Try changing the joystick option in the options menu from "Optimized" to
"Direct input". That solved a problem I had which was sort of similar.
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> >>whenever I start the GPL demo, I can see the menu screen for about
> >>a second, then it takes me directly to a calibration screen where
> >>my mouse pointer is frozen. The only way to get out of this situation
> >>is ALT+F4 which brings me back to Windows.
> ..
> > Try changing the joystick option in the options menu from "Optimized" to
> > "Direct input". That solved a problem I had which was sort of similar.
> But I can't go to the option menu because right after the intro screen
> it takes me to the calibration screen and I'm stuck because the mouse
> pointer is frozen...
Anybody else had that problem, maybe with a solution?
l8er
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When you installed GPL, first the files unzipped, then the Sierra Installer
ran (and copied all the files to a ../Sierra/gpl directory. If you do a Find
on your harddrive and look for gpl.exe, I think you will find TWO copies of
it. One will be in the Sierra directory, the other will be in the directory
where you ran the installer from. The Sierra directory gpl.exe file works,
the other DOES NOT (freezes at calibration)
Once you've found the one that works, you can delete the other one and the
directory that it is in.. those files are totally useless (very annoying of
Sierra to do this - wasting my harddrive space!).
Try that.. that should work!
If not, go to my webpage and follow the installation instructions for
Windows 98 installation. It may work (what have you got to lose?) I haven't
met one person yet that hasn't been able to get it up and running after
following my instructions step-by-step.
doktorB
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I turned off animated cursors in the Control Panel/Mouse applet and
suddenly it all started working for me.
HTH,
Stuart
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Michael.
> >Hi,
> >whenever I start the GPL demo, I can see the menu screen for about
> >a second, then it takes me directly to a calibration screen where
> >my mouse pointer is frozen. The only way to get out of this situation
> >is ALT+F4 which brings me back to Windows.
> >No matter if I plug in or out my TM GP1 wheel or remove it from the
> >hardware setup, this happens all the time...
> Sounds like the problem I had initially, even without having a
> joystick selected in the Win95 control panel, it'd sit there and allow
> me calibrate, sort of, but I couldn't press the OK button => the mouse
> wouldn't move. I had to Ctrl-Alt-Del kill GPL every time.
> I turned off animated cursors in the Control Panel/Mouse applet and
> suddenly it all started working for me.
> HTH,
> Stuart
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