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SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited October 2010 in Graphical and Sound Issues
Hi, I keep getting problems with my STO mouse cursor.

usually when i alt tab back to game or maximise back from minimise the game.

sometimes when i log in i see a line of writing saying something likw cursor corrupted - trying to fix....

when i get into game it seems fine.

i alt tab or minimize and come back in and the cursor sometimes changes to a 1cm squard block of transparent pixels.
sometimes the cursor picture (commbadge), alters altogether when i hover over ingame stuff.
it changes generally to an ingame item i have just equipped or dragged/dropped.

sometimes the cursor will completely change to a differant icon like the < > icon for playing chars when you hover over them.

any ideas on how this can be fixed?
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    It has been like this since late closed beta. Funny that it didn't happen earlier in closed beta. I really wish they would fix it.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I'm having a ghosting effect that didn't happen in beta. I checked my settings to see if it was something that was changed but didn't notice anything. While not quite the irritant the OP is having it is distracting see my cursor leave a trail half my 22in screen long.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    I have had the same issue as well, along with video freezing and green pixelation on textures.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    I have the same problem had to turn hardware cursor off and use software to be able to play. Im debating on re installing the game from the dvd from retail to see if that might fix it
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Sorbert wrote: »
    I have the same problem had to turn hardware cursor off and use software to be able to play. Im debating on re installing the game from the dvd from retail to see if that might fix it

    Don't bother, I have the retail version and it is just the same. When the game loads you can get a message "repairing corrupt cursor" but it goes by at light speed so you may not even see it. This bug appears to be affecting SLI/Crossfire rigs only (based on posts where user was intelligent enough to say "cursor".
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    K thanks have not tried turning sli off so since i know wont bother reloading then
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    :confused::confused: Ive got good specs for puter an one of the best monitors there is.. In space I have good graphics an movement , but on away team Im llaggy and slow response. Is there something I should change in the video department. thats my best guess. But I dont want to downgrade the space experience. ? ?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    OK, a little experimentation has shown something on my rig! Run the game in the "Maximized Window" mode. This must force direct mouse control as the mouse works fine. I dont see any performance degredation in windowed mode either, although I would have thought the windows gammas would not be great.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    I can confirm its related to SLI. I turned off SLI, and was able to go hours without seeing my cursor was corrupt and crashing, as compared to it failing on log in most times.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Thanks for the Replies guys, much appreaciated.
    i'l try turning off sli with sto.


    Staghead, if you have problems with your graphics lag, you should have made a post about it, this is for mouse cursors.

    However, being as your here. i had gfx lag with my GTX295 only on ground combat. last week or wk before Nvidea bought out a new driver and it fixed the lag issue. try it.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    If you have mouse trail turned on. Turn it off. That almost always makes the mouse pointer disappear in games.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    They need different mouse icon options...the mouse icon i get is very small, black with a white outline. It blends right in with the blackness of space and I will will visually lose track of where it is. I remember in one of the versions of the beta, it was bright orange and you couldnt miss it. Different color mouse options would be real nice.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    a fix would be ideal...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    staticblue wrote: »
    If you have mouse trail turned on. Turn it off. That almost always makes the mouse pointer disappear in games.
    It's not mouse trail. It's a bug in the game. And this is the only game on my system that it does it with. I have about 10 games on this computer ranging from Fallout to Borderlands to Mass Effect2 to Mount & Blade and this only happens in this game...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    I'm having a ghosting effect that didn't happen in beta. I checked my settings to see if it was something that was changed but didn't notice anything. While not quite the irritant the OP is having it is distracting see my cursor leave a trail half my 22in screen long.
    Yeah I'm just gonna bump this thread beacuse it's still happening.

    I will occasionally go into a new zone and get the horrible mouse trails. usually it will correct on its own when I change zones again but just now I had to exit and relaunch the game to correct it.

    Can we have an update on how this fix is coming? thanks
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    C04L wrote:
    Hi, I keep getting problems with my STO mouse cursor.

    usually when i alt tab back to game or maximise back from minimise the game.

    sometimes when i log in i see a line of writing saying something likw cursor corrupted - trying to fix....

    when i get into game it seems fine.

    i alt tab or minimize and come back in and the cursor sometimes changes to a 1cm squard block of transparent pixels.
    sometimes the cursor picture (commbadge), alters altogether when i hover over ingame stuff.
    it changes generally to an ingame item i have just equipped or dragged/dropped.

    sometimes the cursor will completely change to a differant icon like the < > icon for playing chars when you hover over them.

    any ideas on how this can be fixed?
    i have the same problem but my is just disperaaing off the screen and my screen is all fusst
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