Cursor problems

[dekusvamp]

I have this weird issue with my cursor when playing civ4.
There is a box around the cursor, wich is transparent with the desktop, when i play civ4.
I already read/tried those things in some of the other cursor flickering problem threads, like hardware acceleration/tab.
Help appreciated
Thanks.

 

[ori]

Welcome to CFC

Do you have any custom mouse options turned on (mouse tracks or the like)?

 

[dekusvamp]

nope, not a single one.

bump please

 

[ori]

please post your dxdiag results file as a file attachment here

 

[dekusvamp]

how to ? :S

nvm i found
here is it:

 

[ori]

try a newer graphics card driver:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/fil...+XP+Professional&lang=eng&strOSs=44&submit=Go!
(no. 3 in that list).

 

[dekusvamp]

it said the driver wasnt validated to the computer...

 

[ori]

gah - you might have to look on the site of the vendor from which you got the laptop

 

[dekusvamp]

idk where its from :S

 

[dekusvamp]

isnt there an option to turn custom cursor off in civ4?

 

[ori]

no there is not - you'll need to open the mouse utility in windows (control panel) to do so...
as for the driver:
your laptop is a lenovo laptop - so look there. It what kind of thinkpad is it? if you tell me I could look for new drivers as well - right now the info I have is that it is custom build - but I have no idea which thinkpad no it is based on

 

[dekusvamp]

It says, ThinkPad R-series on the outside.

 

[ori]

lenovo is not a good site - you need to know the number (Rxxxx) in order to find your laptop there - but here is the site:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/s...s/browseByProductLandingPage.vm&validate=true

 

[dekusvamp]

Argh? well is there any way i can check it in the system?

 

[luckyduckman]

i have this same problem. tried hardware acceleration i believe to no avail. i have an alienware desktop. geforece 5500fx vid card

mx revolution mouse. i think i have a trailer on it but i believe when i didnt it didnt have an effect on it. vid card drivers are up to date

 

[dekusvamp]

bumping this

 

[ori]

I found it after much fiddling with the lenovo website
yours is a R61 and there is the following page for driver downloads:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-67856#video

take the driver under the header:
Intel (940GML, 945GM, GL960, GM965)

@luckyduckman: please post your dxdiag results file as well

 

[dekusvamp]

Bump
Sorry for the long wait
It didn't work.
I also noticed this problem with other computer games like Guild Wars and World of Warcraft when i play them in Fullscreen.
I forgot to mention, the mouse flickering is only on my Phillips 220TW screen, wich is connected to my laptop

 

[dekusvamp]

Also, when i try to connect to the internet to create an account with the civ4 client, i fill in information, and it pretends like working in like 0,5 seconds, and it does nothing.
Same happens for login.
EDIT:: I solved this, just used create account to login

 

[dekusvamp]

Bumping this