I have this spare 98SE box running so I can play the original Doom2.exe instead of a lame source port on XP. This pc also is meant to run other games and dedicated servers in case a friend comes over to play or something.
I had a generic logitech mouse that was about three years old, and for a long time, it seemed to kind of freak out on me. Like, if you jerk it in a direction (for a flick rocket or rail for instance), it'd just kind of wiggle the crosshair a little instead of actually doing what I told it to.
Well, I got tired of it, so I went to Wal-Mart to buy a slightly better (and obviously brand new) mouse in hopes that it would fix my problem. I didn't need a hardcore gaming mouse -- just something that didn't totally suck. I ended up buying a Logitech "Click! Optical Mouse" and after plugging it in (USB -- my PS/2 port is burnt out... literally) and installing mouseware (the latest, I believe), I find myself having the same problem as I did before, only this time it's worse.
Sometimes, the mouse will barely move at all, like before, or even worse, the mouse will just go completely insane and start moving my character's view in circles, and keep going until I stop it, even though my hand isn't even on the mouse.
It's really frustrating that I just paid this amount of money ($20) and can't even use this thing for gaming.
Is there something I'm doing wrong, and is there a solution out there that will fix this problem? I really don't want to have to buy another freaking mouse.
Mouse going insane
Re: Mouse going insane
haha, my gfs comp does that.. we still cant figure it out.. it did it with a 20$ cord mouse, a 40$ wireless optical and it STILL does it with her 100$ Bluetooth microsoft mouse..Mogul wrote:I have this spare 98SE box running so I can play the original Doom2.exe instead of a lame source port on XP. This pc also is meant to run other games and dedicated servers in case a friend comes over to play or something.
I had a generic logitech mouse that was about three years old, and for a long time, it seemed to kind of freak out on me. Like, if you jerk it in a direction (for a flick rocket or rail for instance), it'd just kind of wiggle the crosshair a little instead of actually doing what I told it to.
Well, I got tired of it, so I went to Wal-Mart to buy a slightly better (and obviously brand new) mouse in hopes that it would fix my problem. I didn't need a hardcore gaming mouse -- just something that didn't totally suck. I ended up buying a Logitech "Click! Optical Mouse" and after plugging it in (USB -- my PS/2 port is burnt out... literally) and installing mouseware (the latest, I believe), I find myself having the same problem as I did before, only this time it's worse.
Sometimes, the mouse will barely move at all, like before, or even worse, the mouse will just go completely insane and start moving my character's view in circles, and keep going until I stop it, even though my hand isn't even on the mouse.
It's really frustrating that I just paid this amount of money ($20) and can't even use this thing for gaming.
Is there something I'm doing wrong, and is there a solution out there that will fix this problem? I really don't want to have to buy another freaking mouse.
No idea what does it.. fucking weird tho..
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It curdled, and then I couldn't drink it. So I mixed it with some water, and it was alright again.
I am now sick.
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It curdled, and then I couldn't drink it. So I mixed it with some water, and it was alright again.
I am now sick.
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Update: Using mouse smoothing in the games that allow such a thing seems to improve the situation a little bit. It's not so easy to send the mouse into a vertigo tailspin.
So I'm thinking that increasing the hz of the mouse might fix the problem. However, I can't find a Hz changer for windows 98. I can only find one for XP and it can't be used on 98 due to 98 not having the file that this thing edits.
Can anyone help me out?
So I'm thinking that increasing the hz of the mouse might fix the problem. However, I can't find a Hz changer for windows 98. I can only find one for XP and it can't be used on 98 due to 98 not having the file that this thing edits.
Can anyone help me out?