USB Mouse won't work

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2 total messages Started by Anon Ymous Sun, 05 Jun 2005 00:11

#93448

Author: Anon Ymous
Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2005 00:11

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Greetings!
I have just installed the Doom Trilogy (Ultimate Doom / Doom II / Final 
Doom) on my Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop.  This system has a built-in fuzzy 
button mouse, plus a touch-pad pointer, and uses an external USB connected 
Mouse (no PS2 mouse port).  When running Doom, I can't get the mouse to 
work.  It works during normal PC use and also during the game configuration 
and setup, but when the game starts, the mouse is dead.  I've tried 
adjusting Mouse settings from the control panel, I've disabled the fuzzy 
button or the touch pad separately, and neither action makes the external 
mouse work when running the game.  The "Enable Mouse Support" box IS checked 
in the game configuration.  By the way, the laptop pointers also do not work 
when the game starts.  I have always enjoyed the Doom games but I'm used to 
using the mouse to play.
Can anyone offer a solution?
Thanks!
Scott

Re: USB Mouse won't work

#93449

Author: bk... Raymond Martineau
Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2005 01:01

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On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 17:11:47 -0700, "Anon Ymous" <an...@ymous.com> wrote:

>Greetings!
>I have just installed the Doom Trilogy (Ultimate Doom / Doom II / Final 
>Doom) on my Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop.  This system has a built-in fuzzy 
>button mouse, plus a touch-pad pointer, and uses an external USB connected 
>Mouse (no PS2 mouse port).  When running Doom, I can't get the mouse to 
>work.

That's a fault with that version of Doom - the mouse driver only works on
Win95-ME.  If you want the mouse to work, you need to use the Dos version
(where the sound won't necessairly work properly) or grab a source port.  

Source ports for Doom:
http://www.doomworld.com/classicdoom/ports/

Noticable ones are prBoom (compatability), ZDoom (versatility), and JDoom
(improved rendering).   Other options are available, but aren't as popular.

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