Map Scrolls Uncontrollably

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"Sam Staber" <secretsam@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Good Folks,
>
> I have been playing The Conquerors Expansion in single player mode.
However,
> there is a problem I hope to solve. I recently bought a new Media Center
PC.
> It uses Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004. If I run the game after
> watching TV on the computer, the map will scroll uncontrollably to one
side,
> preventing me from playing a game. However, if I reboot my system and then
> run the game, it works fine. Now, I can live with this. But it would be
nice
> if I did not have to reboot each time I wanted to play this game. I use
the
> TV features regularly. My system is very stable otherwise. Other games
play
> fine even after using the TV features, including Age of Mythology.
However,
> Age of Kings behaves identical to The Conquerors Expansion in this
respect.
>
> I am using a MS Internet Keyboard Pro, MS Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 using
> the included software and latest updates. I disable McAfee antivirus
(fully
> updated) when playing games. All Windows Updates are installed. A clean
> install of Windows and all programs did not clear the problem.
>
> Intel P4 3.0 CPU
> 2 GB RAM
> Two 250 GB Hard Drives
> Sapphire Radeon 9600 Atlantis (ATI) Video Card (drivers updated)
> SB Audigy Card
>
> Perhaps someone can provide me with some clues to a solution for this
little
> puzzle.
>
> Regards,
> Sam Staber
>
>


I had this problem about 3.5 years ago when I only had AOK. It didn't happen
all the time; maybe 1 in 15 games. Usually it occurred when I was rapidly
switching views between two pitched battles. Some people speculated it was a
mouse incompatibility problem. I never knew. I began using the work-around
solution below. About a month later after I installed The Conquerors it
never recurred. So I never bothered researching it further.

Try moving your mouse in the direction of the scroll to regain control. Its
counter-intuitive but it usually works. I liken it to steering a car in the
direction of a skid to regain control.

So, you're not the only one this has happened to. A guy named Diablo asked
on 06/21. See the bottom of that thread as to what he said he finally
figured out was the problem (for him).

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Michael Ward
Fort Worth, Texas