skydragon1978 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Not sure if this is the right place to post this, if not could someone move it or tell me please. Thanks. So, anyway. I just re-downloaded Skyrim from Steam onto a brand new HP laptop. Unfortunately, I discovered a really annoying glitch in the very first fights. I use the arrow keys to move, Z and X to equip right and left hands, and the mouse-pad to aim. And with all melee weapons, and with some mod introduced throwing weapons, it worked fine. Equip, aim, fire. No problem. Archery was a different matter. As soon as I drew back the bow (and I tested this with 2 different bows and also with and without archery mods) the mouse-pad froze. I couldn't look around, or aim. I had to move, i.e. run or strafe, before I could fire every single shot. Of course, this made archery almost impossible, throwing me off, adding precious seconds to firing time and occasionally exposing me when I was attempting to snipe. The first shot was fine, if the target was still. Any moving target was practically impossible to hit, certainly more than once. After much searching and experimenting, I discovered the solution. There's an options menu called the HP Control Zone. Within that is an option called Smart-sense, which, I quote ' guards against operating the touchpad with accidental contact'. I have no idea why, but turning this OFF, fixes the glitch....you can draw, move the bow instantly without having to move. It does make the touchpad very, very touchy, the lightest brush will move the cursor, which is not good for general use. My suggestion if you have an issue like this, is to create a shortcut to the Control Zone...or where-ever Smart-sense is in your system. Put it right beside your Steam or Skyrim icon on your desktop, and switch it off before you play, switching it back on after. I've never had a glitch like this before, but I hope this might help someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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