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vesselle · 01-04-2002, 01:38 PM

Following are 2 clips from the SirTech Official Gamplay Issues Forum

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From Linda, the Game Goddess:

Admittedly a roving mouse sounds like a strange problem, vs. the more typical slow mouse... which is usually caused by a lousy framerate... which is usually caused by drivers. If you have not updated your sound and video drivers since purchasing Wiz 8, please make sure to do so.

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Linda Currie
Wizardry 8 Development

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Based on Linda's suggestion that this is a framerate issue, this is research done by Akarra, over on the Official Sir-Tech Gameplay/Issues Board:

Okay, after doing some intense testing with various things I found out how to fix the sluggish/lag floating mouse cursor. If your mouse cursor seems sluggish then you are running in too high of a resolution/color depth. Check the table below (as a guide) based off of my PC specs. I'm not going to list every single resolution in the setup but this is just to give you an idea of how my PS/2 mouse and USB mouse is affected in the DirectX7 mode.

PIII 667Mhz
384MB RAM
Voodoo5 5500 AGP Video card w/ 64MB

PS/2 Mouse:
640x480x16 == Mouse cursor works perfect!
800x600x16 == Mouse cursor works perfect!
1024x768x16 == Mouse cursor is almost perfect.
1280x1024x16 == Mouse cursor is smooth, but sluggish.
1600x1200x16 == Mouse cursor is smooth, but sluggish.
640x480x32 == Mouse cursor works perfect!
800x600x32 == Mouse cursor is almost perfect.
1024x768x32 == Mouse cursor is smooth, but sluggish.
1280x1024x32 == Mouse cursor is smooth, but sluggish.
1600x1200x32 == Mouse cursor is jerky and very sluggish.

If you are using a USB mouse then you should be one step above this table. For example, on my PC running in 1024x768x16 using a USB mouse, the cursor works perfect. I hope this helps =)

Akarra

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there are other solutions, as sometimes it is ALL OF YOUR DRIVERS IN COMBINATION (not just mouse drivers, as many first suspect) or your memory allocation. if the above doesn't work for you, you really owe it to yourself to go the SirTech Official Gamplay Issues Forum

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01-04-2002, 01:38 PM	#11
vesselle Hathor Join Date: April 6, 2001 Location: the desert Posts: 2,296	Following are 2 clips from the SirTech Official Gamplay Issues Forum .................................................. ............. From Linda, the Game Goddess: Admittedly a roving mouse sounds like a strange problem, vs. the more typical slow mouse... which is usually caused by a lousy framerate... which is usually caused by drivers. If you have not updated your sound and video drivers since purchasing Wiz 8, please make sure to do so. ----- Linda Currie Wizardry 8 Development .................................................. .................. .................................................. .................. Based on Linda's suggestion that this is a framerate issue, this is research done by Akarra, over on the Official Sir-Tech Gameplay/Issues Board: Okay, after doing some intense testing with various things I found out how to fix the sluggish/lag floating mouse cursor. If your mouse cursor seems sluggish then you are running in too high of a resolution/color depth. Check the table below (as a guide) based off of my PC specs. I'm not going to list every single resolution in the setup but this is just to give you an idea of how my PS/2 mouse and USB mouse is affected in the DirectX7 mode. PIII 667Mhz 384MB RAM Voodoo5 5500 AGP Video card w/ 64MB PS/2 Mouse: 640x480x16 == Mouse cursor works perfect! 800x600x16 == Mouse cursor works perfect! 1024x768x16 == Mouse cursor is almost perfect. 1280x1024x16 == Mouse cursor is smooth, but sluggish. 1600x1200x16 == Mouse cursor is smooth, but sluggish. 640x480x32 == Mouse cursor works perfect! 800x600x32 == Mouse cursor is almost perfect. 1024x768x32 == Mouse cursor is smooth, but sluggish. 1280x1024x32 == Mouse cursor is smooth, but sluggish. 1600x1200x32 == Mouse cursor is jerky and very sluggish. If you are using a USB mouse then you should be one step above this table. For example, on my PC running in 1024x768x16 using a USB mouse, the cursor works perfect. I hope this helps =) Akarra .................................................. .................... .................................................. .................... there are other solutions, as sometimes it is ALL OF YOUR DRIVERS IN COMBINATION (not just mouse drivers, as many first suspect) or your memory allocation. if the above doesn't work for you, you really owe it to yourself to go the SirTech Official Gamplay Issues Forum V***V __________________ my best friend is a junkie. what does your best friend do?