I only just got this game a day ago, and I'm starting to regret it... not because it's crap, only because I can't even exit the room I'm in!
I started it up and found that the little robot I controlled had some very glitchy movement. The game was lagging (which I am use to, as it happens with all my games) and that sometimes I moved in the opposite direction to where I wanted to go. My camera was pointed towards the hallway, and I found myself holding W, whilst I "warped" backwards. I tried to combat this by lowering my settings until I eventually couldn't change them in any other way to possibly improve performance.
Then I turned the camera 180 degrees, and found the game wasn't lagging anymore. But try as I might, the controls wouldn't work. I soon found my robot spinning in circles in one area, whilst my camera wasn't even moving. This happened no matter what I tried. I tried to move with W, S, Z, C, and I kept spinning in circles. I then tried to click my way to the map, and even the area to where you skip the prologue. That worked. I tried to click the door down the hallway, but it was too far away. I was stuck in that room. I then thought that the lag was probably due to all the constant flashing of the red light. So I skipped the prologue.
I then got my custom character, in the middle of the pod room thing. I tried the controls, and it worked fine. As soon as I walked through the doors... the issue started again. I then found myself in the room with the computer and lab (somehow) and I kept lag teleporting into the corners of the room. I then gave up, turned it off, and looked around on the net for a solution. That's when I found these forums. I read about the mouse-alternative for moving (The left and right mouse buttons) and tried that. It worked! for a second... and I started to spin again.
I dunno what to do... is there a patch that fixes this? My version is straight from the disc. I thought it'd run, as the scans say that the bare minimum requirements are met. But somehow it doesn't seem like they are.
My specs are as shown below.
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System Information
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Time of this report: 7/14/2012, 18:57:48
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.120504-1619)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: HP Pavilion 061
System Model: RC621AA-ABG s7545a
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Genuine IntelĀ® CPU T2050 @ 1.60GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 958MB RAM
Page File: 1019MB used, 524MB 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
Any help is greatly appreciated. Buying four games in 1 hit and finding out 2 of them don't work has really put me in an off mood...