# Variable delay between input (keypress) and action (output on the screen)

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/variable-delay-between-input-keypress-and-action-output-on-the-screen/12961>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [November 18, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/variable-delay-between-input-keypress-and-action-output-on-the-screen/12961 "2016-11-18T23:59:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alacard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Alacard](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Alacard)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/variable-delay-between-input-keypress-and-action-output-on-the-screen/12961/1 "2016-11-18T23:59:23Z")

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 I am receiving either latency or draw stuttering with the latest few versions of Cataclysm:DDA. There is a significant delay between pressing a key while driving (faster driving increases this delay) and the input being received by the game. This was not present when I last played (several months ago.)

Instead of running smoothly, the game appears to stagger/stutter from something not being set properly? While I have video of this, tagged on Youtube as "bug" and "Cataclysm:DDA" which can be searched as a video uploaded today, "[i]Sorry, you are not allowed to post external links.[/i]" is in place for some reason.

 I have yet to post on GitHub about this being a bonafide bug as it could be a misconfiguration on my part. I have attempted to adjust the settings under Options>Graphics, especially the “animations”, “Rain/SCT animations”, “Fullscreen”, “Rendering Mode” and “Scaling”. Additionally, I have attempted this without any tiles (console) with no effect.

 Maybe somebody smarter than I can shed some light on what is going on in my game.

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Cataclysm:DDA info:  
[ul]Version: 0.C-19655-g25c76b0 (tiles)  
Build: 5891  
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1[/ul]  
My system specs are as follows:  
[ul]Processor: AMD FX™-6300 Six-Core Processor (6 CPUs), ~3.5GHz  
Memory: 8192MB RAM  
Page File: 3408MB used, 12901MB available  
DirectX Version: DirectX 11  
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970  
Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (59Hz)  
Monitor Name: Acer V223WL(Analog)[/ul]