, manjaro and some) a live environment doesn't have that good of a performance with mice (or peripherals in general). I stand to be corrected.