Wobbly Mouse Syndrome on Main Menu

[ChancellorKremlin]

Has anybody else ever gotten this, when you start the game, on the main menu, your mouse is all "wobbly?" I can't think of another word to describe it, its not so much "laggy" as it is like trying to move your mouse cursor through jelly.

 

Sometimes it happens, sometimes not. Not noticed any impact on the game itself, but wondering what makes it happen.

[Ark of Truth]

It sounds like your mouse is trying to control something behind the screen. It could be due to not enough RAM or graphics rendering RAM as well.

 

Some mods can have this effect also. I believe there is a Skyrim thread on here with the same problem which may prove helpful.

[ChancellorKremlin]

I can guaranteed you 100% it is definitely not RAM or graphics related.

 

I don't know why, but its started to happen recently, and just goes away of its own accord. Thanks for the help though.

[Rogue13]

Hi Chancellor,

 

I had had this issue in the past and solved it by updating my mouse drivers. If you can't get drivers specifcally for your mouse, you can try changing the settings in windows:

 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Change-mouse-settings  

 Make the mouse easier to use

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Make-the-mouse-easier-to-use  

 Also refer:

Update a driver for hardware that isn't working properly

 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Update-a-driver-for-hardware-that-isnt-working-properly

[DoctaSax]

You can turn that off by adding some lines to your ini, see:

http://www.geforce.com/Optimize/Guides/new-vegas-tweak-guide#19

 

(go to the 'control' section of the guide if the link doesn't you take there automatically)

 

Haven't tried it myself though. Will do eventually, the mouse always bugs me in menus.

[ChancellorKremlin]

Thanks guys.

 

I think there may actually be something wrong with my memory. I've been typically getting anywhere from 1-5 blue screens of death a day lately, ranging from anything from "paged fault in non-paged area" or "IRQ equal or less than 1" or "memory management" and so forth. I ran a memtest earlier today and immediately errors were reported.

 

I'm beginning to think one of my 4gb stick (or more, I have four) is malfunctioning, and this is causing the issues. It may even explains the low FPS I've been getting in Fallout.

 

Why can't things ever be simple!

[DoctaSax]

Because just when you have your software exactly right, your hardware dies on you.