Weird Mouse Problem in BF2 and BF2142

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  • [Expletive Deleted]
    The Penetrator
    • Oct 2006
    • 2855

    #1

    Weird Mouse Problem in BF2 and BF2142

    I asked this question in the BF2142 Support area, but this may be a more appropriate section for it.
    As the title says, I'm having a weird problem with my mouse in both recent BF games. My mouse just becomes unresponsive and turns to the highest sensitivity setting. Then I can't change it to another setting for about two minutes. This is happening in both XP 32-bit and Win7 RC 64-bit, the rest of my specs are over to the left.
    Sometimes the lights on my MERC Stealth flash while BF maps are loading, too.
    To reiterate, this only happens in BF 2 and 2142, not Crysis, CoD4, WaW, GTA IV, nothing else.

    One person suggested that a re-install would fix it, here is my response:
    "It's happening on 4 different installations on the same PC. BF2142 XP and 7, BF2 XP and 7. Re-installing might fix it if you lose all of your key bindings, but not if your PC just forgets you even have a mouse attached."

    I have two ideas but I don't want to influence your thought processes. I'm hoping I'm wrong and that someone here has run into this before and fixed it.
  • =98=
    Member
    • Oct 2006
    • 10299

    #2
    Re: Weird Mouse Problem in BF2 and BF2142

    Do you have Setpoint installed?

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    • [Expletive Deleted]
      The Penetrator
      • Oct 2006
      • 2855

      #3
      Re: Weird Mouse Problem in BF2 and BF2142

      Not in Win7, but I do in WinXP.

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      • =98=
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        • Oct 2006
        • 10299

        #4
        Re: Weird Mouse Problem in BF2 and BF2142

        If it's happening on multiple installs, I would check any USB settings in the BIOS (not sure what it could be though) and after that, I would say the mouse is probably dying

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        • [Expletive Deleted]
          The Penetrator
          • Oct 2006
          • 2855

          #5
          Re: Weird Mouse Problem in BF2 and BF2142

          I thought about the mouse dying, but kept coming back to the blinking backlighting on my keyboard. If it was just the mouse going out, why would it work just fine for everything except BF games and why would my keyboard lights blink on and off?
          My first thought was my PSU isn't supplying enough juice to USB +5v or whatever. Maybe the back lighting on the keyboard draws too much power? But why would it only happen while trying to play these two games, both on the same engine? I play plenty of games that should stress my system more than freaking Battlefield...
          My second thought was a USB frequency or voltage setting in the BIOS, maybe. I just don't know enough about it to go about fixing it. I've overclocked and tweaked other things before but I've never messed with any USB settings...

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          • [Expletive Deleted]
            The Penetrator
            • Oct 2006
            • 2855

            #6
            Re: Weird Mouse Problem in BF2 and BF2142

            Well, after opening my search to USB devices instead of mice, I found a possible "solution" to try when I get home from work.
            It isn't really much of a solution, just a work-around and it sucks ***.

            http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/249679.page

            They claim to have had the same problem with the same hardware configuration (X-Fi, G5, MERC Stealth) and it's fixed by lowering the sound quality in BF2/2142. Boy, am I so glad I bought a $250+ sound card with which to play games... :rawr

            I might try getting a USB hub with external power... That might do a little something...

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            • =98=
              Member
              • Oct 2006
              • 10299

              #7
              Re: Weird Mouse Problem in BF2 and BF2142

              Originally posted by [Expletive Deleted]
              They claim to have had the same problem with the same hardware configuration (X-Fi, G5, MERC Stealth) and it's fixed by lowering the sound quality in BF2/2142. Boy, am I so glad I bought a $250+ sound card with which to play games... :rawr
              Should have bought the X-Fi XtremeGamer. If you were going to spend loads, should have bought an Auzentech X-Fi Prelude or X-Fi Forte.

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              • [Expletive Deleted]
                The Penetrator
                • Oct 2006
                • 2855

                #8
                Re: Weird Mouse Problem in BF2 and BF2142

                Originally posted by Alex98uk
                Should have bought the X-Fi XtremeGamer. If you were going to spend loads, should have bought an Auzentech X-Fi Prelude or X-Fi Forte.
                Those products didn't exist when I bought my X-Fi.
                And I wanted the front I/O panel and remote, so I got the lowest version with those features. It was also the lowest one to have that XRAM crap that nothing seems to really take advantage of.

                Can those other cards even use X-Fi mode in games? And what is to say that, given the exact same configuration with a slightly different sound card, this problem wouldn't continue to happen anyway?

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                • =98=
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                  • Oct 2006
                  • 10299

                  #9
                  Re: Weird Mouse Problem in BF2 and BF2142

                  The Auzentech X-Fi cards use X-Fi chips, but have much, much better quality components onboard for better sound quality.

                  The Prelude has been around for ages.

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                  • [Expletive Deleted]
                    The Penetrator
                    • Oct 2006
                    • 2855

                    #10
                    Re: Weird Mouse Problem in BF2 and BF2142

                    I bought my X-Fi Fatal1ty in the month they released. In 2005. Before the anyone besides Creative was allowed to make X-Fi cards.

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