Win 11 PC Lag Mouse Issues again

[Jackal7371]

Hi, again not tech savvy, I was playing on my PC and now most of the games have cursor lag, which makes it unplayable, is there any direct support for Win11, or can someone team view and fix this for me please? I live in Florida so EST, really destress playing this, I literally don't know how to fix it lol

[thunderchero]

have you tried what you did last week?
viewtopic.php?p=62399#p62399

[Jackal7371]

I guess I was hoping not to reinstall the install again, byt ty for response.

[Spocks-cuddly-tribble]

There is also a rare issue for some systems if the game crashes using dxwnd default fullscreen proxy.
For some reason after this dxwnd doesn't compensate the mouse lag for the crashed mod anymore.

Solution is either reinstallation or switch to other proxy file (ddraw works for me): viewtopic.php?p=56793#p56793

[thunderchero]

There is also a rare issue for some systems if the game crashes using dxwnd default fullscreen proxy.
For some reason after this dxwnd doesn't compensate the mouse lag for the crashed mod anymore.

Solution is either reinstallation or switch to other proxy file (ddraw works for me): viewtopic.php?p=56793#p56793

latest Release candidate come with ddraw proxy for fullscreen
viewtopic.php?p=62467#p62467

on 1 dual monitor setup he ended up running directly from DxWnd gui (after proxy files removed)
but he has not attempted to create his own proxy files. He says it work now, and does not want to mess that up.

[Jackal7371]

Yep, I carefully read yalls advice, reinstalled works great, any thought on a WIn 11 fix patch thingy? Much thanks Jack, Quark to Nod "virtual profits"?, Nog says Profits are Profits

[Spocks-cuddly-tribble]

latest Release candidate come with ddraw proxy for fullscreen

Only because of my issue (no one else reported this AFAIK)? ddraw proxy has smallish downsides vs winmm:

- launches and ends BotF slower
- in fullscreen mode can lead to black screen starting new games (not when launching BotF)

Second seems testing related. Ending/starting different mods in close succession. Symptoms equal a 'galaxy hangup' where the empire intro should start.

running directly from DxWnd gui (after proxy files removed)

Not the worst solution, doesn't require desktop icons, but one needs to know how to use -Mudd in this case.

[thunderchero]

I can only create a generic proxy that is based on my system.
example; if user has dual monitors it would be best if user creates personal proxy files based on his system configuration.

- in fullscreen mode can lead to black screen starting new games (not when launching BotF)

I get same thing some times in window mode.

Only because of my issue (no one else reported this AFAIK)

there has been issues on Discord as well as other winmm issues (developer of DxWnd says winmm should be used as last resort)
he even packs winmm.dll in password protected zip file.
also prior releases of dxwnd, ddraw proxy would not even work in fullscreen
that is why I had not used it before now.

[daniel_porges]

today the mouse cursor error is back
i played last six month, but today suddenly the cursor hangs

[thunderchero]

today the mouse cursor error is back
i played last six month, but today suddenly the cursor hangs

try latest installer

viewtopic.php?p=63233#p63233

[Jamauc]

Hi, i tried the new installer and it was working fine for like ten minutes then i got a bluescreen.. After the restart i had mouse lag again. Any idea what i might be doing wrong?

[thunderchero]

Hi, i tried the new installer and it was working fine for like ten minutes then i got a bluescreen.. After the restart i had mouse lag again. Any idea what i might be doing wrong?

almost sounds like you have more than 1 issue

suggestions to try

check md5 hash of download
https://emn178.github.io/online-tools/md5_checksum.html

hash for most active RC2
96484bfa9f8ad7c5f856de6b1b7bbb6b

hash for older RC2
007f5f1ae0cd380587125f628cc8a38d

sometime windows update has been known to interfere with install if an update is pending.

if currently you are only having mouse lag make sure these files are not being blocked by AV or windows

dxwnd.dll (main proxy file, same file for fullscreen and windowed modes)
dxwnd.dxw (configuration file with settings, different file settings for fullscreen and windowed modes)
ddraw.dll (main dll file, same file for fullscreen and windowed modes)

[Jamauc]

Thank you, the hash checked out and the files were not blocked, but there was a dwwnd.dll.tmp file. I just reinstalled the game again and now there is no *.tmp file and the game is running smoothly..

[thunderchero]

but there was a dwwnd.dll.tmp file.

the "dxwnd.lockfile.tmp" is created during game play, but should be deleted when game closes.

[adi]

this happened to me yesterday after a Win11 update and reinstalling the game worked like a charm.
backup stbof.res and trek.exe if you have changes from the original install.
uninstall the MOD.
install it again.
overwrite stbof.res and trek.exe with your backup