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I have been able to get Alpha Protocol’s mouse to behave by lowering MaxSmoothedFrameRate to 30.

MinSmoothedFrameRate=20
MaxSmoothedFrameRate=25

Advice to set these values to 1024 and 4096 was misleading, and prevented me from finding the solution for days! Whose computer runs normally at those frame rates? The default for Max is over 60. Adjust it downwards until your mouse motion is predictable; make sure Min is less than max. This unfortunately makes the game a bit choppy under normal conditions, but apparently with my system this gives it time to load textures between frames, so mouse control works properly!

It works like this: when the frame rate drops below MaxSmoothedRate, the mouse sensitivity increases. Even on a nice dedicated gaming system, the frame rate can drop when the system is loading textures. Some systems do not have a problem with this–it depends on your unique hardware.

I believe I also set “onlystreamtextures” to true.

Why isn’t my application working? What is going on?.. Oh, no. Not Windows Firewall again! Isn’t that thing supposed to prompt me when it starts blocking a new application? Sometimes I wonder why I even try.

Well, it’s official, gaming is now going to start to suck.

I’ve always thought of the Wipeout series of racing games as must-have games. I bought Wipeout HD and Fury at full price, I didn’t just get them free with my Plus Subscription, and it’s one of the two reasons I have a PS3 at all. I highly recommend it to anyone who needs a regular race fix… or at least I did until today.

With the latest PS3 update, I became sad. It is now playing commercials at the load screens. Way to blow my groove, guys! Hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate. Billboards around the racetrack are one thing, they fit in with the game world. Video commercials at the load screen? You know, I may just find something else to play.

Damn right I’m going to get over it. I’m going to get right on over to some other game.