I've recently got back into my old style games. So tried to run Birth of the Fed on my XP machine. It runs fine in XP compatibility mode set to 2000, except for when I get to the game interface after you chose a race the mouse flickers and disappears, the cursor works fine up to then.
I can tell its moving as the square the mouse is on changes at the top, the right click menu comes up and I can view the planet screen and other options/screens if I pay attention to the wording at the top. I just cant see the cursor.
When I try to install the patch I can't get the game to run at all.
Anyone have any ideas on what I can try?
I did try going into the mouse control panel and unchecking the hide pointer while typing option and checking the show mouse pointer when you press Ctrl. The second works, sort of, but the game freezes if I press it to long. When the game freezes I can move the cursor around fine though just can't play the game which is annoying.
I've tried choosing a different race, but no joy.
I've tried the other compatibility options again no joy.
Anyone have any ideas as I really want to play it, and then look at moding it but when it's kinda hard to play if I can't see the cursor.
Cheers to anyone who has any ideas.
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