Frag Supasta
03-21-2002, 11:24 AM
When I had upgraded to Windows XP, I discovered that the 2nd mouse, if plugged in, would behave very laggy and shaky in Serious Sam. However, I have found the solution to this problem, it involves turning of FIFO-mode for a serial port. It'll make the 2nd mouse work, but other hardware may become slower with FIFO mode off, so you may want to turn it on again after playing.
Note: I'm using the Dutch version of Windows XP, so I translated some things to English. Excuse me if my translations aren't entirely correct.
Click Start-->Control Panel-->System-->Hardware-->Device Manager.
Now click "Ports (COM & LPT)". Right-click the port you want to use with the 2nd mouse, and click Properties. Click Port Settings-->Advanced.
Now uncheck the box "Use FIFO-buffers". To turn them back on, you have to check it again of course.
Another note on using the 2nd mouse with Serious Sam: make sure you plug it in quite a while after Windows has started, because it won't work if you plug it in too soon. I usually plug it in after Serious Sam has started.
Note: I'm using the Dutch version of Windows XP, so I translated some things to English. Excuse me if my translations aren't entirely correct.
Click Start-->Control Panel-->System-->Hardware-->Device Manager.
Now click "Ports (COM & LPT)". Right-click the port you want to use with the 2nd mouse, and click Properties. Click Port Settings-->Advanced.
Now uncheck the box "Use FIFO-buffers". To turn them back on, you have to check it again of course.
Another note on using the 2nd mouse with Serious Sam: make sure you plug it in quite a while after Windows has started, because it won't work if you plug it in too soon. I usually plug it in after Serious Sam has started.