Beta 4 kills my mouse pointer

November 20, 2005 7:09 AM from

After a few turns of playing the mouse pointer (icon) gets stuck. The mouse still works but it is hard to keep on playing when you don't see the real position of your mouse pointer.
When I close Galciv2 I have the same problem in Windows. -> no visible mouse pointer.
As a workaround I can activate 'Display pointer trails' in the control panel. This will not get the pointer back but the 'trails' are good enough.

I'm using a GeForce 6600GT with the latest Nvidia drivers and the latest DirectX installed.

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Reply #1 November 20, 2005 8:41 AM from

Stardock Forums Top

I have also seen this problem. I had to reboot to get my mouse back.

Reply #2 November 20, 2005 8:02 PM from

GalCiv2 Forums Top

I have aswell.

Im using a 6600GT with latest drivers.

Need to reboot PC. Otherwise a frozen mouse pointer is shown and you have an invisible moving mouse pointer.

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Reply #3 November 21, 2005 4:44 AM from

Stardock Forums Top

I just noticed that there are new Nvidia drivers (81.94). One of the issues solved deals with a disappearing mouse pointer on Windows MCE. Has anyone already tried these to check whether they solve the problem?

Reply #4 November 21, 2005 5:33 AM from

Stardock Forums Top

I have the latest drivers and have the problem

Reply #5 November 21, 2005 12:35 PM from

Stardock Forums Top

I have the latest drivers and have the problem

Thanks wodin101. I'll keep the current drivers then since they work like a charm for Civ4.

Reply #6 November 21, 2005 4:27 PM from

Stardock Forums Top

Code Blue!!!!..... Code Blue!!!! We have a dead Mouse pointer!!!! This is not a drill!!!! Code Blue!!!....... Code Blue!!!!!

Reply #7 November 25, 2005 4:37 PM from

Stardock Forums Top

Try going to config options, use hardware mouse, it works for me (I was getting the same problem).

Reply #8 November 25, 2005 6:28 PM from

Stardock Forums Top

Does the hardware mouse option fix this for everyone else?

If it does, that should help us track down the bug.

Reply #9 November 26, 2005 4:33 AM from

Stardock Forums Top

Not for me, as soon as I select the hardware mouse it disappears. (I have a 7800)

Also, when the mouse pointer disappears as described above it only "gone" for the monitor Galciv2 is running on. Moving the mouse to the second monitor and it's back, as soon as you return to the first monitor it's gone again.

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