Q3 on winXP stutters...???

[Guest]

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My son's got a problem...
We installed XP on his system and now when he wants to play Q3 online, his
mouse is stuttering...walking is ok , running is ok , looking around with
the buttons is ok , but the mouse...stutters!
It's a hp usb mouse with scrollwheel..
In win98 it worked great but now it just skips alot...
Even the console stutters, and the menu's...when online..
I installed XP to, but don't have any troubles with Q3 online...
If he play's single player there's no problem....
We both went from 98 to XP, have the same mouse, and cable...
I sent him my config but that didn't help...
Anybody knows what's happening??

TIA

 

[john]

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not@home.com wrote:
> My son's got a problem...
> We installed XP on his system and now when he wants to play Q3
> online, his mouse is stuttering...walking is ok , running is ok ,
> looking around with the buttons is ok , but the mouse...stutters!
> It's a hp usb mouse with scrollwheel..
> In win98 it worked great but now it just skips alot...
> Even the console stutters, and the menu's...when online..
> I installed XP to, but don't have any troubles with Q3 online...
> If he play's single player there's no problem....
> We both went from 98 to XP, have the same mouse, and cable...
> I sent him my config but that didn't help...
> Anybody knows what's happening??
>
> TIA

Win xp fully updated?

Tried his mouse in yours,i know you said they are the same but u never
know,may be a problem with his mouse,illiminates 1 possiblity

Which version of Q3 ? 1.32 with pb enabled can be a bitch for some systems
tbh try on a server with pb disabled if it's ok u know it's pb causing it.

System specs? much different between yours and your sons?.his monitor not
refreshing as high as yours may cause this.

 

[Guest]

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< http://ucguides.savagehelp.com/Quake3/FAQStuttering.html >

HTH

M.W.H

<not@home.com> wrote in message news:c8b483$5a0$1@news2.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
> My son's got a problem...
> We installed XP on his system and now when he wants to play Q3 online, his
> mouse is stuttering...walking is ok , running is ok , looking around with
> the buttons is ok , but the mouse...stutters!
> It's a hp usb mouse with scrollwheel..
> In win98 it worked great but now it just skips alot...
> Even the console stutters, and the menu's...when online..
> I installed XP to, but don't have any troubles with Q3 online...
> If he play's single player there's no problem....
> We both went from 98 to XP, have the same mouse, and cable...
> I sent him my config but that didn't help...
> Anybody knows what's happening??
>
> TIA

 

[Guest]

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Well i was of to work today and he started trying al kind of things to get
it sorted...
He found out, that if his com_maxfps is set at anything above 50 it
happens...nothing is wrong with it when he stay's below 50...
Strange...since it used to be at 125 with win98..
Already installed a patch for XP to get higher refreshrates, so that didn't
help anything.
Wonder if anybody sees the light and knows what's wrong

Greetz..

 

[Guest]

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maybe his driver or USB support or something. you may have same OS and same
mouse of course doesn't mean the rest is the same. good luck.

<not@home.com> wrote in message news:c8dg5v$mc5$1@news1.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
> Well i was of to work today and he started trying al kind of things to get
> it sorted...
> He found out, that if his com_maxfps is set at anything above 50 it
> happens...nothing is wrong with it when he stay's below 50...
> Strange...since it used to be at 125 with win98..
> Already installed a patch for XP to get higher refreshrates, so that
didn't
> help anything.
> Wonder if anybody sees the light and knows what's wrong
>
> Greetz..

 

[Simon]

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i think your getting video lag when playing on line... i recommend you
upgrade your graphics driver..if your nvidia i believe punkbuster has a
problem with 50.xx drivers..so download from guru older versions
<not@home.com> wrote in message news:c8b483$5a0$1@news2.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
> My son's got a problem...
> We installed XP on his system and now when he wants to play Q3 online, his
> mouse is stuttering...walking is ok , running is ok , looking around with
> the buttons is ok , but the mouse...stutters!
> It's a hp usb mouse with scrollwheel..
> In win98 it worked great but now it just skips alot...
> Even the console stutters, and the menu's...when online..
> I installed XP to, but don't have any troubles with Q3 online...
> If he play's single player there's no problem....
> We both went from 98 to XP, have the same mouse, and cable...
> I sent him my config but that didn't help...
> Anybody knows what's happening??
>
> TIA