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Title: HELP!..my mouse only moves horizontal in RA2
Post by: Mecha on May 23, 2011, 03:29:28 PM
Hi. I was wondering if someone could help me out.
I started having a problem in robot arena, when I reach the main menu the mouse only works horizontally. It's weird, I can move my mouse around until it reaches the main menu and then it only moves in a horizontal direction. My computer only does this only when in robot arena.

Has any one else had this problem or have an idea what is wrong??

   :) 

Title: Re: help ..my mouse only moves in horizontal in RA2
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on May 23, 2011, 03:31:24 PM
More details please.
Where did you get RA2?
Have you modded it?
Title: Re: help ..my mouse only moves in horizontal in RA2
Post by: Mecha on May 23, 2011, 03:37:30 PM
Hi squirrel_monkey 
I got it from Sages signature,   I havent modded it. 
It was working fine, but just started doing it a couple of days ago.

Edit-- squirrel_monkey, no i havent tried reinstalling yet. But thanks i will try that. I havent changed anything recently.

Edit-- Hi Sonny_Resetti, I do have another mouse,  I will try that too, but it's weird, it works everywhere else. 
Title: Re: help ..my mouse only moves in horizontal in RA2
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on May 23, 2011, 03:38:51 PM
Try reinstalling (back up your bots first)
Have you changed you computer in any way recently?
Title: Re: help ..my mouse only moves in horizontal in RA2
Post by: Resetti's Replicas on May 23, 2011, 03:39:38 PM
It could be a hardware problem.  Do you have another mouse that you can test it out with?
Title: Re: help ..my mouse only moves in horizontal in RA2
Post by: xanosz on May 23, 2011, 06:57:47 PM
Are you using XP?
Title: Re: help ..my mouse only moves in horizontal in RA2
Post by: Mecha on May 23, 2011, 08:57:55 PM
Oh, i forgot to say that all of my AI packs are doing it, not just stock. Like DSL2.1, Starcore3, BBeans, etc.

@Xenos: Yes, i am using XP

@Sonny_Resetti: i tried using another mouse, it did the same thing.

@Squirrel_Monkey: i can't really reinstall them because they're zips, should i just delete them and download them again? And no, i haven't changed anything on my computer that i can think of.
Title: Re: help ..my mouse only moves in horizontal in RA2
Post by: xanosz on May 23, 2011, 11:02:02 PM
Then it's a Windows update that messed up your game. If you use system restore to go to a point before the update was installed your game should work.
Title: Re: help ..my mouse only moves in horizontal in RA2
Post by: HurricaneAndrew on May 23, 2011, 11:06:03 PM
Microsft's updates never are good for anything but causing more problems.
Title: Re: help ..my mouse only moves in horizontal in RA2
Post by: Mecha on May 23, 2011, 11:37:08 PM
Then it's a Windows update that messed up your game. If you use system restore to go to a point before the update was installed your game should work.
But my system restore is off...(https://gametechmods.com/forums/Smileys/gtm/rage.gif) and my updates are set to not automatically download or install.
Title: Re: help ..my mouse only moves in horizontal in RA2
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on May 24, 2011, 01:46:15 AM
Oh, i forgot to say that all of my AI packs are doing it, not just stock. Like DSL2.1, Starcore3, BBeans, etc.

@Xenos: Yes, i am using XP

@Sonny_Resetti: i tried using another mouse, it did the same thing.

@Squirrel_Monkey: i can't really reinstall them because they're zips, should i just delete them and download them again? And no, i haven't changed anything on my computer that i can think of.
Redownload a new copy (don't delete the old one), EXTRACT the files. Then move your bots across.
Title: Re: help ..my mouse only moves in horizontal in RA2
Post by: Bubbleman on May 24, 2011, 11:25:08 AM
Ah, I know this problem. The only way to get rid of it is to change the graphics card (trust me; I tried extracting it in vain, completely un-installing it in the process, so it's not the game). What graphics card do you run?
Title: Re: help ..my mouse only moves in horizontal in RA2
Post by: Serge on May 26, 2011, 03:18:41 PM
The only way to get rid of it is to change the graphics card

I call BS.
Title: Re: help ..my mouse only moves in horizontal in RA2
Post by: Mecha on May 29, 2011, 11:38:06 PM
Ah, I know this problem. The only way to get rid of it is to change the graphics card (trust me; I tried extracting it in vain, completely un-installing it in the process, so it's not the game). What graphics card do you run?
I have NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE. but i haven't changed anything, and why would it mess up out of nowhere?  (https://gametechmods.com/forums/Smileys/gtm/question.gif)
Title: Re: HELP!..my mouse only moves horizontal in RA2
Post by: ty4er on June 03, 2011, 02:28:17 AM
Ohaider.

Yes, i am having the same problem.
It was fine two days ago so i have no idea whut has happened to my computer.
Plus i have no idea of the stats (all i know is that it is a Toshiba Satellite Pro L300 Laptop)
My school gave it to me and i have had it almost 2 years now and hasn't had any viruses that i can remember.
Title: Re: HELP!..my mouse only moves horizontal in RA2
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on June 03, 2011, 02:36:43 AM
Restart your computer may actually help. RA2 is screwy like that.
Title: Re: HELP!..my mouse only moves horizontal in RA2
Post by: Mecha on June 03, 2011, 02:24:36 PM
Restart your computer may actually help. RA2 is screwy like that.
I already tried that....
Title: Re: HELP!..my mouse only moves horizontal in RA2
Post by: ty4er on June 03, 2011, 02:27:28 PM
Restart your computer may actually help. RA2 is screwy like that.
I already tried that....
Same.

Still not working D:
Title: Re: HELP!..my mouse only moves horizontal in RA2
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on June 03, 2011, 02:30:31 PM
I've had the same problem in the past and it just fixed itself after a while. I have no tech advise though.
Title: Re: HELP!..my mouse only moves horizontal in RA2
Post by: ty4er on June 05, 2011, 05:11:01 AM
Still ain't working btw.



D:
Title: Re: HELP!..my mouse only moves horizontal in RA2
Post by: ty4er on June 09, 2011, 01:45:06 PM
DP:

Kay this is getting frustrating now.
not sure if i said it but mine goes vertical :/
Title: Re: HELP!..my mouse only moves horizontal in RA2
Post by: Mecha on June 09, 2011, 03:59:29 PM
DP:

Kay this is getting frustrating now.
not sure if i said it but mine goes vertical :/
weird, mine is horizontal!
Title: Re: HELP!..my mouse only moves horizontal in RA2
Post by: Wacky Bob on June 09, 2011, 04:03:30 PM
Morph your computers together.

Not really, obviously, but that must be REALLY annoying.
Title: Re: HELP!..my mouse only moves horizontal in RA2
Post by: ty4er on July 04, 2011, 11:12:10 AM
bump.


I HAS A DISCOVERY.

When i play it the CPU usage goes through the roof (90-100%) so i just need to figure out how to lower that.


halp?
Title: Re: HELP!..my mouse only moves horizontal in RA2
Post by: Clickbeetle on July 04, 2011, 05:26:34 PM
RA2 always hogs CPU.  It does that on my computer too.
Title: Re: HELP!..my mouse only moves horizontal in RA2
Post by: ty4er on July 05, 2011, 12:02:22 AM
Well for some reason it doesn't do it on this computer...

Any ideas if/how i can lower it?
Or is it bust :P
Title: Re: HELP!..my mouse only moves horizontal in RA2
Post by: Clickbeetle on July 09, 2011, 04:56:12 PM
Close any other programs you have running, and make sure nothing else is secretly running in the background (such as antivirus software).
Title: Re: HELP!..my mouse only moves horizontal in RA2
Post by: Scorpion on July 09, 2011, 05:13:58 PM
Yeah, my laptop has a tendency to overheat if I play RA2 for too long >_>