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Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne; Cursor is SLOW

by Haisook May 25, 2007 5:04AM PDT

Ever since I got my Geforce FX 5500 (256mb), I've been bothered by a relatively slow cursor in WC3:FZ. It makes playing the game much less entertaining. Before I got that video card, I had a Geforce MX 420 (64mb), and it would play FZ beautifully, with no cursor problems whatsoever.

Of course that's driving me nuts because the 5500 is supposedly much better. Besides, WC3:FZ is not 'that' video power demanding.

I've tried to play it on the 'lowest' graphic options, but there was no difference in cursor speed.

On any graphic setting, there's no lag or performance issues at all; only the cursor is slow.

Is there anyway to work this out?

Sys info:
P4 - 2.4 Ghz
RAM 512mb DDR
Geforce FX 5500

Thank you.

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Did you adjust the cursor speed?
by jackson dougless May 25, 2007 5:26AM PDT

You're in luck, in that I just recently played through the entire Frozen Throne single player campaign, and remember seeing a mouse scroll speed setting in the options. Maybe you should try adjusting that.

Also, did you install the latest legacy drivers from nVidia or are you using whatever was supplied with the card?

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I love Fronzen Throne. LOL.
by jinseok Kim Jun 5, 2007 8:08PM PDT

Poor human.
need to be patched. Really hard to beat destroyer.

Answer to ur problem.. i guess there's a conflict between ur hardwares. why don't u check ur hardware drivers? Hope u fix it.

what is ur race, anyway?
happy to meet W3 fan.

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Thanks but..
by Haisook Jun 5, 2007 10:56PM PDT

I have installed the latest drivers for the vid card, but the problem remains.

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Same situation with nVidia GeForce FX 5500 and WC3
by ryanmitton Oct 27, 2007 4:53AM PDT

I have the same problem with the card and wc3.

I've tried different usb mice, different ps2 mice. No change. I have the latest drivers, no change.

As I lower the resolution of the game, the mouse cursor lag does diminish slightly, but still very laggy.

Anybody know what the cause of this conflict might be?

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Let's look at when the fx5500 came out?
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Oct 27, 2007 7:15AM PDT
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Not just a problem with the video card.
by 5kank Mar 14, 2008 2:14PM PDT

I doubt the age of the video card is the issue here. I have the same problem... I think. I would describe my problem as cursor delay, because the cursor will move at the right speed, it just slightly trails my physical movements. Like, if you can imagine trying to point at something with a long bendy, rubbery pointer. The visuals of the game itself run beautifully with all the settings turned to full, just the cursor has a problem.

Anyway, I have an NX7100GS, which I admit, is not that flash but it's only WC3 and I shouldn't have a problem. I think that there is another conflict here, no idea what though.

Please, throw some more suggestions here.

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yes
by shock17 Mar 24, 2008 11:50PM PDT

I totaly agree - this is a software problem cuz im running TFT on 3.3Ghz duo core + 4GB DDR2 800 + GeForce8800GT +latest drivers - and i also experience significant mouse lag in tft :/
what do i give my money for if i play with f... lag ??
i will try to fix this issue - if i have results i will post it here - i expect everyone with same problem to do like me Happy

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What fixed it for me...
by 5kank May 9, 2008 10:51AM PDT

was going into NVIDIA Control Panel, then under Manage 3D settings (easier to find if you use advanced view), click the Program Settings tab, select Warcraft III (Frozen Throne.exe). Then change the vertical sync to 'force off'. That's it! Woo!

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Tried it; didn't work
by fitzal77 May 21, 2008 1:54PM PDT

Thanks for the advice, 5kank, but I tried that and it didn't work. I also made sure I was only set up for a single display, but I'm still getting pretty severe mouse lag.

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Don't rule it out!
by 5kank May 21, 2008 2:18PM PDT

Hopefully another fix pops up for you. There must be a few different problems in this thread, or atleast different causes to the same problem. I was seeing the same issue at a friends house on their newly setup system with an 8800GT and I used the "force off vertical sync" method and it worked then too. I've now noticed that it does make some of the graphics a bit messy. Like when you are signing in to BattleNet and the big wooden doors come in, the vertical edges are jagged as they come in. Hence the function vertical sync has, duh.

By the way, what is your graphics card? It's just that I also had to turn down the res quite a bit to 800x600 for it to work because I'm using a 7100GS (horrible I know, upgrading soon!).

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Same issue, Possible fix
by fitzal77 May 19, 2008 5:44AM PDT

I'm having the exact same issue. I haven't tried this yet, but I saw something that said the settings may have automatically been updated to be a dual-monitor setup causing the cursor to lag. It said turning that off would solve the problem. I'll check back with/for an answer.

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SYSTEM
by tdv1986vn Aug 17, 2009 11:36PM PDT

LOVE YOU MUCH

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CURSO DELAY
by tdv1986vn Aug 17, 2009 11:38PM PDT

IN NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL , in option VERTICAL SYNC choose FORCE OFF ( NOT CHOOSE use the 3d application setting ) the problem is solved.

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CURSOR DELAY
by tdv1986vn Aug 17, 2009 11:41PM PDT

choose vertical sync to FORCE OFF , Ok GrinGrin

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It worked
by Corical Apr 11, 2012 4:15AM PDT

3 years later, I suddenly experienced the same issue. Properly spec'd machine + gfx card. Thanks this proposed solution worked for me, "force off".

I thank you.

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Could be the hardware
by rodshifter Sep 26, 2009 3:48AM PDT

The cursor problem that happened could be hardware related. Check again your previous graphic card if it is working fine then your new GPU is the root cause.

Got the same problem before, and I replaced mine with a new one. It's good after that.

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Idea
by pmorrison2588 Oct 8, 2009 8:11PM PDT

Ok, I have an idea for you. Try to play GOF in your browser. If this plays smoothly then be assured that there is no problem with your system, because this game can played with minimal CPU usage. or you can also play some similar game that consumes minimum memory.

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i don't know, maybe there are many things
by bru_nick Oct 9, 2009 12:17AM PDT

I have the same problem and I think that my new ATI Radeon HD5800 graphic processor causes it. Maybe it is the problem, i do not know Sad
Maybe just the computer memory is low or my ATI video card is wrong.

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Re: Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne; Cursor is SLOW
by Nova-Ghost Oct 10, 2009 10:42AM PDT

Perhaps it's not your graphics card, but the settings in the game. Try adjusting the mouse scroll speed settings.

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how to fix
by Dirani Oct 12, 2009 8:02PM PDT

the problem is your resolution, to fix this you have start warcraft 3 ft go to options, video and change the resolution to something lower. that should fix the problem. 800x600x16 should be just fine.

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solution
by slambergamer Nov 26, 2010 1:05PM PST

just donwload the latest grapic card driver believe me this is the only solution.. solve it many time Happy

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