Gears of War installation/game play issues

alan robson · 03-21-2008, 11:25 AM

I have recently purchased Gears of war and installed it OK and the game will load but as soon as you go through the opening movie sequence and try to play the game your character starts to spin round uncontrollably and the game is unplayable. I had a similar problem with Medal of Honor Airborne but resetting the controls ij the game every time I played it fixed it which was a pain but it worked. Nothing I have tried on Gears of War has worked including reinstalling. I have played other games with a high systems requirement no problem such as Bio Shock and Call of Duty 4. My PC is an Intel Quad core 2.4Ghz with 2Gb ram and a Nvidia 8800GTS 320Mb graphics card running Vista Home Premium. Any thoughts on what might be causing this and any fixes that might be available.

Magus · 03-21-2008, 04:21 PM

What mouse do you have?
Do you have drivers installed for it?

I heard about something like that before.

alan robson · 03-21-2008, 07:07 PM

I currently have two mice installed a wired dell 5 button mouse i use for gaming and a wireless logitech mouse I use for general use. Every other game I play works fine with this setup.

AusROM · 03-21-2008, 11:47 PM

Do you also happen to have a Joystick, steering wheel and/or Joypad installed as well?
One of these could be stealing preferences. If so unplug them all while you play and see if this fixes it. If it then works trying hotplugging each one at a time to find the culprit.

AusROM

03-21-2008, 11:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
alan robson is on the 1st circle: Limbo Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3 Hellbux: 125	Gears of War installation/game play issues I have recently purchased Gears of war and installed it OK and the game will load but as soon as you go through the opening movie sequence and try to play the game your character starts to spin round uncontrollably and the game is unplayable. I had a similar problem with Medal of Honor Airborne but resetting the controls ij the game every time I played it fixed it which was a pain but it worked. Nothing I have tried on Gears of War has worked including reinstalling. I have played other games with a high systems requirement no problem such as Bio Shock and Call of Duty 4. My PC is an Intel Quad core 2.4Ghz with 2Gb ram and a Nvidia 8800GTS 320Mb graphics card running Vista Home Premium. Any thoughts on what might be causing this and any fixes that might be available.

03-21-2008, 04:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
Magus Administrator Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,375 Hellbux: 63,103 bLURROVITCH	What mouse do you have? Do you have drivers installed for it? I heard about something like that before. __________________ Computer: Intel Q6600 B3 \| CM2X-6400C4 x4 (4gb) Ram \| Seagate 500GB \| Point Of View Geforce 8800GTX \| Samsung 226BW 22" Nxs: "Tis beer o' clock "

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03-21-2008, 07:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
alan robson is on the 1st circle: Limbo Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3 Hellbux: 125	I currently have two mice installed a wired dell 5 button mouse i use for gaming and a wireless logitech mouse I use for general use. Every other game I play works fine with this setup.

03-21-2008, 11:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
AusROM is on the 1st circle: Limbo Join Date: May 2007 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 34 Hellbux: 789	Do you also happen to have a Joystick, steering wheel and/or Joypad installed as well? One of these could be stealing preferences. If so unplug them all while you play and see if this fixes it. If it then works trying hotplugging each one at a time to find the culprit. AusROM