Cursor delay problem--anyone else get this?

**Hurin_Rules** · 09-05-2005, 10:03

I just got a new computer and installed RTW; seems to run fine, but the cursor is really bugging me. On the options and main menu it is fine, but when I actually start playing the game, there is a delay between when I stop moving my mouse and when the cursor stops moving. It makes it very frustrating and difficult to click on anything.

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!

**Matheis** · 09-05-2005, 10:17

same thing happend to me once except im using a 3 year old computer i restarted my computer then after that i shut it down and turned it back on then reincerted the CD the delay problem stopped. I think its a memory bug not sure. But recently another weird bug happend my computer mysteriously restarted when i was playing the game.

**caesar44** · 09-05-2005, 10:41

got the problem too , I can't do anything about it

**Dutch_guy** · 09-05-2005, 11:10

I had the problem when I installed RTR 5.4.1 a while back, but to me the mouse delay happened at the main menu too, for me it helped to just reinstall RTR.
In your case try reinstalling RTW, and see if that fixes it.
Or maybe installing the patch might solve it ?

**screwtype** · 09-05-2005, 12:41

Hurin, have you installed the 1.2 patch? This was a pretty common problem when RTW was first released.

**Hurin_Rules** · 09-05-2005, 18:11

Thanks Screwtype, but yeah, I already installed the patch and rebooted, and the problem is still there.

If anyone can help with this, it seems I'm not the only one who's having this problem. And it is very, very frustrating.

Thanks!

**Siris** · 09-06-2005, 15:18

Dont know man, I've had the same problem on one of the two PC's that I play RTW on.

But I think it has somthing to do with your PC spec's, my computer here, its an AMD Athlon 64-bit 3200+, 1GB RAM, ATI Radeon X700 Pro 256MB PCI Express video card, it gets none of the cursor effect.

Where as...

The other PC, it is an Intel P4 2.6 Ghz, 512MB of RAM, & has a 64MB Intel Integrated PCI video card. It gets the slow cursor everytime, never can be fixed.

So possibly it has to do with your processor, RAM, & video card? Only assessment that I'm getting here, since I shared the similar problem on the slower PC, but not on the much faster one.

**Hurin_Rules** · 09-06-2005, 17:38

Thanks Siris.

I sure hope its not my system, but it actually seems like my system is more like the one of yours that didn't get the bug. It's an Athlon 3400 with 512 RAM and a GeForce FX 5500.

I've tried some other stuff but still no luck :(

**Dutch_guy** · 09-06-2005, 18:02

I got this of the activision support page :

Question I am getting mouse trails all over the screen.

Answer Make sure that you meet the minimum system requirements.

Make sure you have the latest video and sound card drivers from the manufacturers' websites.

Set your desktop to a resolution of 800x600, 32 bit True Color.
1) Right-click on your desktop and select Properties.
2) Click the Settings tab.
3) Set your screen area to 800x600.
4) Set the colors to 32 Bit (True Color). Under Windows NT this will be listed as 65554 colors.
5) Click Apply and OK.

All background applications must be shutdown prior to running the game.

This may be happening because you don’t have the Microsoft® Media Player 9 codec package properly installed. Insert Rome: Total Wars Disk 1 into your CD Drive, when the Auto play splash screen comes up, press on the Extras button and on that next screen you will find a button to install the codec package for you.

Note:This fix will not work for users of Windows® 98 first edition.

If you have Microsoft Media Player 10 installed try uninstalling Media Player 10 and then reinstalling it. Media Player 10 can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...0/default.aspx.

or check the link yourself :

https://activision.custhelp.com/cgi-...i=&p_topview=1