Xsplit, Payday 2, Mouse Problems, Lag

[Release The Kraken]

This is a strange place to post this, but I'm looking for as much help as people are willing to offer.

 

This has been happening to me and plenty of other people for a while (I tried getting help but I either get ignored or people give up trying to help me). It's also a big issue since the group I play with is entirely based around Payday 2...This doesn't just happen to Xsplit users; plenty of OBS users have reported this as well. When attempting to stream Payday 2 through either Xsplit or OBS, for some reason it will recognize my mouse clicks on my second monitor which will pop up right-click menus and even tab me out of the game rather frequently if it recognizes a left-click. The mouse doesn't physically appear, though. Something I have noticed is that if I pull up my Steam overlay while streaming Payday 2 that when my mouse pops up, it will be on the second monitor when the overlay pulls up. The only way I can stop this from happening is to have absolutely nothing on my second monitor so there's no windows to click. That let's me know that it's only recognizing my mouse when there is a window present that's not Xsplit.

Along with the mouse issues, my physical game lags/stutters down below 60 fps even though it outputs to the stream perfectly fine (even if I hit normal frame-rates, it's really choppy). This does not happen with ANY other game for me; only Payday 2. The funny thing is, the menus aren't affected as much. Only when I load into the heist does the lag start to kick into high gear.

These issues don't appear on all machines so I'm hoping that might help narrow down what's causing these issues. Something I thought was that it might be dual monitors or the refresh rates they're at. I'm on two 144hz monitors at the resolution 1920x1080. My second thought is that Xsplit or even Payday 2 has a few bugs with SLI configurations. I'm currently using two Gigabyte G1 Gaming 980's. The monitors are connected via DVI (same exact cables as well).

I hope I've given enough information to progress to resolving these issues. Thanks again if you read all the way through.

[EliasNM]

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Have you tried without mods or you don't have any mods and it still happens, maybe try playing in Windowed mode.

[Release The Kraken]

Have you tried without mods or you don't have any mods and it still happens, maybe try playing in Windowed mode.

 

Mods for Payday 2? Yes, it happens on a vanilla game as well. I've tried using windowed mode on most of my games when I'm not streaming and the performance seems to noticeably drop compared to full-screen performance.