Cursor delay problem--anyone else get this?

**Hurin_Rules** · 09-13-2005, 06:17

Originally Posted by Siris

So we have more than one person with similar results, it seems to deal with system performance.

I'm not sure, but what is the FX55 exactly, is it AGP 8x, PCI:Expres 16x? What is its RAM?

Could be the key factor.

And if you add 512MB of RAM (which would be smart in general), it may or may not help as well, but would definatly be better than having just 512MB of RAM.

I belive that 2GB of RAM is the good standard now for gaming.

The card is an 8x AGP, 256 MB.

Is my card just too crappy? I had a Geforce 4600 TI that ran the game just as good, though it did keep crashing.

**Attalus** · 09-18-2005, 23:30

You could try editing your preferences.txt

from this:

CAMPAIGN_MAP_MAX_SCROLL_SPEED_MIN_ZOOM:30
CAMPAIGN_MAP_MAX_SCROLL_SPEED_MAX_ZOOM:30

to this:

CAMPAIGN_MAP_MAX_SCROLL_SPEED_MIN_ZOOM:60
CAMPAIGN_MAP_MAX_SCROLL_SPEED_MAX_ZOOM:60

I find tis works well for me.

Just backup the .txt first before you make any changes

**Hurin_Rules** · 09-20-2005, 18:59

I think I'll try that Attalus, since nothing else seems to work. How would I get to the preferences text?

Thanks!

**Mujalumbo** · 09-20-2005, 19:21

preferences.txt is a text file in the RTW installation directory, usually C:\Program files\Activision\Rome Total War

Somebody correct me if I've got the last bit wrong. Just make a copy of that text file before you start making changes; that way, if anything gets mucked up because of changes to the preferences.txt file, you can restore the older unedited on.

Please do continue, I'm having the same problem with a sluggish cursor.

**Hurin_Rules** · 09-28-2005, 06:32

Well, I tried that. Unfortunately, it didn't work. Any other ideas?

**GFX707** · 09-28-2005, 12:21

This is an age-old PC problem.

1) Turn off v-sync in your display properties
2) If this doesn't help then look for an option like "render frames ahead" and make sure that is set to 0
3) Turn off Anti-Aliasing in your graphics card options and failing that, in the game

and everyone remember the above to combat the dreaded "cursor lag".

edit: I remember that vegetation detail can have an effect on this too.

**Hurin_Rules** · 09-30-2005, 19:43

Ok, before I went messing with v-syn, I updated all my drivers and did all the windows automatic updates. After a full reinstall, the mouse seemed to be better. There is now no delay between when i stop moving the mouse and when the cursor stops moving. Unfortunately, the mouse is now moving torturously slow. The game is more playable, but still far from perfect. Also, and I'm not sure if this is related, but part of the screen (the left side) is cut off, and there is a black band on the right-- it looks like the view has just been shifted askew, slightly to the left. I'm still working on it.

Not sure if this helps any of you having the same problem, but at least the game is playable in this fashion now.

(Any help on the remaining issues would be welcome).

P.S. I wonder if people are having the same cursor problems with BI?