Input/Keyboard causing process slowdown

I originally posted this on the lavishsoft forum since I can reproduce the problem without isboxer, but thought I might as well post it here now.

I should preface this by saying that these cases I'm unable to replicate the same behavior by launching D3 outside of inner space.

This issue seems to me to be specific to the Diablo 3.exe and inner space. There are two scenarios that are causing problems for me. The first is on the initial press and holding of any key. This is causing the application to essentially lock up and the fps to drop to 0-7. Strangely, I can go ahead and press another key and the application returns to normal.

The second case is when I simultaneously press more than one key. The application performance gets progressively worse I press more keys. 60 fps with 1 key to 25 fps with 2 keys to 7 fps with 3 keys and so on.

Could this be tied to some sort of conflict between the IS key repeat delay and Windows 7's own key repeat settings. I've verified and experimented with the windows settings for those key as well as the inner space settings with only limited luck. This thread is based off of the default settings for both, though.

Please let me know if I might have missed some information or if this has already been addressed in another thread.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

[lax]

Could this be tied to some sort of conflict between the IS key repeat delay and Windows 7's own key repeat settings.

No. Inner Space pulls the key repeat delay value from Windows.


I haven't heard of this happening to anyone else; my first thought is that it's more likely due to other software running on your PC somehow interfering. If you can provide ISBoxer's "Diagnostics for game crashes" from the Help menu (http://isboxer.com/wiki/Diagnostics), that would be a good start

Sure, here it is.

http://privatepaste.com/5401eaeb10

[MiRai]

I would guess it's the compatibility flag that's set, so open up the run command, type in "regedit", and navigate to the following location:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers

Remove the entry for Inner Space.

[lax]

Windows XP SP3 compatibility flag is definitely an issue and shouldn't be set on Inner Space, but if that doesn't help I just googled for "stij.exe" and it is described to cause an issue with exactly this description.
http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/pos ... pic=101042 - "keypress freezes or slows down programs"

I found the problem! apparently there was some program running in the background that was causing the problem.


NostalgicAlgorithms (Posted 1 month ago) #10
Interesting, do you know the name of the service that caused your headache?


AvestheFox (Posted 1 month ago) #11
sorry for the delayed response

the program that effing my computer is called stij.exe ... seems to be some sort of trojan thing that my antivirus hasnt been able to detect... removing it as I type this response

http://steamcommunity.com/app/4000/disc ... 412160316/ - "Game freezes/lags when holding any key."

Found the problem. It was a keylogger that was taking up CPU space every time I pressed a key. I had to end the process and remove it with an anti-malware program. The executable was named stij.exe
As soon as I ended it, Gmod worked fine.

Hopefully this will help anyone having the same issue.

http://forums.euw.leagueoflegends.com/b ... ?t=1135604 - "My FPS drops when i move my mouse!"

Quote:
Originally Posted by run n stun
i think i just found a solution, when you start a game go to task manager and go to processors and look for something called STIJ.exe or something similar and stop the process. now your mouse shouldn't make you drop fps
wow thanks dude that really helped after kicking the process my fps kept beeing stable and i can play without any lags! THANKS BRO!

.... get rid of stij.exe

...stij.exe

That was the issue. Thanks again.

[Ualaa]

I love Lax's level of support.