Mouse look control issue in Anarchy Online

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Hi people.

  I have 2 x computers running windows 7 64bit (both running Multiplicity 2.0 build 00028)

My primary PC has 2 monitors and secondary has 1. 

When I have 3 clients of AO open (over even 2, one on each computer) I often run into an issue where if I control a character on secondary PC and then go back to primary PC. I am unable to hold my mouse buttons (either holding left or right click should allow me to look around my character) on primary PC's AO clients.  The only resolution is closing and re-opening clients but the issue keeps occurring faithfully.  Would love to find out if there is a windows or multiplicity setting that would help resolve this.

  Clicking items in game is still possible.  Left and right clicks seem to be accepted but I can not look around my toon by holding down left or right mouse clicks (as I am able to before the issue occurs)

 

This game has a free to play version but is 11yrs + old so maybe the game is just coded in an old way that isn't compatable with this mutli computer technology.  When I tried synergy it was even worse in the sense that synergy would make the mouse go super high sensitivity on secondary PC's game client unless I used a special feature which requires you to hit numlock every time you are on the secondary PC so it wasn't exactly seemless.  Anyways just posted this because I love this game and would love multiplicity to work with it.

 

Thanks

 

- just to note, all clients are running in window mode not full screen

- also noticed that scroll wheel functionality ceases apon this problem occurring, in game only

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Fun that i found this post, i have the same problem on my single computer not running multiplicity, not sure what is going on since flying
is hard now when i can't increase/decrease altitude that is used to use the mouse for.

I to run in window mode 1280*1024.

I use fences only at this time.

 

Ohh just found this thread on the ao forums post #18 seems promising, well if you use xfire that is. Now i can change the camera angle with the mouse.

http://forums.anarchy-online.com/showthread.php?t=601238

 

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

I don't have xfire installed on either PC and only experience the issue when using multiplicity ;/

thx  for the suggestion though.

 

Also noticed I don't even have to have AO running on secondary PC.  Just doing things on it and comming back to primary PC can cause this issue to occur.

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