Mouse moves not working in-game

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Experiencing another type of issue.  In another first person shooter type game, the mouse appears to be working for its menus, but when in the game, the mouse buttons seem to be working, but the view is not being moved/rotated.  Instead, it moves the mouse pointer, which I imagine should be hidden (and instead, the mouse 'panning' controls the in-game view.

Seems some games have random issues with Multiplicity (often different issues in each case), while other games seem to work fine.

Plugging in a mouse on that secondary PC obviously results in the mouse pointer getting locked in place or glitching, so I can't do that.

As before, I've read/tried the usual support articles that are always pointed to.  Latest versions of Multiplicity on Primary and Secondary PCs.

Really hoping for some help.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
I have forward your problem/question to Stardock Support Team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate your feedback and patience.

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Most '1st person shooters' have anti-cheat software that frequently interferes with software like MP.  If you are playing the game on a Secondary, its near impossible to support for these reasons.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Product Lifecycle Manager

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

That's unfortunate.  In my situation, I have three PCs... my main one (email/browsing), a work PC, and my gaming PC.  I have to share my keyboard, mouse, monitor and speakers with all three, as they are all side by side and there's no space for multiple workstations.

I've been using Multiplicity for many years, but it seems that recently I've been experiencing the issues listed, after getting a new game PC (secondary).  Most of the games work fine, but some that are first person (rotate view with mouse moves) have some type of issue (different between games), and that odd thing where the KVM shows a black screen during a load (not a game-breaker, but I was curious why that might happen).

One option would be to take the gaming PC off the KVM, add a 2nd (local) keyboard and mouse, and pipe the video through the flatscreen TV that is beside the computer monitor.  I discovered that the audio is actually sent through that connecting cable to the flatscreen, so I could even get audio... but it's a shame my gaming has to use that inferior monitor speaker, rather than the dedicated speakers I currently have shared with all three.  It's too bad I can't specify what MP KVM controls (ex. mouse, keyboard, etc).  All I see that can be turned on/off is the audio, but I kind of would need the opposite... where I turn off everything except the audio, so the audio would go through the Ethernet KVM cable and be sent to the dedicated speakers.