I have installed and begun a new game. Everything seems to work brilliantly until I complete character creation and then I can not advance. It says press x but that does not work and neither does any key. The game is not frozen or anything. Furthermore, on the cart ride in to town it says RS in a circle to look around. My mouse did not look around so something is wrong. I am so close to enjoying this but need help please. Also, could not find anyway prior to character creation to change controls or even see what was what except in manual. Thanks in advance.

Basic Hardware Specification Chart (Empty so far)

Processor Manufacturer: AMD / Intel
Processor Name / Type: Athlon X2 / Pentium D / C2D / dual core / quad, etc.
Processor Speed: ?.? Ghz
Operating System / Service Pack: WindowsXP with SP #?, Win7, Vista ?
System RAM: ? ? GBs (MBs, if less than 1024 ? )
Video (GPU) Manufacturer: ATI / Nvidia (only those two are supported, PERIOD, so please answer which of them you have)
Video Card Model: (examples) Radeon HD 6670 / Geforce GTS 450
Video Card Driver Version: Catalyst ?.? / Nforce ??.??
. . (please use the numbers, and dates, *not* the word "latest")
Video Card onboard RAM: ? ? ? MBs
Sound Card Manufacturer:
Sound Card Driver IDs:
Sound Card Model:

(And this is only for the raw hardware & driver variations. Potential software conflicts are far more likely to be game play problems, and developers cannot test for all possible program loads.)

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Hi Gorath the Elder, My machine meets the requirements to play the game and I seem to have a silly problem that no one else has. I think I am just overlooking the obvious. I do not fully understand the game controls as the mouse does not function quite the same. Everything is fine except i just can not finish my character creation......or am I being silly and you need to see all this info and it is more than just a simple button pushing problem.

here are specs.------------------
System Information
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Time of this report: 11/11/2011, 19:47:42
Machine name: SIGRID-A5F3957D
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.101209-1647)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: MICRO-STAR INTERANTONAL CO.,LTD
System Model: MS-7302
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 2048MB RAM
Page File: 1083MB used, 2857MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x9501)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9501&SUBSYS_E630174B&REV_00
Display Memory: 512.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.7119 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 8/25/2010 20:56:36, 300544 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: ati2mtag.sys
Mini VDD Date: 8/25/2010 22:33:38, 5386752 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-D641-11CF-346F-3AC6A1C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x9501
SubSys ID: 0xE630174B
Revision ID: 0x0000
Revision ID: 0x0000
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D ModeWMV8_A ModeWMV9_A
Deinterlace Caps: {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{3C5323C1-6FB7-44F5-9081-056BF2EE449D}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{552C0DAD-CCBC-420B-83C8-74943CF9F1A6}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run

There was only one thing that jumped right off that DxDiag page, and it's this:

"Page File: 1083MB used", which is well over DOUBLE what a game player should allow to load at boot-up in Windows XP. It almost certainly means you have a background program that is recording keystrokes or otherwise interfering with the game. You need to get rid of all that bloat; start with a Clean Boot diagnosis procedure (multiple pages' worth of guidance on Microsoft's web site).

Okay here is new number. Reduced by half. ------------------
System Information
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Time of this report: 11/11/2011, 20:33:33
Machine name: SIGRID-A5F3957D
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.101209-1647)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: MICRO-STAR INTERANTONAL CO.,LTD
System Model: MS-7302
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 2048MB RAM
Page File: 599MB used, 3340MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode

Let me explain more deeply. The game fires and moves well, but from the beginning the control buttons seem wrong. To continue game the button I must press is enter. Then it asks if you wish to continue this game with a as yes and b as no. Neither of those work so I press enter and it continues. After the three prisoners are called by name and one is killed it sends me to character creation screen and using arrows and numpad I can create a character. Then it says x to be done. X does nothing. There must be a way I can see what my controls are because in the book it says this is a wads game but I am in numpad and arrows. my problem seems different from the others and maybe it is something silly like controls are set wrong or something. What do you think, excellent helper gorath?

I got it. Controller plugged in. Works great now and thanks for all your help. I knew it was silly but I am so lame I could not make you understand. I am so going to play the hell out of this starting right now!!!!