Myst 4: revelation on Mac OS 10.9.2: mouse sluggish and laggy

Dear friends,

I'm having a very annoying problem. Right on the menu and throughout the game, the mouse is sluggish and responds badly. This makes it practically impossible to play the game. Strangely, I didn't have this problem with OS 10.6. But I recently updated the system, and now this problem occurred.

The computer runs modern games perfectly well, so it cannot be a specs issue... I'd appreciate any ideas!

Some info:
Processor 2,8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 4 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Graphic card ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB
Software OS X 10.9.2 (13C1021)

Thanks a lot,
Tomer

I'm afraid I can't help.
I'm surprised to hear that the game works on OS 10.9 at all.

Thanks for the comment. Yeah, it seems to work wonderfully, it's only the mouse that's making problems :(

Are there any graphics extras in the game options that you can turn down?

I'm afraid I tried that. Resolution, graphic options... no help. The game doesn't feel laggy at all, it's just the mouse that keeps not responding.

Maybe a different mouse? Just grasping at straws here!

It's a wireless... tried a non-wireless... same thing :-\

Tomer have you tried to change your mouse speed in options for the mouse on your Mac? Maybe that would help.

No, I haven't. I'll check that and will let you know

Well... that didn't work, unfortunately :(

Sorry Tomer. If you are using a wireless mouse sometimes if the battery is not fully charged it will be sluggish and not respond. Try putting in new batteries. Good Luck!

I don't believe this has to do with the mouse itself -- especially since Tomer said he changed the wireless mouse for a wired one and still had the problem.

What appears to be slow mouse response in games is often due to problems with redrawing the screen fast enough, which is often video card or driver-related. OS 10.9 probably uses different drivers than OS 10.6. I think OS 10.9 is 64-bit, while 10.6 is 32-bit by default -- which would mean different drivers.

Does this give us a hint to a proper solution?

Jenny I was just grasping at straws. I am no techy. It does sound more like the video card. I had that problem with one of the newer Tomb Raider games on my old PC because my video card only met the minimum requirements for the game. Some parts of the game were fine and others were in slow motion and the mouse was sluggish.

Considering it's a Mac, not really. If it were a PC you could try different drivers, possibly older ones, but I haven't seen that option for a Mac.

Maybe use Boot Camp or Parallels and play it in Windows (on your Mac) ?


It's not even really the video card, since the game worked properly under OS 10.6. I think it's either the drivers or the OS 10.9 itself.
Checking the mouse is not a bad idea, and Draclvr suggested it earlier, but Tomer had already said he'd swapped out the mouse with no improvement.

Well, thanks for your help! I'll let you know if there's anything to tell.