I recently reinstalled TNM using the Win32 Executable download (as my OS is Windows), but when I start up TNM I can't use my mouse. It's connected properly, but when I click it nothing happens, so I can't bring up TNM's main menu to start playing.

Any advice?

Hrm. This is in the wrong forum. Sorry, my mistake.

Moved the topic, but I can't be more help than that - never heard of this problem and I have no idea how it might be solved.

Although... did you try alt-tabbing out of the game and then back into it? Sounds stupid but it might be worth a shot.

Maybe a driver problem. You could try uninstalling the mouse via the hardware manager, in the HID dropdown list. Restart your computer and windows will install the drivers.

If the mouse works in Windows and in other games but just not in TNM, I wouldn't recommend reinstalling its drivers - it's almost certain they're not to blame.

The mouse works fine in deus ex and other things. I'll try your suggestion, Jonas. Hopefully that'll work. I also read in previous topics that uninstalling and reinstalling may solve the problem?

It might, but again it seems like overkill. You might try changing the renderer too. It's a long shot but the renderer affects a surprising amount of things.

Re-installing didn't work. How do I change the renderer, please?

There's a button for it in the options as I recall.

I could be wrong here, but as I recall the button didn't work. You had to do it in the ini.

It's been a while but I would guess that what you do is open TNM.ini find "GameRenderDevice=" and set it to whatever renderer you'd like.

The renderers are all listed in the ini and are of the form:
[Thing.ThingyRenderDevice]

So if you search for "RenderDevice" that should quickly take you to all of their names.

Nobody ever reads the manual

It's such a nice, meticulously formatted PDF, too.

I read the manual, a long time ago. I also remembered that it should be in there ... after I'd already posted.

It is a very nice document.

It's a very nice manual. The contents page makes it easily navigable.

Everything was where you said it would be, Chris. I tried all of the renderers but none of them solved this mouse problem, I'm afraid. My computer sucks ass.

I was told about a non-gaming solution with the Task Manager. Ending the explorer exe's process apparently. Personally I don't like mucking about too much there, so if you want to try that maybe set a restore point first.

Hmmm... I kind of assume that the devs would have picked up on this if it was applicable. But I know there is a warning in the game about playing DX before you install TNM. Did you do that?

Did I play DX first?? Is the pope a catholic! The funny thing is that when I install tnm it comes up with a box saying I haven't played DX yet (or something to that effect), which is lies because I have.