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When Can We Have Larger Mouse Pointers?

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited September 2010 in Controls and User Interface
I run the game in 1280x1024 and some people run it in even higher resolution. The mouse pointer is nearly indistinguishable from the UI in the background, especially in the middle of combat.

Can we have a bigger, more visible one please?
OR a few options to choose from different sizes?
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Oh man Im all for this ... so many times Ive lost my pointer/cursor in space combat because its so small.

    Cryptic, you could possibly make it larger or give it a solid color, that might help.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Mine seems to actually disappear in heavy combat...and it frequently fails to successfully activate hot bar commands.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Oh so very much.

    I run at 1920x1200... pity me.

    /sign
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I run at 1920x1200 as well and "lose track" of the pointer quite often in combat. Since this game requires the mouse as much as it does, a size option is a must.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I run the game in 1280x1024 and some people run it in even higher resolution. The mouse pointer is nearly indistinguishable from the UI in the background, especially in the middle of combat.

    Can we have a bigger, more visible one please?
    OR a few options to choose from different sizes?

    i thought i was the only one. yes it needs to change. 1920 x 1080 is my screen size.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Same here, I play at "only" 1680x1050 but the fact that the cursor is black with a dark grey outline makes it really hard to see against a generally dark grey background.

    In the Open Beta the cursor was bigger and a nice bright yellow/orange colour. I would really like the big fat yellow cursor back or an option to get that cursor back.

    Hell even an option to make the cursor default to the generic windows white arrow would be an improvement, because at least then it'll be slightly larger and white.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I decided to bump this thread every time I lose my cursor on screen.
    :mad:

    /bump
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I decided to bump this thread every time I lose my cursor on screen.
    :mad:

    /bump

    And I am bumping too.

    I thought this would have been fixed by now and never bothered to look if it was even in hand, as it is such an obvious flaw in the design of the UI.
    Probably every single ground combat fight I find myself desperately moving my mouse about, trying to catch a glimpse of it, is it off screen? Do I need to click to re enable it? If I move it frantically enough I might see it but then that can make it even harder to see. Damn I just selected that CC'd mob and broke the CC. etc etc

    As far as I know there is no way of using your ground BO skills or controlling your BO's other than clicking them with the mouse pointer. If I am wrong on this please let me know.

    And Cryptic, come on, please, it can't be too much of a big deal to give us the choice of pointers or just make it bigger, better, brighter. How can this have been left so inadequate for so long.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Today, I lost my cursor seventeen point six times while playing.

    /bump
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    got my vote
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    What we need is options!

    I could certainly use the ability to resize/change my pointer. Espicially for those using dual monitors!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I run the game in 1280x1024 and some people run it in even higher resolution. The mouse pointer is nearly indistinguishable from the UI in the background, especially in the middle of combat.

    Can we have a bigger, more visible one please?
    OR a few options to choose from different sizes?

    or colors? That little silver outline on black disappears in outer space. It always seems to jump and dissappear at the most critical battle moments
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Last night I lost my mouse pointer again 11.57 times.

    Please fix it already.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    It is a bit ridiculous! I was in the middle of a battle and I blinked and the cursor was gone. I had no idea how it got to the top of the screen, but there it was. I really don't complain about much, but PLEASE...can SOMEONE fix the cursor problem???!!!!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I totally agree!

    /signed!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    So typical, they have the same issue in COH, never did a thing about it.... The Mouse Cursor changes to the color of whatever is over at the time. this rapid color changing makes it so you can't track the damn thing cause it blends in with everything it's over. Just making the cursor a solid color would fix the issue.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Something needs to be done with the next patch.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Most definitely /signed! This needs to be done, considering how much the mouse is used.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I want to keep my mouse pointer the size it is now, if they increase the size of it I will be pretty mad..they should have an option to scale it up a little bit or keep it down...but right now its just right for me...if they make it all big and cartoony, ill die.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Morgomir wrote: »
    I want to keep my mouse pointer the size it is now, if they increase the size of it I will be pretty mad..they should have an option to scale it up a little bit or keep it down...but right now its just right for me...if they make it all big and cartoony, ill die.

    Yes I have a feeling that is why they made it the way it is.
    Somebody thought it was "just right" for them.

    All we want is an option to change it, not to force the change on people.

    Incidentally, what resolution are you running the game in?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    All we want is an option to change it, not to force the change on people.

    Thumbs up on this!

    This game has cost me alot of money: upgraded RAM, New Video Card, Gaming Keyboard and Mouse, Life Time Account, two different purchases of the game to get all the extras, C-Store Points, and today: A 27inch Monitor with 1920x1080 resolution. During a heated battle, I can't even find my mouse!

    STO has cost me more than if I'd of started doing drugs, rehab may be the only answer, because I am truly addicted! :D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Have to find mine all the time on the screen, it is just so small it blends in...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    /bump

    for we have new plaintiffs on the horizon.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Wow, I thought it was just me. I'm running 1920x1200 and I lose my pointer in space battles constantly.

    I'm not sure if it needs to be bigger or just a different color.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I noticed in CO they have a mouse trail also (I hope it wasn't just a bug).
    That would be also very handy in STO too, to enchance mouse pointer visibility.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I have joined your crusaid!!!!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I verified that in CO, after login, there IS a mouse trail, but somehow the trail disappear after playing for a bit. So this leads me to believe that it is actually just a bug. A very helpful bug though.

    The option of selecting from the current and several larger mouse pointers together with the option to turn mouse trails on and off would be the perfect solution to the mouse pointer visibility issues.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Oh hell yes. I'm constantly losing it in the visual background.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    /bump

    Today, the Enterprise encountered 3 hostile Cardassian ships near the Neutral Zone.
    Just as about to launch a torpedo volley, Worf lost his mouse cursor.
    The flagship of Starfleet was destroyed, with it, over 1000 people on board.

    There were no survivors.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    I always seem to end up with it at the top of the screen for some reason, resting against the point where it activates the 'this many points to next level' tooltip.

    that's a problem on several levels, not the least of which is the giant tooltip hiding the ship that killed me.:eek:

    bah! humbug!
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