Mouse Cursor vanishes
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Posted on: 2012-04-14 10:03 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Is there any change if, in Options -> Graphics and Audio -> Advanced Graphics Settings -> you set Mouse Cursors to "Compatibility Mode" instead of "Color"? You might have to restart CoH for it to take effect.
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Originally Posted by ShadowNate
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Wow, that's an ooooold issue if this is the case. What came to mind for me as an "off-chance" sorta thing was whether you had the setting in control panels that says something like "hide cursor while typing", but I really think that Kitsune's idea is more plausible.
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Originally Posted by Kitsune Knight
Is there any change if, in Options -> Graphics and Audio -> Advanced Graphics Settings -> you set Mouse Cursors to "Compatibility Mode" instead of "Color"? You might have to restart CoH for it to take effect.
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This could also happen if you use some sort of non-default custom cursor for Windows. The game likely doesn't know what to replace those cursor graphics with, though it will still track the location it should be.
That is why Kitsune's suggestion is important.
...And I found a fix. Seems the problem was caused by turning on "Pointer Trails" under Control Panel. Turned them off, the mouse came back.
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Oh god, that's about the most useless feature windows ever had for the mouse. On older systems it was actually possible to have a ghost image of the cursor across the entire screen if your GPU was slow enough.
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Originally Posted by ThugOne
...And I found a fix. Seems the problem was caused by turning on "Pointer Trails" under Control Panel. Turned them off, the mouse came back.
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I knew it was an issue with the game not knowing how to display the Windows cursor option.
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Originally Posted by ThugOne
...And I found a fix. Seems the problem was caused by turning on "Pointer Trails" under Control Panel. Turned them off, the mouse came back.
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Actually now that I think about it, that could be very useful for City of Heroes.|
Originally Posted by WanderingAries
Oh god, that's about the most useless feature windows ever had for the mouse. On older systems it was actually possible to have a ghost image of the cursor across the entire screen if your GPU was slow enough.
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Honestly, I lose my cursor on the screen very often when there are big/many effects going on(which is a hallmark of this game), so having a trail behind my cursor would make it much easier to find it in the see of effects since it is effectively "making the cursor bigger/longer/more obvious".
Really though, I would rather just have better control and UI stuff so that losing the cursor in the graphics wouldn't be an issue.
Which is why several players have made cursor replacement mods that are more noticeable than the game's default pointer. Here's one.
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If you recall, there's a cursor locator function in that same options tab in windows. Something like hit a key combo to make a halo over the cursor. I too lose track of mine now and then.
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Originally Posted by T_Immortalus
Actually now that I think about it, that could be very useful for City of Heroes.
Honestly, I lose my cursor on the screen very often when there are big/many effects going on(which is a hallmark of this game), so having a trail behind my cursor would make it much easier to find it in the see of effects since it is effectively "making the cursor bigger/longer/more obvious". Really though, I would rather just have better control and UI stuff so that losing the cursor in the graphics wouldn't be an issue. |
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I haven't messed with the settings on that tab in forever, so this setting is new to me.|
Originally Posted by WanderingAries
If you recall, there's a cursor locator function in that same options tab in windows. Something like hit a key combo to make a halo over the cursor. I too lose track of mine now and then.
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It's good to know there are options though.
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I can't find that option in Windows 7 64bit, but it could possibly be because I use a Logitech cordless optical trackball mouse with its own drivers that do not have the option.
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Control Panels:All Control Panels:Mouse:Pointer Options
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Originally Posted by T_Immortalus
I haven't messed with the settings on that tab in forever, so this setting is new to me.
It's good to know there are options though. Edit: I can't find that option in Windows 7 64bit, but it could possibly be because I use a Logitech cordless optical trackball mouse with its own drivers that do not have the option. |
Got a problem since this week's update on my laptop: My mouse cursor becomes invisible when the game is running. Works fine everywhere else, but it vanishes as soon as I move it over CoH. By wiggling my mouse around and seeing things highlight, I can tell that the cursor is still *there* and responding to my mouse, but it's frankly impossible to play the game without knowing where it is.
This is on my laptop, an Asus G53S running Win7. The mouse is the one that came with it.
Anybody have an idea?