"andrew swift" <ioerror@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:AYGdneP6XO43Kp3cRVn-qQ@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hello, I'm looking for help on getting the mouse to work in Doom I, Doom
II
> and/or Final Doom.
>
> I recently bought that "Doom: Collector's Edition" pack that's been
floating
> around, a great buy. Basically all the "old-school" Doom games of my
> childhood.
>
> Now, I knew going in that mouse sup****t would be VERY dodgy, even with
the
> limited Win95 client provided in the pack for all three games. I have
> available to me both a Win98 machine and an XP Pro machine, and on both
I
> can not get the mouse to work at ALL. Everything else works wonderfully,
> sound and all. The instructions available for Activision customer
sup****t
is
> scant indeed; basically "If the mouse works for you groovy, if not tough
> luck chump." You tell the program to enable mouse sup****t, and it's up
to
it
> whether or not to respect your request. :-D Below is the link:
>
>
https://activision.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/activision.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=7412&p_created=1001452289&p_sid=*glVS3hh&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PWRmbHQmcF9ncmlkc29ydD0mcF9yb3dfY250PTM0JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9c2VhcmNoX25sJnBfcHJvZF9sdmwxPTEmcF9wcm9kX2x2bDI9MTEmcF9wYWdlPTE*&p_li=
>
> So, not much help there. Does anyone know here what WOULD solve the
problem,
> in other words what has actually worked for you or your friends?
Third-party
> Doom client, like JDoom or something? Using a REALLY old mouse like a
serial
> mouse or perhaps a slightly newer one like a PS/2 based model?
> (Unfortunately all my current mice/mouses are USB, which is expressly
> forbidden according to the Activision sup****t link.) If anyone here has
> gotten mouse sup****t to work in Doom with the Collector's Edition, I
would
> be very interested to know the details.
>
> Any tips or help anybody can provide would be wonderful, thanks folks.
:)
>
>
This ought to do it:
http://www.doomworld.com/classicdoom/****ts/
http://www.doomsdayhq.com/
http://zdoom.org/
http://zdoomgl.mancubus.net/
G.
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