Blood 2: The Chosen (PC game)

[choccieface]

Hi,

I'm looking for some help with a fairly old PC game which I have just bought - Blood 2: the Chosen. It has installed and loaded OK from the CD ROM, but once the game is launched, my mouse cursor is nowhere to be seen, and it is very very slow to respond to key presses from the keyboard - it takes about 100 presses of the keyboard to move down,up, enter etc... I managed to get the game running, but its the same, i have to press right arrow loads of times before it finally turns, not that great when you want to move fast!

Any help or advice would be great, I've been looking forward to playing this for ages. I've got Windows XP, and a wireless 'Belkin' keyboard and mouse, if that makes a difference...

Thanks in advance!

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[Deerpark]

Have you updated the game to the latest version? If not you can get the necessary patches here.
http://www.the-chosen.com/patch/

[choccieface]

OK thanks I will try that - does that often cause problems like this? I will try to do it tonight if I can!
Thanks for the help,

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[Deerpark]

It's hard to say if it will solve your problem but making sure your game is up to date is step one in game troubleshooting.
Step two would be to update your drivers.

What version of windows are you using?

[choccieface]

Hi,

I've downloaded the 2 latest patches, with no noticable effect.  I'm using Windows XP, Version 2002, Service Pack 2, and the computer has an 'AMD Athlon Processor', with 1.25 GHz and 512 mb of RAM. It's also got a wireless Belkin mouse and keyboard.

Thanks,

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[Deerpark]

Considering the game is of older date you might want to try compatibility mode.
Right click the game shortcut and select properties.
Select the compatibility tab.
Set a check mark in the box called "Run this game in compatibility mode for:" and then try the different options in the drop down menu.
I would start with Windows 95 or Windows 98/ME but try the other options if these don't work.

[choccieface]

Hi, thanks for the advice - didn't make much difference unfortunatly though.  Could it be something to do with the keyboard do you think?
Thanks again!
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[Deerpark]

Maybe... is game performance slow? Is it because of lag you need to press a key several times for it to respond or is the keyboard just not responding?

Can you try a different keyboard?

[Spero-T]

1. Does the keyboard work

2. Have you tryed a reinstall, often helps

3. Try it on a different copy if possiable

4. Try changing your resolution ? ( poke in the dark but you never no )

[choccieface]

Hi,

Sorry for the late reply, it took me a few days to get a wired keyboard!  And yes, that and changing the resolution have worked, and I can finally play the game

Thanks very much for your help and replies!

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