As we all know, Doom eternal comes tomorrow and I can not thank Google enough to give me the opportunity to play FPS with a mouse and keyboard. That being said ; I have a 2017 macbook air and playing on chrome is very laggy and stuttering... I turned down all my background app, and use Canary, while better still has lot of stuttering... Am I the only one experiencing this?
On Chromecast and phone (2.4g), it is perfect especially on newer games like The Division 2, it is perfect, I do not know how they do it but I have no latency, feels like playing my xbox but on chrome... No latency but lot of stuttering
Do you have anything enabled at chrome://flags? If so, reset those options to the default and restart Chrome to see if that has any impact.
You might also try running Stadia in an Incognito Window to try to eliminate issues related to your browser profile.
worked! ![]()
I give up... I tried everything I saw on the web and nothing worked... Incognito, canary, flags, incognito in canary, browser update... It is not like my mac is crap, it is a 2017 MacBook Air that perfectly run xcode, Android studio, Android emulator... But not stadia...?
How about a browser settings reset?
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/3296214
Also, does it make any difference whether you use keyboard+mouse or a controller?
@codesplice same, weither I use the controller, an external mouse or trackpad, it is the same. Although it is better than before, the issue is still there... There is no latency but stuttering, this is sad since I really want to play fps with a mouse and keyboard... I mean stadia made me enjoy FPS games because I hated them in console. I really hope this issues gets solved...
I mean I get console experience, mobile experience (especially when the touch stadia will be added to the app)
And PC experience...
This is gold just need to fix that Chrome thing
@jayo2k That sucks. ![]()
I'm afraid I don't really know my way around Macs so I can't personally offer any recommendations outside of the Chrome browser itself (which we've already covered). So I'm gonna have to bow out here, but I'd encourage you to use the Feedback option in Stadia to report your experience to the devs. Maybe there's something that can be optimized from their end.
Have you tried the stadia controller on your Mac ?
I didn't try Xbox controller but for me, if I use the mouse it's very stuttering. But with stadia controller (still on Chrome and windows 10) I have no issue
And is it the same as this
If yes , fill a report. More report we do, faster they will answer
I have the same problem with stuttering. I have tried Chrome Browser, incognito tab and new edge browser. Always the same problem. Games are all stuttering with mouse and keyboard and have blurry visuals. Speedtest says 900 mbit/sec with Ethernet, Stadia says "excellent" connection and 4K is on.
@Pheenix Are you also on a Mac?
No Windows 10
I think that chrome thing is the only weak point on Stadia... If they solve this, it will be magic. Plying FPS on laptop is gold
I've been having a lot of similar issues. Playing with Chrome in incognito with controller. Usually it will be fine, after 10 minutes or so the controller will lockup and I have to refresh the page to fix it. After the refresh everything gets pixelated and glitchy. I get popups saying my connection is unstable and eventually get kicked with the "you need a better connection to play" message. I have Fios Gig and my computer is hard lined into my firewall (not using Verizons crappy router). I check speeds and everything is fine.
Sometimes fully exiting the game fixes the issues, other times it doesn't. I have no issues on chromecast or my phone.
Have 5he same issue. My laptop is a bit old. But has 6gb ram core i5 has no trouble with streaming anything or with speed test comes back as excellent. But laggy and stuttering like crazy. .unplayable for me on Chrome. At least on my only PC in the house. It runs Win10. Also tried booting debian and elementary OS but same thing with both chrome and chromium. Maybe it's just my hardware. But connection seems great for everything else :?
Same issue. Stuttering. Windows 10 great internet and great laptop
Sounds about right. I have two machines hooked up to ethernet and they lag in Chrome.
I can confirm this is still happening. GIg internet and windows 10 running VP9 and doom eternal becomes very frustrating to play. delayed input and the only way to fix is it, is to pause the game and let the connection traffic slow down because its mostly a black pause menu. about 30 seconds in the input delay and screen delay begin again.
My experience can be various on Chrome-cast and Chrome. A few months ago, when I played Assassin's creed on chrome-cast, sometimes it lagged so much become unplayable. But once I switch to my chrome browser on my MacBook pro (2018 version) it works perfectly. But sometimes it could be the other way round (chrome become unplayable, chrome-cast worked perfect) I have to point out that both devices are in the same room (only less than 2 metres away from each other) And I don't understand why this could be the case.
And recently Stadia on Chrome has become so laggy. The graphic quality can get pixelated for a second or two even I am not moving or pressing any button. The input and visual lags are also a big issue. I did tune my performance to the lowest level so I don't request this much data to steam. And I definitely have good internet to play Stadia ("Excellent" on stadia)
On the chrome-cast, it works like butter, no lag no visual lag, almost perfect. (there was some audio issue, where when I fire a gun, I hear some eco sound, or some audio delay, but at the least the game is playable.)
If you haven't been able to fix this I think I might be able to help. If youre on wifi then go to the Apple in the top left and choose System Preferences. When those come up go to Security and Privacy. Click the Lock in the bottom left to unlock the settings and then turn of Location Services. This should help, for some reason while you're online with wifi MacOS continually scans for new wifi SSID's near you to determine your location. When this happens it basically causes Stadia and other Remote Play services to just disconnect for a brief moment causing them to freak out and you get the issues you're having.
You might want to to turn off some of the location services on your Mac as described here. https://community.stadia.com/t5/Getting-Started-With-Stadia/Troubleshooting-wifi-latency-in-MacOS/td... That helped for me.
In general it seems that most 'stuttering' and lag issues are caused by things outside of Chrome. More often than not by the OS itself doing a bit too much networking. There is a reason preferred stadia play is with Chromecast and the Stadia controller.
for me stadia on windows 10 is unplayable, wired connection, 1Gbs fibre broadband, tried all the fixes nothing worked.
Then dual boot linux ubuntu and hey presto no issues at all?
It's the same on my Surface Pro 6 using Chrome. I've tried everything to no avail. It's obviously a Chrome issue for pc/Mac. Stadia works perfectly on my tv/Chromecast and my phone. Lag only happens on laptop. So far I've seen no actual solutions to the issue. I've reset flags, done the incognito browser, etc. Nothing works.
I also had some problems at the beginning, especially with the stability and the quality. what disturbs massively is Bluetooth. I removed and deactivated everything that has to do with Bluetooth. I use a weak Chromebook without a LAN connection. Now I have a LAN to USB C adapter. since then there have been no difficulties. It's going great. Maybe that will also help with your devices.
Download Chronium. After that install the extension: Stadia +. Launch Stadia with the extension and start your game. This works fine for me atm! Hope it stays like that!
So when I run Stadia on google chrome the performance is terrible. Laggy and stutters. I tried everything to fix it but nothing worked. I finally found a fix. I never ever use microsoft edge but stadia runs perfect on it. I guess it's a browser issue. So if you're having this problem try using microsoft edge(i haven't tried opera, firefox, etc.) It fixed it for me.
I have had this issue on Chrome on Windows 10 since day 1. I have a decent gaming PC with i7/RTX 2060 and I also have gigabit internet with around 20ms to the server. It's insanely annoying because it only happens with keyboard and mouse. It does not happen with the controller, but there is no way you're getting me to play FPS with a controller. I have tested with every single Pro game and they all have this issue. It is very noticable in FPS games like Wildlands or Cyberpunk where you move the mouse a lot. Does anyone here have any tips on what I can do? I have tried to force VP9 and all that fancy stuff without it helping. Changed polling rate on mouse and disabled mouse acceleration.
Its been lagging for me for awhile.
My wifi kept switching from 5ghz to 2.4ghz.
Not its only on 5ghz and I have no more problems.
I know this is an old thread but the issue remains.
I’ve been playing most of the year on chromecast with no issues. Seriously. I love it. I’ve been recommending it to friends. Then i started playing FPS on chrome with mouse and keyboard and it is just plain awful. I’ve been trying everything suggested. Tried all chromium based browsers. The mouse stuttering can be alleviated but the frame drops remain.
vsynctester.com mirrors my experience on chrome. In macos, its nauseating. Feels like it drops 1-5 frames a second. In windows on the same machine its much better but still drops frame every few seconds.
its the same on wired or wireless on 3 macs and 2 pcs. No issues with input using the controller but frame drops remain. The same game plays much smoother on geforce now where they have vsync and direct mouse input. No issues on chromecast whatsoever.
I have been troubleshooting this for over a month and Im certain the problem is chrome. iOS support on safari just released and its not perfect but its much better.
Hey there @Voldaris
I know you tried a lot of things but did you try the following?
Yes, this helps with the large lag spikes every few minutes, but my problem is the constant stuttering that happens almost every second.
Yes. I tried chrome beta and canary, edge, and brave. They all produce the exact same results. I even ran tried firefox and safari with a chrome user agent
Yes. I have comcast so this was a pain. Ultimately, it changed nothing as fas as stadia is concerned but the rest of my web browsing seems snappier. So thats a plus, i guess.
i also wrote a script to disable wifi, airdrop, bluetooth, and mouse acceleration. It then launches canary in incognito mode with vsync and frame limits disabled and it still stutters. Reduced the polling rate and the DPI on my mouse. It reduces the mouse stutters and seems to improve the latency on input but the game still stutters. It does it in 1080 and 4k. It does it with h.264 and vp9.
booting in windows helps a lot, but it still isnt close to running the game natively.
i found an 8 year old bug report about chromes vsync being broken on mac. Someone said it was finally fixed in july of 2020. I don’t think it was fixed.