GTA vice city spinning scenery?

[roxie6]

just installed vice city and the scene spins around so badly it is disorienating and impossible to direct the poor guy anywhere on foot. if he's on a bike or in a car it's ok the scene is still and you can ride/drive, but once you get out again, the spinning starts again. moving the mouse around conteracts the spinning, but not enough to properly function. i have only played this once before on a neighbour's xbox and don't remember this occurring. it's like the look left button is stuck or something (but it's not). is this a defective cd or is it a setting i must change or a patch i must download? any help??? :)

[Bluvertigo]

Have you tried reinstalling the game?
What version of DirectX do you have installed?
Have you installed all patches related to this game?

[roxie6]

yes i have tried uninstall/re-installing, but no improvement
no I have no patches yet
i have an HP pavillion AMD XP2800+ 2.08 gig, windows xp ser. pk 2
i don't know what version of direct x i have, where do i find that info?

[roxie6]

ok i found it , directx 9.0

[chief]

what are you using the control the game? do you have a joystick connected?

[Law]

what are you using the control the game? do you have a joystick connected?

Thats what i would ask. I had one connected while playing the game the first time and had the same problem , then i realized my gamepad was causing it to keep rotating because it wasnt calibrated so i disconnected it and then the game was fine.

[Bluvertigo]

Calibrate joystick before starting the game

To calibrate a game controller

- Open Game Controllers in Control Panel.
- Under Installed game controllers, click the controller you want to calibrate, and then click Properties.
- On the Settings tab, click Calibrate, and then follow the instructions on your screen.

[dusty550]

I had the same problem, It was with the logitech wingman usb controller, i found out that the little slider near the R button, if its set in the middle it will stop it, or just simply unplug the controller if you dont need it.

[roxie6]

thank you, i will try your suggestions. as i sit here i look at my logitech wingman rumblepad which i haven't used in so long i forgot was connected! i was using my mouse and keyboard for the game and totally didn't even consider the wingman, duh!

[roxie6]

Yes, it was the slider button on the rumblepad. Thanks a lot, now I can configure the controller and get my son off my back! (he's been a pain as his new x-mas gameboy is defective and this problem was a dbl whamy) thanks again!