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genemead Jul 23, 2020 @ 8:15am
Help- mouse problems (Solved!.....kinda)
I've read here that Chapter 1 of the Campaign, the tutorial, is "touchy" about where you click (and it is), and that after that it gets much better.

However, I'm in Chapter 2 and I still spend half my time clicking 20-40 times on a spot before the game responds to my mouse clicks when trying to place anything (track, stations, signals, towns to bring up info, etc.). (UI clicks, and other games/programs, are fine.) I've tried a different mouse, and tried changing some mouse settings in Windows (10). I've reinstalled the game. Same mouse problems no matter what I do or which mouse I use.

I like the game a lot, but it's a click-fest for me and very, very frustrating.
What's the trick?
How can I make my mouse (or the game) work like it should?
Last edited by genemead; Aug 4, 2020 @ 1:11pm
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genemead Jul 25, 2020 @ 8:46am 
Thanks anyway.
I give up. It's unplayable as it is, for me anyway.
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Thineboot Jul 25, 2020 @ 11:47am 
Read https://steamcommunity.com/app/503940/discussions/6/2860219962082304824/

Seems nobody playing RE and reading this thread and willing to share help has read it within the last two days. With the information you gave no one who hasn't actually experience this behaviour could really help you other than starting wild suggestions.
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chaney Jul 25, 2020 @ 12:03pm 
Can you post some video of what you are describing? While setting up track is a little picky, it should not be as bad as what you describe. I have no recollection of any similar problems myself or having been mentioned here, and I've read almost every post in this forum.
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genemead Jul 25, 2020 @ 12:56pm 
Thanks for the comments, guys.
Sorry, can't post a video.

It's as bad as I describe. I've made sure mouse drivers are up-to-date (both of them), and currently installing the latest Windows feature update (version 2004) to see if that fixes the problem.

I'm just as confused as you guys are. It's not "weird" mice we're talking about here: a normal Logitech USB mouse and a MS M300 bluetooth mouse, both bought within the last year.

EDIT: The Windows update didn't help at all.
Last edited by genemead; Jul 25, 2020 @ 1:14pm
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Thineboot Jul 25, 2020 @ 1:17pm 
Make sure you're running Logitech's SetPoint.exe
While I have a Performance MX, there are some applications which run more smoothly when SetPoint is running. Never had your issue, just a general observation for over a decade.
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genemead Jul 25, 2020 @ 2:46pm 
Downloaded SetPoint. No change (sigh).
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chaney Jul 25, 2020 @ 3:36pm 
:(
Do you have another machine you could try it on to see if it might be an issue with that particular machine (hardware/software/firmware)? I get quirks with my machine sometimes like that. At least it might narrow down where the issue is.
Last edited by chaney; Jul 25, 2020 @ 3:38pm
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genemead Jul 25, 2020 @ 4:03pm 
I wish I did. I'm trying to run this (the game seems to run fine except for recognition in some cases of left mouse clicks) on a HP Omen laptop I got in Dec, 2019.... so it ain't that old. I don't have this problem with any other game/program. I just did a test. Took me 43 clicks to place a signal.

I'd bang my head against the wall, but it would hurt.....
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Thineboot Jul 25, 2020 @ 4:23pm 
... it only depends on the wall ;)

Again, check out the link and send them whatever they need to help you.
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Empty1958 Jul 26, 2020 @ 4:56am 
Does your laptop have an internal pointing device like a touchpad? Is it active with the mouse? I have occasionally had issues when 2 pointing devices are active at the same time in Win10. If you can turn off the device you don't want to use it may change how the other one is recognized.
Good Luck
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Thineboot Jul 26, 2020 @ 5:19am 
One quick search: https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Gaming-Notebooks/HP-Omen-Touchpad-Issues/td-p/6739156
Check out the answer by the expert...

As I've said, we can just make wild suggestions... contact Kalypso as they have an obligation to you as a buyer.
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genemead Jul 26, 2020 @ 5:31am 
Great idea about the touchpad! Hadn't thought of trying it.
Too bad it didn't work. Same ole problem.

I'll contact Kalypso.
EDIT: I made a Support Ticket. (Crossing fingers....)
Last edited by genemead; Jul 26, 2020 @ 7:01am
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genemead Jul 31, 2020 @ 8:44pm 
UPDATE:
After some testing, here's what I found out. If I click once on a spot of the map, hold the LMB down for a count of 5 or 6, then click again, it acts like it's suppose to (the signal, station, whatever) is placed. This only happens when clicking on the map- all other screens are fine, and only LMB clicks on the map the game has trouble responding to. If I don't wait and just keep clicking the mouse, it game ignores them.

I've sent the Helpdesk a Dxdiag, and let them know the above, but I've not heard back from them.... yet.
Last edited by genemead; Jul 31, 2020 @ 8:45pm
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chaney Jul 31, 2020 @ 10:35pm 
Thanks for the update - very strange :(
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Thineboot Aug 1, 2020 @ 3:27am 
Perhaps a wild guess, but do you happen to use AHK or similar software that captures your LMB and causes the delay?
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