Mouse Input Locking in games (sticky keys?)

[Vechlor 0]

The Problem:

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Any game I play where I half to press or hold down one mouse button while clicking on another causes the input or clicking of that button to lock-up even after releasing my fingers. This problem I think is with all the FPS games I play like Quake3 and Counter-Strike, where as if I let go of the buttons, my gun keeps firing or I keep running forward until I press the mouse button again to stop it. I also noticed in Counter-Strike, if I’m holding down the right mouse button to run, while I’m running I switch weapons using the keyboard and when I click the left mouse button to initiate that I want to select that weapon, I stop running and then I have to release the right mouse button and then press the right mouse button again to continue running.

 

Hardware / Software Specs:

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Win2K Pro Build 2195 SP1

Logitech 3-Button Gaming Mouse PS/2

Logitech MouseWare Control Center: v9.24.80

Logitech MouseWare Driver: v9.24

DirectX Version: 4.08.00.0400

 

Two Words I Have To Say: PLEASE HELP!

 

------------ UPDATE ------------

 

I managed to temporally fix the problem, but while playing a hard game of Q3, I notice the left fire button gets stuck sometimes, but I have to say that its working almost 50% better now. What I did was uninstalled the Logitech software, uninstalled the mouse driver and reinstalled the Standard PS/2 Port Mouse driver that comes with W2K. In Advanced Settings, I set the sample rate to 100 and the input buffer to 300, lowering the input buffer seems to make things worse. I hope this helps those who might be having the same problem.

 

[This message has been edited by Vechlor (edited 27 February 2001).]

[Vechlor 0]

update ^^

[Vechlor 0]

New version of Logitech's mouse software release from their website: http://www.logitech.com/cf/support/mousefiles_w2000.cfm

 

This may or may not fix the problems I've been having, so I'm going to give them a try and see what happens.

[Vechlor 0]

Does my face expression give any hint as to what happened after installing the new mouse software?

 

Well, my problems are just as worse, and now I have to go back to the old primitive driver. I've tried USB/PS2 and both don't seem to matter. Something is wrong with W2K or my hardware. I think ever since I installed SP1 for W2K, this problem won't go away.

[D.F. Angel 0]

The problem is that a file called lmouflt2.sys is still not ver. 9.00 when you install the 9.00 drivers. Try uninstalling then rebooting, and renaming the sys file. Then install the 9.00 drivers. Those are the only ones that seem to work for me

[Vechlor 0]

Quote:

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by D.F. Angel:
The problem is that a file called lmouflt2.sys is still not ver. 9.00 when you install the 9.00 drivers. Try uninstalling then rebooting, and renaming the sys file. Then install the 9.00 drivers. Those are the only ones that seem to work for me</font>

Thanks for the info D.F. Angel, I was able to find version 9.00 and I'm downloading them right now. Below is the URL and additional notes for those who are considering installing 9.00 drivers.

Quick Facts:
Company: www.Logitech.com
Version: 9.0
File Size: 3.1MB
Min Req: Win95/98/2000/NT 4.0

http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10112-100-1562967.html

"Important Information: If you have installed MouseWare 8.x into Windows 2000, you MUST uninstall this version before installing MouseWare 9.00. If you install MouseWare 9.00 over a previous version of MouseWare, you may lose keyboard and mouse functionality."

"Furthermore, if you are using Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98SE, or Windows NT 4.0 and you plan to upgrade to Windows 2000 by installing over your current operating system, you must run the MouseWare uninstaller before upgrading to Windows 2000. The reason for this is MouseWare 8.x (and earlier), is not supported under Windows 2000, and the uninstall for MouseWare may not run in Windows 2000."

[Vechlor 0]

I renamed the sys and rebooted, and because the mouse was not responding after rebooting back into windows, I used the keyboard to navigate my way to the logitech drivers. After installing the drivers, I played some Quake3 and some CS and found NO problems at all!

 

Thanks for the help!

[D.F. Angel 0]

You're Welcome, Vechlor.