[0.12.27] and [stable] Not registering left click

[gerren]

Hello,

I have a hard time to left-click anything (menu, placing items, opening chest, assembler). From what I observed I am not able to click right after I 1) move 2) close any menu 3) rotate item. This state takes a second or so to recover from. After that period I am able to click again but as soon as I do mentioned actions, no clicking is possible.

This makes the game *NOT ENJOYABLE*, but not breaking. I do not have the courage to try throw a poison capsule on a base just for the fear that it simply won't happen. Any turret creeping is right out of the game.

Can you please look into it?

I've tried current stable version and also the current experimental build and both behave the same.

I am running (relatively) fresh Windows 10. Previously on Windows 7 it did not happen.

[kovarex]

That sounds very weird indeed.

Can you provide the log file?

[gerren]

Ahoj, rád tě poznávám,

moc detailní není. Nebudete potřebovat nějaký podrobnější?

[Smarty]

Ahoj, rád tě poznávám,

moc detailní není. Nebudete potřebovat nějaký podrobnější?

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[kovarex]

To be honest, I have no idea why is this happening, and as you are the only one with this issue, I strongly suggest checking your mouse

[gerren]

Well, this happens only in Factorio. I doubt I would be able to play Diablo III with this issue if you know what I mean...

[TruePikachu]

Are you using a touchpad/touchscreen which uses Synaptics drivers, by chance?

[daniel34]

Are you using a touchpad/touchscreen which uses Synaptics drivers, by chance?

Good call, Synaptics (and Elan) drivers will prevent any mouse input on the touchpad as long as a key is being pressed. Plugging in an actual mouse instead of using the touchpad will fix the problem.

What kind of input device are you using, gerren?

[orost]

I have the same problem. Left cliks, right clicks and scrollwheel (through gesture) are extremely unresponsive when using my touchpad in the game - only 1 in 3-5 actually register. The pause menu isn't affected, but the in-game GUIs like inventory are. Only affects Factorio, haven't noticed it in any other game or on the desktop. External mouse works fine.

Moving around makes it worse. When moving clicks will mostly not work, when standing they will mostly work, but they can still work when moving or not work when not moving.

I suppose that the mechanism that normally prevents rogue touchpad input while typing is going wild in Factorio for some reason. Since it doesn't happen in other games, perhaps there is something that needs to be done to suppress this feature that Factorio isn't doing?

Windows 8.1 64-bit, game is 0.12.29 installed through Steam, the touchpad's name is "Synaptics SMBus TouchPad".

[Jimbo]

Same issue, latest demo on OS X. I'm using the built-in touchpad of a Macbook Pro.

For me the issue is worse -- no left-clicks register for accessing inventory, no matter what I do.

Any updates on this? It's literally a game-breaking bug for me, and I just downloaded the demo to try this out...

[TruePikachu]

I have the same problem. Left cliks, right clicks and scrollwheel (through gesture) are extremely unresponsive when using my touchpad in the game - only 1 in 3-5 actually register. The pause menu isn't affected, but the in-game GUIs like inventory are. Only affects Factorio, haven't noticed it in any other game or on the desktop. External mouse works fine.

Moving around makes it worse. When moving clicks will mostly not work, when standing they will mostly work, but they can still work when moving or not work when not moving.

I suppose that the mechanism that normally prevents rogue touchpad input while typing is going wild in Factorio for some reason. Since it doesn't happen in other games, perhaps there is something that needs to be done to suppress this feature that Factorio isn't doing?

Windows 8.1 64-bit, game is 0.12.29 installed through Steam, the touchpad's name is "Synaptics SMBus TouchPad".

The problem is not on the Factorio side of things, it is your touchpad's drivers, and it is not affected by Factorio at all (you are just noticing it more). You will need to use an external mouse.

[Jimbo]

The problem is not on the Factorio side of things, it is your touchpad's drivers, and it is not affected by Factorio at all (you are just noticing it more). You will need to use an external mouse.

And how does that explain the same issue on OS X, with the computer's stock trackpad?

[TruePikachu]

The problem is not on the Factorio side of things, it is your touchpad's drivers, and it is not affected by Factorio at all (you are just noticing it more). You will need to use an external mouse.

And how does that explain the same issue on OS X, with the computer's stock trackpad?

For the same reason, the touchpad is ignored while typing. It was once possible to bypass this, but apparently not anymore.