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Settlers 2 - Mouse not working in Win XP

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 9:23 am
by The Arcane
I'm trying to run Settlers 2, and no matter what I do (compatibility mode, etc.) it always writes "Unknown mouse found" or something like that, and the mouse doesn't work. It does work in most other DOS games, including the settlers 2 setup pogram. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 3:55 pm
by procerus
Do you have a USB mouse? If so you may find the game will work if you switch to a PS2 or serial mouse instead.

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2003 11:45 am
by The Arcane
procerus wrote:Do you have a USB mouse? If so you may find the game will work if you switch to a PS2 or serial mouse instead.
I do have a Microsoft optical USB mouse, but it came with a PS2 adapter and is currently connected to that.

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2003 3:06 pm
by procerus
I'm stumped then. :shame:

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2003 5:06 pm
by Grzywac
I have the same problem, but on start the game is running corectly but one minut after the mouse freeze. Aaarghhh i must play in S2!!!!

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2003 1:01 am
by Splodginator
Have you tried "Exclusive Mode" in Mouse settings in properties?

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2003 9:37 am
by emmzee
You may wanna open up a DOS prompt, run a DOS mouse driver like Cute Mouse:

http://cutemouse.sourceforge.net/program/ctmous19.zip

Then try running the game ... s'worth a shot :)

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2003 12:00 pm
by Guest
I will try.

Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2003 4:04 pm
by Grzywac
Hi again,
I wrote some little mistake, becouse it's not only my mouse freez but
all program - s2.

I found the program who emulating windows 98 on xp and i will check settlers 2 when I install it.

But I want play on XP - I now that I can but why it doesn't work I don't know.

Yesterday I played all night in s2 on xp and everything was alright...
But i went to my bed and I turned off my computer, and ofcourse today s2 works like always (it's freezing some seconds later when I run the game :cry: )

Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2003 7:04 pm
by Kazer0
Use the Software Compatibility Wizard - Look in Start > programs > accessories

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 5:54 am
by Grzywacz
It doesn't work also. :cry: :cry: :cry: