Problem with mouse driver

[Blob]

I dont know how to run the mouse driver for dos ( ps/2 )
found on this site.
I am able to run DM for PC but the mouse cursor stand
there and dont do a @!#$ !

What should i do with this file ?
How does it work ?

[ChristopheF]

You just have to execute ctmousep.exe before running the game. If it does not work, then you'll have to find another driver for your mouse.

Christophe

[Blob]

Yeah but i know nothing about DOS, i open the game by double-cliking the DM file in windows
DOS is a complete mystery to me, how do you run ctmouse before the game ?

[beowuuf]

you need to know where the file is, probably in a folder like c:\ctmouse. Look for it in windows forst if you like.
so then type in the command:

c:\ctmouse\ctmouse.exe

You can add that line to your autoexec.bat so that the programme is run automatically

[Blob]

OK Someone tell me what ive done wrong this time,

I Booted under dos
Then ive wrote these lines:
c:/the folder where ctmouse is/ctmouse.exe
c:/the folder where dm is/dm.exe
And nothing hapenned...

I told ya, DOS is complete mystery for me.
You should tell me how to do like if you where talking to a child. Steps by steps.

[beowuuf]

Thing is, those are the correct lines!
That should activate the mouse, then run dm

what Op system are you using?

The way I check I have mouse under dos quickly is to run scandisk.exe right after i run the mouse...you chould have a cursor of sorts there to move around, then quickly exit out.

[Blob]

Im with win98
When i write the DM.exe line under dos, it appear that the line is correct ( i dont get error message ). But nothng happen.

The game start if i 2x-clik on dm.exe under windows.
But whit this i dont get cutemouse.

Is there a problem with my PC ?

[Blob]

Scandisk won't start under dos either.

[Blob]

Scandisk won't start under dos either.

[beowuuf]

AHA! You are running windows, and opening up a MS-Dos window?

If so, the double clicking on the dm.exe icon SHOULD give you a working mouse under DM, as it is using the drivers in Windows.
So it is your windows mouse drivers that are the problem.

I was talking as if you were in pure dos (if you use the 'restart under DOS' option for example when shutting down).
Try this and see if you can get it working using the above commands...to get back into windows afterwards, type the command 'win'.

If your mouse works under dos this way, then you should probably search around for a better mouse driver on the web for working under windows.

[Blob]

Mmh

I have tryed in pure dos ( with the reboot ) then typed the two lines described above, this is not orking.

I'll give it a try for the new mouse driver and see what happens...

[Blob]

Finally, i got it !!!
:)

The problem was me... The two caracters / and \ make a difference in dos.
I feel dumb.
But i got it.

Well thanks to you Beowuuf and Christophe for the time you spend on this. It was not useless, now i know a little about DOS.

[Sundeep Nandra]

if only I'd been on earlier I'd have been able to point that out

*cries*

[beowuuf]

I feel responsible for causing a days worth of misery.
I forgot to type my commands exactly as they as houyld be in dos

Sorry!

[Blob]

Don't feel responsible, you did tipe it right at your first message on the forum.
That's me that did the error.
Thanks again for the support.

[ChristopheF]

You mention a PS/2 mouse, in which case you should use CTMOUSEP.EXE instead of CTMOUSE.EXE. Did it work with CTMOUSE.EXE?? or maybe you don't have a PS/2 mouse but rather a serial one?