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Unplayable bcause of mouse
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Posted by: willr
I don't get this problem with any other game, but i get it (only recently) with warcraft 3. I tried new drivers and reinstalling, but it hasn't helped.
The problem is, when i run warcraft, it fools you into thinking everything is fine, looks normal and whatnot. So you grab the mouse. Bad idea, while moving mouse, framerate drops to about 3 or 4 frames per second. Virtually unplayable. It does this in any resolution, and in the single player, multi player, and replay modes, as well as in both d3d and opengl modes.
What could be the problem? and Why doesn't this happen in any other game?
Posted by: Canis Lupus
what mouse model/software are you using ... also, share your system specs and startup programs please 
Posted by: willr
I'm using a USB microsoft optical mouse with scrollwheel, and I try to keep my startup as clean as possible. I'm on Windows XP w/SP1, and there are a few services and things that it has always loaded in the background that i haven't taken care of yet, but warcraft used to work fine with the same setup. Only thing i may have changed was my video drivers, I'm using nvidia's Detonator drivers, version 40.72 for winxp and have directx 8.1 installed. My box is an Athlon XP 2000+ with 512MB of PC2400 memory on an Abit KR7A-133 motherboard, and a Gainward Golden Sample 700 (geforce 4 4400).
Posted by: Gunslinger
If the only thing you changes was your video drivers, then this is a video problem--and frequently you won't notice frame degradation due to a video issue until you do something like move the mouse.
I would go back and check all the video card settings that may be active as a result of the new driver install, such as Anti-Aliasing and the like.
Take a look at all that stuff, get it to where you need it, then try again.
Posted by: willr
I checked the video settings, and it still does it, one thing i prolly should've mentioned, my video card is OCed, but its a gainward with faster memory so it can be overclocked. But i was just wondering if OCing could cause this mouse behavior. (UT2003 works, and i've heard thats the worst for OCed boards)
Posted by: willr
I just answered my own question by trying it out. I set the clock speed way back down to normal (550) from where i had it (665) and the processor to (250) from (290). I guess maybe i was pushing it a bit before, i'll be more careful.
Thanks for the advice, and happy new year.
Posted by: Shalome
Heh.. overclocking is the root of all evil! Well, okay, maybe not, but it's the root of many, MANY computer-related problems...
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