Cursor delay problem--anyone else get this?

[screwtype]

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

[Hurin_Rules]

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]

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]

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]

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

[screwtype]

Hurin, don't know if you read this at the .com, but in case you didn't, here it is:

My cursor movement on the campaign map and in battle isn't fluently moving like on the main menu. Its movement is out of time with my hand movement of the mouse.

Anyone know why that is.

Edited by: DarK at: 5/16/05 3:55 am

DarK
Technical Moderator
Posts: 1063
(5/14/05 10:52 am)
Re: Mouse?
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If you have mouse acceleration on disable it, it has been the cause for some people. If your mouse has software with acceleration, you can try tinkering with those settings to get the mouse at an acceptable speed.
The most common cause is low fps, any high end DX9 card does not have this problem (that I know of).

If that doesn't work, I suggest you ensure that you aren't mulititasking any programs in the background you don't need. You can use Ctrl-Alt-Del to bring up a window showing all running programs, then shut down everything but the essentials, ie systray, explore etc. Also, don't use Zonealarm or an antivirus program while you run the game, and turn off your internet connection. A lot of people have found this to improve the speed of the game in general.

Sorry I can't be of much more help. I'm not a techie, I'm just passing on what I've read elsewhere.

Edit:

@Hurin, here's another suggestion - a pretty obvious one, but just in case...a lot of folks with nVidia cards had this problem until they updated their video drivers. If you have an nVidia card, then try upgrading to the latest driver. If that doesn't work, try installing the version 75.90 driver.

Don't forget to completely uninstall the current video driver before installing a new one.

[Hurin_Rules]

Thanks all.

I'm going to try all those suggestions and if I figure it out, I'll let you know.

Thanks very much for all your help.