problem to start a (any) game

[dikalli]

Hello,
this is the first time I post a message, and I have to say that I don't know a lot of things about technical questions, so propably I am doing something very simple wrong......
Well, here is the problem
1. I tried to make my own game but it is as if my mouse is not responding..... I mean that I cannot move my character, I can't exit... I see the inventory but it is as if all the "buttons"are inactive. (I have check that I am on a walking area and I have tried various coordinates)
2. Thinking that i was doing something wrong, I downloaded some ready- made games....  For instance, I installed "Gaea Fallen". I normally entered the start meny and here again I could do nothing. Neither start a game, nore exit.... But everething I could control with the keyboard (save game, quit....) worked just fine- not pressing ok with the mouse of course but with enter.....

Can anyone help me to find out what I am doing wrong?

PS. I have a similar - I think - problem with Cryo's "China". At the start menu, I can do nothing.... They told me to make sure to close all the other applications, but it made no difference.

[Gilbert]

Strange problem... Probably has something to do with your mouse ( or the driver ).

Are you using a wheel mouse or whatever?
If there's a driver loaded at window$ start-up (which resides on the system tray), try disabling it and see if that helps.

[dikalli]

I have a 3- buttoned mouse..( the central one is undo)

I have tried to see if I can do something with my mouse settings but the only thing I could change had to do with the speed of the pointer...

[Scummbuddy]

do you happen to have another mouse you could test out the problem real quick with?  whats the make of your mouse, anyways?

[dikalli]

My mouse is Keymouse, with software version 3.0
I just found another one, (Genius), with central wheel that I am going to try. I'll let you know of the results...

[dikalli]

I changed the mouse but nothing happened. I still have the same problem  :'(

[Dorcan]

Maybe you have installed a program like TouchPad or anything that has something to do with the mouse (drivers ?) and isn't compatible with ags ?
What version of windows do you use ?
Have you tried the game in a windowed mode?
Have you installed some drivers for your mouse, but not the one included with windows?
Do you press on buttons hard enough ?

[dikalli]

I have no other program installed thet has something to do with mouse drivers.
well, my mouse had its own drivers but I have unistall it and left the ones with windows... (I have windows 98 Plus).
I Have tried the windowed mode, with no difference...
Could it be a problem with my graphic drivers? If you think it would be helpful, I can post my stystem configuration, as provided by DxDiag.

[dikalli]

Hello again,
after all this time, I just find again the time to try to understand what's going wrong with my computer.... As I said before, I cannot play any game based on AGS. not only that, but when i tried to create my own , I still couldn't do anything. I cas see the menu but I cannot press any "button". I have checked my mouse drivers- they are microsoft compatible- and I have updated my card drivers. I would like to send you my DxDiag. maybe you could understand what I am doing wrong. Where sould I post it?

[cloudee1]

Uhm Hey D

 I think you may have stumbled across the problem, in the reply before last.  Before doing anything else try installing the drivers that actually came with the mouse. :

 You could always just uninstall if it doesn't work right?