Hi Finema, I can't seem to detect any sphere lag over here. I wonder if that and the other thing are related. What OS and type of mouse device do you use?

Can you describe the pick panel fields empty thing in a bit more detail, do you mean you start the sphere command and nothing at all shows for sphere in the upper right area of the window, does it just not change at all? Or something like it shows the first prompt but not the second prompt?

I wonder if it's getting stuck in something like a drag/drop.

Thanks - Michael