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  •  10-16-2005, 11:41 AM 15430
    ghen ghen is not online. Last active: 11/02/2005, 4:08 PM
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    Subject: The cursor is missing, mouse still works
    Both in the menu system and in game I have no cursor. I can use the mouse to navigate just fine, but I can't see where it is on the screen. I've searched high and low in every forum I've seen and found nothing.

    I've reinstalled the game twice, updated my video and mouse drivers double checked dx9.0c etc etc. My computer is also well above the recommended specs for the game.

    Any ideas?
  •  10-17-2005, 5:39 AM 16304 in reply to 15430
    ghen ghen is not online. Last active: 11/02/2005, 4:08 PM
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    Subject: The cursor is missing, mouse still works
    page 3 :\
  •  10-17-2005, 9:51 AM 16425 in reply to 15430
    Mo Mo is not online. Last active: 10/17/2005, 9:46 AM
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    Subject: The cursor is missing, mouse still works
    i have had the same problem.

    in the options you can click on "windows mode" than it will run.
    my mouse is still there..



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  •  10-17-2005, 4:17 PM 16803 in reply to 16425
    ghen ghen is not online. Last active: 11/02/2005, 4:08 PM
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    Subject: The cursor is missing, mouse still works
    Tried running the game in windowed mode, the cursor is then fine on my desktop but when I hover over the game window it dissappears again.
  •  10-18-2005, 3:12 PM 18237 in reply to 16803
    ghen ghen is not online. Last active: 11/02/2005, 4:08 PM
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    Subject: The cursor is missing, mouse still works
    right then. Guess I'll wait for release and see if that has the problems.
  •  11-02-2005, 2:16 PM 37297 in reply to 18237
    kutsu kutsu is not online. Last active: 11/02/2005, 1:58 PM
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    Subject: The cursor is missing, mouse still works
    I got the same problem, windowed mode or not, it's the same : the mouse work but the cursor is invisible...I already had this problem in Dawn of war. I solved the problem by using the windows cursor ingame by modifing the game's config file...

    It semms to be possible in Age of empire 3 and i tried to add a "+windowsCursor" line in my user.cfg file, as proposed in the game.cfg file...but, on the contrairy of "+nointrocinematics" command, nothing happens...can anybody help me ?
  •  11-14-2005, 4:28 PM 49243 in reply to 15430
    jsalmont jsalmont is not online. Last active: 11/14/2005, 4:25 PM
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    Subject: The cursor is missing, mouse still works
    Same deal exactly ghen. P4 2.8, 1gb ram, nvidia 6800gt 256, lcd screen running at 60hz.

    Upon loading to the menu, cursor is invisible, but mouse works.

    Solutions I've found that *have not worked* for me, but have for others experiencing variations of the problem.

    First, this seems to be more of an nvidia issue than ati.

    1) In nvidia control panel, changed the radio button to "Override Refresh Rates" (for applications) and selected the 1024 X 768 and 1260 X 1024 resolutions to use the global setting, not the default setting (in this case 70 Hz instead of 60 Hz).

    2) dropping 'hardware acceleration' in system properties (r click on my computer then preperties etc) a few notches.

    3) adding various commands to the game.cfg file such as (no idea what the commands do of course)
    windowsCursor (which is what is there already)
    +windowsCursor (instead of above)
    HWCursor (turn off?)
    SWCursor (?)
    NoRenderExtension (turn on?)

    4) mess with the refresh rates (always 60 on an lcd so I don't see the point) or vsync or resolution or color 16 vs 32bit.

    And that's about it. Nothing seems to work so far, but then I don't know what the syntax is for the cfg commands above.

    Seems to be more and more people having this problem.

    In the tech dept, anything you can do to help would be great. I feel like a monkey in a nasa cockpit with most of this stuff.

    Will check back and help as much as I can.

    .:pl
  •  11-14-2005, 4:56 PM 49264 in reply to 49243
    ES_Swinger ES_Swinger is not online. Last active: 09/20/2009, 8:46 AM
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    Subject: The cursor is missing, mouse still works
    What resolution are you running the game at? Also, make sure you have your latest video drivers and mouse drivers if there are any.
  •  12-28-2005, 10:36 PM 83222 in reply to 49264
    Chad3629 Chad3629 is not online. Last active: 12/29/2005, 12:00 AM
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    Subject: The cursor is missing, mouse still works
    I am having the same exact problem, does anyone have any help on this , as i cannot play with no cursor.
  •  01-05-2006, 9:57 AM 91385 in reply to 83222
    General Quarters General Quarters is not online. Last active: 02/13/2006, 8:57 AM
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    Subject: The cursor is missing, mouse still works
    Same problem here too. Anybody have a fix for this one? I've updated all drivers (mouse/nVidia/BIOS, etc) to no avail.

    Pretty much a show stopper for me.
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