Slow jerky mouse pointer

[bigbobsr6000]

My mouse pointer is slow and jerky in gameplay. Works fine on all game menus and rest of computer. But, in any game mode like Career, War Patrol, Sub School, etc. slow and jerky.

No probs in other games so far.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks for any comments, Big Bob..................:D

[banjo]

That happened to me when I first got the game. Solution for me was to turn down or off some of the graphic options.

[Fishie]

Sounds like your taxing your video card a tad beyond it's limit.

Remember, your cursor is part of the 3d element and is "rendered" along with everything else.

How about a spec list on your machine, and a list of your video options, including resolution?

[bigbobsr6000]

Thanks, did all that still a little slow and jerky but better. Is there a way to get rid of all slow mouse pointer problem? A Mod or Tweak?

[tomoose]

Your system specs would help. Be prepared for the inevitable "you need to upgrade"!!!;)

[Fishie]

Like I said, to really diagnose and give you good advice, we'll need the following-

A full spec (RAM, Video card model, Proc) list

Your Vid Card FSAA and AF settings (Full Screen Anti-Alias, and Antiostropic Filtering)

The resolution you're running the game at

and finally- a total list of all the options available, and their settings in the graphics page in SH4.

It could be something really quite simple. This full list will let us tell you exactly what you need to do to make SH4 your b!tch, and get out there sinkin some tonnage.

I know it's a pain- but trust me, it's worth it! :ping:

[bigbobsr6000]

Sounds like your taxing your video card a tad beyond it's limit.

Remember, your cursor is part of the 3d element and is "rendered" along with everything else.

How about a spec list on your machine, and a list of your video options, including resolution?

Gateway computer
NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
AMD Phenom(tm) 9500 Quad-Core Processor 2.20 GHz
RAM 3 GB
System Type 32-bit Operating System
Resolution 1680 by 1050 pixels set at 60hz

As per your request, and thanks for your help.:up:

[bigbobsr6000]

Like I said, to really diagnose and give you good advice, we'll need the following-

A full spec (RAM, Video card model, Proc) list

Your Vid Card FSAA and AF settings (Full Screen Anti-Alias, and Antiostropic Filtering)

The resolution you're running the game at

and finally- a total list of all the options available, and their settings in the graphics page in SH4.

It could be something really quite simple. This full list will let us tell you exactly what you need to do to make SH4 your b!tch, and get out there sinkin some tonnage.

I know it's a pain- but trust me, it's worth it! :ping:

All graphics on SH4 menu screen are unchecked, all slide controls are at far left, except for Gamma which is set at center.
Resolution is at the lowest setting available at game graphics menu. As this is set to a higher setting, mouse arrow gets slower.

There are no mods, addons or tweaks.

SH4 1.4v

Is this enough info?

[Fishie]

All graphics on SH4 menu screen are unchecked, all slide controls are at far left, except for Gamma which is set at center.
Resolution is at the lowest setting available at game graphics menu. As this is set to a higher setting, mouse arrow gets slower.

There are no mods, addons or tweaks.

SH4 1.4v

Is this enough info?

Yup.

Ya may need to upgrade. The most telling line is this one:
Resolution is at the lowest setting available at game graphics menu. As this is set to a higher setting, mouse arrow gets slower.

That right there tells me that it's definitely either a driver or a needed upgrade.

Let me ask you this- you mentioned other games that "work just fine". What games are those?

[Rockin Robbins]

Yeah, the lowest nVidia graphics card I'd use is the one I am presently using, the 7600GT. You are several rungs below that, so there is nothing you can do to make things better aside from an upgrade. I looked at an overclocked 8800GT yesterday for $157 at Newegg.

If you have Vista, that won't work well with SH4 and I'd go for the 7900 series. Of course if you go for a 7600GT you can come in under $100 and still be able to play SH4 WFO at 20-40 fps. That's not bad!:up:

[bigbobsr6000]

Will this V Card solve the problem? I am limited to a 300 watt pwr supply.

XFX GeForce 8600 GT XXX Video Card - 256MB DDR3, PCI Express, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV

Thanks, for all input.:up:

[Fishie]

Will this V Card solve the problem? I am limited to a 300 watt pwr supply.

XFX GeForce 8600 GT XXX Video Card - 256MB DDR3, PCI Express, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV

Thanks, for all input.:up:


It's possible, but you have to have a motherboard that supports PCI-E.

Please, please, please give us a full rundown of your system.

I'd hate for you to throw $200 down on a card, then find out you have nowhere to plug it in.

[FIREWALL]

I have a Cat Pointer.

It keeps the Mouse Pointer in line. :p :rotfl:

[Hartmann]

The only way to fix it is a upgrade of the card.

I have the same results with a 6600 gt card, now i want a new card for my AGP motherboard.

7600gt or Ati 1650 pro ??? :hmm::doh:

[Q3ark]

Sounds like your taxing your video card a tad beyond it's limit.

Remember, your cursor is part of the 3d element and is "rendered" along with everything else.

How about a spec list on your machine, and a list of your video options, including resolution?

Gateway computer
NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
AMD Phenom(tm) 9500 Quad-Core Processor 2.20 GHz
RAM 3 GB
System Type 32-bit Operating System
Resolution 1680 by 1050 pixels set at 60hz

As per your request, and thanks for your help.:up:

Try dropping the resolution down to 1280 by 1024.

Your system looks perfectly fine for SH4 apart from the video card so i suspect dropping the resolution will help a lot. You may also be able to re-enable some of the gfx options in the menu.

[FIREWALL]

When preorder SH4 was delivered to my door I only had a 5600.

My buddy was here and brought his 6600.

We tried both and the 6600 barely let it play at bottom levels but, it played.

The 5600 no go .

Got a 7600 gt 512 mb and more ram (4gigs) & 3.0 cpu
best I could find for agp mobo at the time.

Plays SH4 with big mods at highest settings and 80 to 150 fps average and higher.

Don't know if my info helps, but can't hurt.:D

[Red Devil]

I have a quad core (4x2.80ghz) with 3GB ram and a GeForce 8600 256MB vid card and it does it to me, usually when time is speeded up.

[Fishie]

Man do I feel like a dummy. I coulda sworn that spec list wasn't up.

Bah. My apologies :damn:

The card you listed *should* do the job just fine.

Looks like your video is onboard (a nforce?) , if that's right, you'll wanna disable that.

I would *at least* get a 7950GT, and would be looking hard at the 8800 series .

Good luck, and let us know how it turns out.

Once again- sorry about that foul up. Yeeeeeeeesh.

**edit**
One more thing- I would take a good hard look at that 300W power supply and beef it up. A high powered video card with a quad core processor, with hard drive and DVDR/W will tax the living hell out of that thing. I would say 450, if not 500. Is your tower standard ATX?

[bigbobsr6000]

I have already talked to the local computer guru about a 500 watt pwr supply. That will be my first upgrade. Then I can shop for a vid card.

I have a Dell laptop coming with a 256 mb Gforce 8600 card. Will that run SH4 ok?

I am not that computer literate to the guts of computer, and I really appreciate your alls help.

[Q3ark]

I have already talked to the local computer guru about a 500 watt pwr supply. That will be my first upgrade. Then I can shop for a vid card.

I have a Dell laptop coming with a 256 mb Gforce 8600 card. Will that run SH4 ok?

I am not that computer literate to the guts of computer, and I really appreciate your alls help.

You will be fine with that card, it's the same one i use (PC version tho). Had no problems with it (yet:lol: )

[bigbobsr6000]

Thanks:D

[buddha95]

mine at all that hot,, geforce 7300 , 2gig ram, duel core 2.13, it runs great except mouse is sluggish at speeds of 1000 or more time compression. I have to slow to 512 to really use the mouse. But thats ok. Its a GREAT game.

[bigbobsr6000]

:up: Problem solved!:rock:

Loaded on my new Dell laptop. Works fine.

:D