Game character keep spinning out of a sudden

Hi,
I encountered this weird problem when playing games like Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and Rainbow Six Vegas. My character (FPS) in the game spins non stop out of a sudden and to stop it, I'll have to press any of the keys on the KB

I owns an Acer TimelineX 3820TG, i5-460m (2.53GHz), 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD5650, 4GB RAM and 750GB HDD.

I'm not sure what's wrong with it. Is it my hardware compatibility issues or a software bug or something? Can someone pls advise me?

thks.

 

I'm guessing you might have a problem with your mouse. It's probably something hardware, like the mouse gets "stuck" or something

 

This can happen when you have a zero point axis input.

I dont know the real term for it but in other words when you move a mouse it goes from point to point based on the amount of distance moved.

When I use my wacom tablet it moves from point to point based on a grid mapping, so in a game using the wacom tablet in a FPS style game the character will just spin at light speed forever because the axis is getting a constant input with no final point/destination aka "zero point"

I use this example with my wacom tablet, but you may be running into a similar issue with a mouse if something is not working right, or even if there is a controller with a stuck axis due to configuration issues or a bad deadzone.

 

do you have a joystick that's plugged in?

 

Hi Pita, ViciousXUSMC,
Thanks for the advise.
I'm using a wired optical mouse so based on what have been explained, it would most probably be a mouse issue. So what should I do to resolve the issue? Change to another mouse? If so, how can I ensure that the new mouse is working properly?

Hi Key001,
No, I'm not using any joystick. I only plugged in the KB and mouse to the laptop via a USB hub.

thanks all again for the advise.

 

Easy Test: Go in game and turn off or unplug your mouse. If the problem stops your know its a mouse problem.

 

Hi ViciousXUSMC,
This is an intermittent issue, hence I have no idea when it will happen again

I think I will try another mouse to see if I have the same problem but I got the gut feel that you are right

thanks a million.

 

I did some googling and found that the surface the mouse move on might caused the spinning problems. It seems like I'm not the only one facing this problem.
Currently, I'm using my Al cheapo optical mouse on a magazine. I'll try the mouse on different surface and feedback once I got some answers.

thks.

 

Problem solved. The spinning issue is caused by the surface that the mouse moves on

Initially, the optical mouse is moving on a white surface and the spinning occurs. Then I changed it to a black surface and the spinning is gone but the black surface retarded the mouse response. I'm able to duplicate the same results repeatedly. Hence, I'm pretty sure it is due to the surface. Maybe its the surface material reflective or refractive property that affected the sensing.

Thanks for all the advise

 

Split the difference, go for a nice gray surface.

 

It is absolutely a hardware problem, I have had it before with a variety of cheap optical mice (I don't think I have experienced this with laser mice, for what it's worth)

I think you are on the right track with the surface problem. Optical mice are surface picky by nature. It's basically a camera looking at the surface underneath that figures out the tracking. Certain patterns may get the mouse confused.