Sticky Mouse ? Clearing game cache ? How pls

[EricTred]

Well some have you may have read my prior posts, well your never gonna believe this but...... I got so mad at my comp figuring well its going to the shop anyway , heh , I gave it a nasty slap out of fustration cause of all the graphic errors i was getting and ( I DON'T ADVACATE DOING THIS SO DON'T) It's fixed

But of course you know theres got to be a catch right, now my mouse sticks in place for like 3-5 secs and my units lag sometimes now too for longer WHICH IS LIVEABLE but if anyone has any ideas on clearing the game cache , I'm all ears, well at least I can play now.

The game is awesome when it works right. I really get into it, I just hope the best for the rest of you, and may you all solve your problems!

 

[Andrew Livings]

Oh yes, sticky mouse...

I had the same problem on my PC using my unbranded USB mouse (with a temperamental scroll-wheel so it needed a replacement); well, a similar problem: if I didn't move the mouse cursor around the game would be very slow and units would move only a few frames every 2 seconds. So I treated myself to a new Logitech USB mouse and now the game runs smoothly even at the highest graphics level.

Yes, okay, I'm bragging. Try updating your mouse driver?

 

[oagersnap]

You can clear the cache by holding shift while starting civ4.

 

[Zydor]

Eric

Thats gotta be the fix of the month ......

If you get hassles again, be careful, it sounds like something has started to work loose - memory strip, graphics card - etc - and may need pushing back in

Regards
Zy

 

[EricTred]

Eric

Thats gotta be the fix of the month ......

If you get hassles again, be careful, it sounds like something has started to work loose - memory strip, graphics card - etc - and may need pushing back in

Regards
Zy

I'm telling ya ,, I was so pissed . I couldnt believe it . I think you are very right Z, its got to be a loose wire or card but I'm to scared to touch any thing in there now that its working half arsed, but still larboring thou a ..huge ...marathon... 8 AI game...starting to crash out alot, there instant crashes black screen then boot to windows, but no more hardlocks or slow downs before the crash, but the way its been, thats still heaven... besides it will give me a chance to eat quick and go to the bathroom silly addictions !

Ow BTW Z.... I solved my lag problem by upping my virtual mem up to 4096mb ( the highest it would allow me) and....... there are 2 switches on the same page there ( programs ... which was what my comp had active) and "system cache" when I read it, it said.. to use more memory use the system cache ...so I did .....wow what a boost in performance I got... was like night and day . Its not bullet proof thou cause I still crash alot but I'm hoping to finish this game at least . No more huge maps for me again! even with P4 , 3.0 gig.....2 gig ram ....nvidia 6800 gt 256 vcard....still larboring thou the game ....(scratches head ) thought I had a nice rig ..ow well. Later guys

 

[EricTred]

You can clear the cache by holding shift while starting civ4.

Thank you