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Xzar

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Help: My mouse keeps flickering in SFC3
« on: April 02, 2003, 08:37:11 am »
When I start the game (SFC3) my mouse cursor flickeres in and out. This also causes slow down during the game. When I first got the game I never had this problem. I believe it arose when I upgraded to Directx 9 though I am not sure. I got the DX9 fix, I tried upgrading to the 1.01 patch, and upgrading to DX9a. All have done nothing. I am using Win ME on a 1.8 gighz computers with an NVIDA Gefore 2 Mx.

I check the activision help boards, but nothing helped.

Does anyone have a solution to this problem or knows how to revert to a older version of DX?  
« Last Edit: April 02, 2003, 12:02:07 pm by Xzar »

Tulmahk

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Re: Help: My mouse keeps flickering in SFC3
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2003, 04:54:41 pm »
^Does SFC3 even run in 800x600?  

TarMinyatur

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Re: Help: My mouse keeps flickering in SFC3
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2003, 05:11:05 pm »
The GeForce 2 MX runs very well with the certified 30.82 drivers. The newer detonator driver candidates (40.71+) introduced cursor flicker and degraded perceived performance on my GeForce 2 MX 400 64MB PCI card.  
« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 06:00:00 pm by TarMinyatur »

3dot14

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Re: Help: My mouse keeps flickering in SFC3
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2003, 08:41:39 pm »
Quote:

The GeForce 2 MX runs very well with the certified 30.82 drivers. The newer detonator driver candidates (40.71+) introduced cursor flicker and degraded perceived performance on my GeForce 2 MX 400 64MB PCI card.



I can attest to that. The Newest (non certified) driver 43.45 (dx9.0a) simply refused to display anything when playing SFC2 or 3 in windowed mode (complete Black screen, but with music on. and if you click the right places, the button apparently still works.
I have a TNT2M64 32MB.


Will try some more of this tomorrow (or when I got time))
« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 06:00:00 pm by 3dot14 »

3dot14

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Re: Help: My mouse keeps flickering in SFC3
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2003, 05:32:16 pm »
Quote:

Quote:

The GeForce 2 MX runs very well with the certified 30.82 drivers. The newer detonator driver candidates (40.71+) introduced cursor flicker and degraded perceived performance on my GeForce 2 MX 400 64MB PCI card.



I can attest to that. The Newest (non certified) driver 43.45 (dx9.0a) simply refused to display anything when playing SFC2 or 3 in windowed mode (complete Black screen, but with music on. and if you click the right places, the button apparently still works.
I have a TNT2M64 32MB.


Will try some more of this tomorrow (or when I got time))  



Foudn the problem... I reduced the color depth from 32 to 16. and it's running ok now...

Xzar

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Help: My mouse keeps flickering in SFC3
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2003, 08:37:11 am »
When I start the game (SFC3) my mouse cursor flickeres in and out. This also causes slow down during the game. When I first got the game I never had this problem. I believe it arose when I upgraded to Directx 9 though I am not sure. I got the DX9 fix, I tried upgrading to the 1.01 patch, and upgrading to DX9a. All have done nothing. I am using Win ME on a 1.8 gighz computers with an NVIDA Gefore 2 Mx.

I check the activision help boards, but nothing helped.

Does anyone have a solution to this problem or knows how to revert to a older version of DX?  
« Last Edit: April 02, 2003, 12:02:07 pm by Xzar »

Tulmahk

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Re: Help: My mouse keeps flickering in SFC3
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2003, 04:54:41 pm »
^Does SFC3 even run in 800x600?  

TarMinyatur

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Re: Help: My mouse keeps flickering in SFC3
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2003, 05:11:05 pm »
The GeForce 2 MX runs very well with the certified 30.82 drivers. The newer detonator driver candidates (40.71+) introduced cursor flicker and degraded perceived performance on my GeForce 2 MX 400 64MB PCI card.  
« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 06:00:00 pm by TarMinyatur »

3dot14

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Re: Help: My mouse keeps flickering in SFC3
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2003, 08:41:39 pm »
Quote:

The GeForce 2 MX runs very well with the certified 30.82 drivers. The newer detonator driver candidates (40.71+) introduced cursor flicker and degraded perceived performance on my GeForce 2 MX 400 64MB PCI card.



I can attest to that. The Newest (non certified) driver 43.45 (dx9.0a) simply refused to display anything when playing SFC2 or 3 in windowed mode (complete Black screen, but with music on. and if you click the right places, the button apparently still works.
I have a TNT2M64 32MB.


Will try some more of this tomorrow (or when I got time))
« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 06:00:00 pm by 3dot14 »

3dot14

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Re: Help: My mouse keeps flickering in SFC3
« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2003, 05:32:16 pm »
Quote:

Quote:

The GeForce 2 MX runs very well with the certified 30.82 drivers. The newer detonator driver candidates (40.71+) introduced cursor flicker and degraded perceived performance on my GeForce 2 MX 400 64MB PCI card.



I can attest to that. The Newest (non certified) driver 43.45 (dx9.0a) simply refused to display anything when playing SFC2 or 3 in windowed mode (complete Black screen, but with music on. and if you click the right places, the button apparently still works.
I have a TNT2M64 32MB.


Will try some more of this tomorrow (or when I got time))  



Foudn the problem... I reduced the color depth from 32 to 16. and it's running ok now...