GPL Demo: mouse freezes => can't complete joystick calibrate screen

Well, I've installed the demo, v0.0.0.5 I think it says on the screen. It brings up the first picture, then goes to the screen with the menu options down the side. An hourglass cursor is shown and the configure screen appears after a moment. After another moment the joystick config screen appears. I can happily move my joystick around and have it update its various axis min/max values, but I cannot move the mouse. I cannot hit ENTER to select OK; I can't use TAB. All I can do is fiddle with Alt-Tab and Ctrl-Esc to eventually get back to the Win95 screen, then hit Ctrl-Alt-Del to first kill off "Papyrus Window", and then after that, to kill off program "GPL" (which I have to do twice before it really goes). Until I kill "GPL" for the *2nd* time, I cannot move my mouse in Win95 either. Any ideas? Video card and driver version: Matrox Millenium, v3.70.007 Orchid Righteous 3Dfx, v2.43 Glide drivers installed DirectDraw etc, v4.03.00.3700 Sound card: SB AWE32 Game controller: CH Gamecard III Joystick: CH Flightstick Pro until I get it working, then ECCI CDS. Stuart -- Stuart Booth Somewhere in Buckinghamshire, England, UK Note: My email address is in disguise! Remove trailing Z

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>Well, I've installed the demo, v0.0.0.5 I think it says on the screen. >It brings up the first picture, then goes to the screen with the menu >options down the side. An hourglass cursor is shown and the configure >screen appears after a moment. After another moment the joystick >config screen appears. I can happily move my joystick around and have >it update its various axis min/max values, but I cannot move the >mouse. >I cannot hit ENTER to select OK; I can't use TAB.

Ahhh, fixed it! I went into the mouse setup in Win95 and removed the animated cursors, restoring it to the Windows standard. Sorted. Wow, that GP car mode is something else, isn't it! Stuart -- Stuart Booth Somewhere in Buckinghamshire, England, UK Note: My email address is in disguise! Remove trailing Z

Has something to do with the calibration of the joystick/wheel. Try this...Ensure the js is calibrated in Win95 - start GPL and calibrate, but instead of leaving the menu screen after clicking OK, check the box that indicates "optimized." You'll be presented with the cal-menu again, but once you finish, you should be able to go on about your business...Hope this helps. Cheers! Marc

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> Well, I've installed the demo, v0.0.0.5 I think it says on the screen. > It brings up the first picture, then goes to the screen with the menu > options down the side. An hourglass cursor is shown and the configure > screen appears after a moment. After another moment the joystick > config screen appears. I can happily move my joystick around and have > it update its various axis min/max values, but I cannot move the > mouse.

-- Marc J. Nelson The Sim Project - http://www.simproject.com * No animals were harmed in the making of this e-mail *

> Well, I've installed the demo, v0.0.0.5 I think it says on the screen.

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> It brings up the first picture, then goes to the screen with the menu > options down the side. An hourglass cursor is shown and the configure > screen appears after a moment. After another moment the joystick > config screen appears. I can happily move my joystick around and have > it update its various axis min/max values, but I cannot move the > mouse. > I cannot hit ENTER to select OK; I can't use TAB. > All I can do is fiddle with Alt-Tab and Ctrl-Esc to eventually get > back to the Win95 screen, then hit Ctrl-Alt-Del to first kill off > "Papyrus Window", and then after that, to kill off program "GPL" > (which I have to do twice before it really goes). Until I kill "GPL" > for the *2nd* time, I cannot move my mouse in Win95 either. > Any ideas?

Yeah, since I installed the new Monza track GPL also locks up on me? (it was ok before this?) My work around is to press ctrl + alt + delete to get the "close program" win95 box up, but then press "cancel" and you will go back into GPL and all will be well again, it is a pain, but the fix only takes about 5 seconds, so I'm not too worried at the moment? 8-) *Peter* 8-) (NB: remove asterix to e-mail)

Unfortunately not, as I couldn't complete the automatic calibration screen ie. the calibration screen that was invoked the first time, and every time I started GPL! It simply would not let me select OK by any means. The Optimised driver was selected by default luckily enough I guess, and this appears to work just fine. I think it was removing the animated cursors that fixed it, but interestingly enough I actually have no joystick configured under Win95 at the moment anyway. It's nice to see having a controller configured isn't necessary here. Hopefully I'll be able to configure my CHFlightstickPro for Conflict Freespace, and just swap in the cable for my CDS when I play GPL. I wish other games (thinks Castrol Honda Superbikes; thinks TOCA) would do something similar - whilst my joystick is calibrated correctly in the control panel, both of these games drive 'off centre' ie. straight down the middle of the road involves steering the wheel slightly to the left. Damned annoying. In fact, in TOCA, I have to turn my pedal unit upside down, as otherwise the brake pedal accelerates the car, and the accelerator pedal slows the car down! How come Nascar/3Dfx, GPL, and, if I recall correctly, F1rs, can get it right, but these less sim-worthy efforts cannot? Stuart -- Stuart Booth Somewhere in Buckinghamshire, England, UK Note: My email address is in disguise! Remove trailing Z