Mouse speed issue with Sierra's later games (WHDLoad)

vagrant · 02 March 2013, 06:33

I'm having a problem where if the mouse is moved too quickly the pointer becomes erratic and generally moves in the opposite direction.
It happens in Sierra's later engine (Kings Quest 5, Space Quest 4, Castle of Dr Brain etc..)
For example upon loading KQ5 the problem starts when it asks if you've played KQ before.
I've tried all sorts of tooltypes, reducing mouse speed in winuae config etc?

mailman · 02 March 2013, 07:08

I haven't encountered anything like this. It looks to me like a configuration problem. Maybe you should attach your config file?

vagrant · 02 March 2013, 08:51

Sure.. bear in mind I use use tooltypes to disable JIT.
I've tried with/without cycle exact.

vagrant · 02 March 2013, 09:14

Hmm getting the same in "Roll or Die" whdload..

I double checked some other games that previously worked fine and they are still ok.. seems game specific

Toni Wilen · 02 March 2013, 13:22

It is probably normal. Some games don't like too fast mouse speeds (Amiga standard mouse is very low DPI) and don't handle mouse counter overflows.

It also happens with real hardware if you have you have 3rd party higher DPI or PC PS/2 mouse in adapter.

vagrant · 03 March 2013, 01:34

OK thanks Toni

I can make the issue almost disappear by running from minimal startup and lowering the winuae mouse speed to <50.. (something running in wb/scalos was making it much worse.)

mailman · 03 March 2013, 07:33

Interesting is that I completed all these games on WinUAE and on real Amiga (both using WHDLoad) and I never had had a problem with mouse speed.

Toni Wilen · 03 March 2013, 07:57

Perhaps it is due to adjusted WB mouse speed setting? AFAIK most Sierra games are system friendly (or at least partially).

vagrant · 03 March 2013, 13:27

Yeh I tried changing the WB mouse speed to it's lowest setting but the mouse still skipped around.. anyway at least all is good with no startup

02 March 2013, 06:33	#1
vagrant Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Australia Age: 44 Posts: 1,126	Mouse speed issue with Sierra's later games (WHDLoad) I'm having a problem where if the mouse is moved too quickly the pointer becomes erratic and generally moves in the opposite direction. It happens in Sierra's later engine (Kings Quest 5, Space Quest 4, Castle of Dr Brain etc..) For example upon loading KQ5 the problem starts when it asks if you've played KQ before. I've tried all sorts of tooltypes, reducing mouse speed in winuae config etc?

02 March 2013, 08:51	#3
vagrant Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Australia Age: 44 Posts: 1,126	Sure.. bear in mind I use use tooltypes to disable JIT. I've tried with/without cycle exact. Last edited by vagrant; 26 August 2013 at 10:19.

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02 March 2013, 07:08	#2
mailman Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Warsaw/Poland Age: 45 Posts: 2,433	I haven't encountered anything like this. It looks to me like a configuration problem. Maybe you should attach your config file?

02 March 2013, 09:14	#4
vagrant Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Australia Age: 44 Posts: 1,126	Hmm getting the same in "Roll or Die" whdload.. I double checked some other games that previously worked fine and they are still ok.. seems game specific

02 March 2013, 13:22	#5
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,534	It is probably normal. Some games don't like too fast mouse speeds (Amiga standard mouse is very low DPI) and don't handle mouse counter overflows. It also happens with real hardware if you have you have 3rd party higher DPI or PC PS/2 mouse in adapter.

03 March 2013, 01:34	#6
vagrant Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Australia Age: 44 Posts: 1,126	OK thanks Toni I can make the issue almost disappear by running from minimal startup and lowering the winuae mouse speed to <50.. (something running in wb/scalos was making it much worse.)

03 March 2013, 07:33	#7
mailman Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Warsaw/Poland Age: 45 Posts: 2,433	Interesting is that I completed all these games on WinUAE and on real Amiga (both using WHDLoad) and I never had had a problem with mouse speed.

03 March 2013, 07:57	#8
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,534	Perhaps it is due to adjusted WB mouse speed setting? AFAIK most Sierra games are system friendly (or at least partially).

03 March 2013, 13:27	#9
vagrant Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Australia Age: 44 Posts: 1,126	Yeh I tried changing the WB mouse speed to it's lowest setting but the mouse still skipped around.. anyway at least all is good with no startup

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