Mouse problems in Theme Hospital (old 1997 game) on Vista

ThemeHospital · 04-04-2008, 07:39 AM

Game: Theme Hospital
OS: Windows Vista

Currently, a short while after starting the game, say 1 or 2 minutes, my mouse begins to freeze up and 'lag', etc ie it wont respond to me moving the mouse, but then will suddenly "jump." Kindof like when your mouse is running low on batteries and the cursors moving sometimes and sometimes not. I tried to run the game in DOSbox thinking it would work but it says its not a DOS application. Any help? The game is quite old and I've also tried running it in compatibility for Windows 95/98 etc but then the colours mess up.

All help appreciated

this has been driving me crazy for a while!

ThemeHospital · 04-04-2008, 12:38 PM

Is it OK if I bump this? Thanks

EDIT: Also maybe its worth mentioning I'm playing on a laptop and the tracking problem happens with both the pad and my laser mouse (just ingame though everywhere else it works fine), so I'm sure its not my mouse that is the problem :)

ThemeHospital · 04-05-2008, 04:24 PM

Bump

Any help at all is appreciated :)

ThemeHospital · 04-06-2008, 06:50 AM

Bump

If anyone could even offer the slightest suggestion?

ThemeHospital · 04-06-2008, 01:22 PM

Anyone has any suggestions at all? Im checking this thread like every hour but theres never any answers.

ThemeHospital · 04-06-2008, 04:35 PM

Ive managed to get my mouse working in the game by using it on lo-res, although it still won't work in hi-res. No thanks to this forum, I won't be coming here again :)

**koala** · 04-08-2008, 11:30 AM

Sorry for the lack of replies. It looks like no-one else plays this game or has any suggestions for you. Have you tried playing in Win2K compatibility mode? Have you tried an older graphics driver?

shadow2951 · 03-09-2009, 07:31 PM

Id like to bring this back up as im having the same problem and im not sure if this persons problem is fixed. Has anyone come with a fix to this problem on vista?

Mcninjaguy · 03-10-2009, 09:32 PM

have you tried running the game as admin?

shadow2951 · 03-11-2009, 06:03 AM

admin account or like right clik run as admin?

**koala** · 03-11-2009, 07:46 AM

Try both.

Mcninjaguy · 03-11-2009, 03:39 PM

thy both work the same except you don't have to right click on the game every timedoing it my way

its just setting the game to run as admin not in admin account

shadow2951 · 03-11-2009, 08:11 PM

im on the admin account lol

04-04-2008, 07:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
ThemeHospital Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 7 OS: Windows Vista	Mouse problems in Theme Hospital (old 1997 game) on Vista Game: Theme Hospital OS: Windows Vista Currently, a short while after starting the game, say 1 or 2 minutes, my mouse begins to freeze up and 'lag', etc ie it wont respond to me moving the mouse, but then will suddenly "jump." Kindof like when your mouse is running low on batteries and the cursors moving sometimes and sometimes not. I tried to run the game in DOSbox thinking it would work but it says its not a DOS application. Any help? The game is quite old and I've also tried running it in compatibility for Windows 95/98 etc but then the colours mess up. All help appreciated this has been driving me crazy for a while!

04-04-2008, 12:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
ThemeHospital Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 7 OS: Windows Vista	Re: Mouse problems in Theme Hospital (old 1997 game) on Vista Is it OK if I bump this? Thanks EDIT: Also maybe its worth mentioning I'm playing on a laptop and the tracking problem happens with both the pad and my laser mouse (just ingame though everywhere else it works fine), so I'm sure its not my mouse that is the problem :) Last edited by ThemeHospital; 04-04-2008 at 12:46 PM.

04-05-2008, 04:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
ThemeHospital Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 7 OS: Windows Vista	Re: Mouse problems in Theme Hospital (old 1997 game) on Vista Bump Any help at all is appreciated :)

04-06-2008, 06:50 AM	#4 (permalink)
ThemeHospital Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 7 OS: Windows Vista	Re: Mouse problems in Theme Hospital (old 1997 game) on Vista Bump If anyone could even offer the slightest suggestion?

04-06-2008, 01:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
ThemeHospital Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 7 OS: Windows Vista	Re: Mouse problems in Theme Hospital (old 1997 game) on Vista Anyone has any suggestions at all? Im checking this thread like every hour but theres never any answers.

04-06-2008, 04:35 PM	#6 (permalink)
ThemeHospital Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 7 OS: Windows Vista	Re: Mouse problems in Theme Hospital (old 1997 game) on Vista Ive managed to get my mouse working in the game by using it on lo-res, although it still won't work in hi-res. No thanks to this forum, I won't be coming here again :)

04-08-2008, 11:30 AM	#7 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 12,457 OS: XP/7/Ubuntu My System	Re: Mouse problems in Theme Hospital (old 1997 game) on Vista Sorry for the lack of replies. It looks like no-one else plays this game or has any suggestions for you. Have you tried playing in Win2K compatibility mode? Have you tried an older graphics driver? __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here

03-09-2009, 07:31 PM	#8 (permalink)
shadow2951 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 5 OS: Windows XP service pack 2, Wndows XP Professional, and Windows Vista	Re: Mouse problems in Theme Hospital (old 1997 game) on Vista Id like to bring this back up as im having the same problem and im not sure if this persons problem is fixed. Has anyone come with a fix to this problem on vista?

03-10-2009, 09:32 PM	#9 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Mouse problems in Theme Hospital (old 1997 game) on Vista have you tried running the game as admin?

03-11-2009, 06:03 AM	#10 (permalink)
shadow2951 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 5 OS: Windows XP service pack 2, Wndows XP Professional, and Windows Vista	Re: Mouse problems in Theme Hospital (old 1997 game) on Vista admin account or like right clik run as admin?

03-11-2009, 07:46 AM	#11 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 12,457 OS: XP/7/Ubuntu My System	Re: Mouse problems in Theme Hospital (old 1997 game) on Vista Try both. __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here

03-11-2009, 03:39 PM	#12 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Mouse problems in Theme Hospital (old 1997 game) on Vista thy both work the same except you don't have to right click on the game every timedoing it my way its just setting the game to run as admin not in admin account

03-11-2009, 08:11 PM	#13 (permalink)
shadow2951 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 5 OS: Windows XP service pack 2, Wndows XP Professional, and Windows Vista	Re: Mouse problems in Theme Hospital (old 1997 game) on Vista im on the admin account lol