Krita Randomly Not Registering Strokes Most of the Time

Thank you for the assistance, everyone! I’ll try to respond the best I can.

Have you tried turning Windows ink off? Seems I remember someone with issues that had to do that.

And it’s also important to check if the Krita setting matches the one in the driver settings since Wacom has it’s own Windows-ink/Win-Tab setting

If I switch to WinTab in Krita’s settings, it does recognize every stroke. However, pressure sensitivity also completely stops working.

On the internet I can see that some poeple can disable Windows Ink in their Wacom driver settings. However, I cannot install the Wacom Feel Driver because it requires a Wacom tablet, not just a Wacom pen. HP does not provide any sort of control panel to turn it off, and their Pen Settings app in the Windows Store is “incompatible wih my device” (and 90% of their store reviews say the same).

Basically, it looks like there are no control panel or driver settings available for my particular hardware.


Can you use the tablet tester to get a record of the events when you bring the stylus close, draw and then move the stylus away?

Sure! Here it is:

Pen tip brought near
Stylus press X=28.89 Y=188.18 B=1 P=40.9%
Stylus move X=28.89 Y=188.18 B=1 P=47.9% (DRAW)
Stylus move X=28.89 Y=188.18 B=1 P=52.9% (DRAW)
Stylus move X=28.89 Y=188.18 B=1 P=55.8% (DRAW)
Stylus move X=28.89 Y=188.18 B=1 P=57.6% (DRAW)
Mouse press X=29 Y=188 B=1
Stylus move X=28.89 Y=188.18 B=1 P=58.7% (DRAW)
Stylus move X=28.89 Y=188.18 B=1 P=59.6% (DRAW)
[More Stylus move events...]
Stylus move X=160.75 Y=96.95 B=1 P=25.4% (DRAW)
Stylus move X=159.76 Y=96.95 B=1 P=12.7% (DRAW)
Stylus release X=159.76 Y=96.95 B=0 P=0.0%
Mouse move X=160 Y=97 B=1
Mouse release
Pen tip taken away

It does look different than your log, I have a few extra mouse events


I also did some further experimentation, and I found two more things:

  • If the drawing window is not focused, the first stroke is always recognized.
  • If I bring my pen into proximity and wait a while until the cursor appears, the chance of the stroke being recognized is much higher. On the strokes that don’t work, it looks like Krita’s circle cursor only appears after I have already pressed the stylus.