View/Directional Bug

[Silky]

I've got this view/directional bug that's making inf play impossible

Basically it started about 6 weeks ago, out of the blue

I'll be running around and suddenly, occasionally, I'll suddenly look up at the ceiling, or in extreme circumstances, my direction will suddenly reverse, as if the mouse has overextended and sent me in the opposite direction. It seems to also sometimes trigger non-stop running which can only be stopped by opening the map.

I tried a different mouse, still happens.

I tried offline, doesn't happen.

I reinstalled the game, still happens.

I played around with mouse settings in Windows, still happens.

Any ideas? When I'm scrolling around the map screen, there's no issue. It's as if in game my mouse is hypersensitive or I'm pressing N accidentally (which I'm not, before you ask!).

EDIT - - talk about strange. I posted this as I loaded up the game. I crashed out during loading. Tried again, crashed out after the Server select screen. Crashed out 3 more times, and also crshed during loading Test server. So decided to uninstall and reinstall. Game loads fine, view bug fixed. Weird. But in a good way.

Edited February 17, 2010 by Silky

[DOC]

Two things no one ever does, but which are always wise to maintain a regular schedule of:-

1. Defrag your hard drive

2. Uninstall and reinstall the game when things start going totally oblong on you and you haven't just patched the game or changed your computer

It's just a wise idea. Like, you can run a car for years without changing your oil and it will still run, but it's much smarter to just change your oil regularly.

[GOPHUR]

Well that is indeed odd. Glad it's fixed. WIN!

[xanthus]

This is a long-standing issue (pre 1.30) that happens to me as well (rarely), especially when I use the mouse with ATGs or AAA. It doesn't happen often and I can merely move my mouse back so it's not a major annoyance.