Mouse Pointer vanishing in Fullscreen Mode

[Asmoday]

Hi peeps, finally a answer from SE on the forum > http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...60#post1122360

Now lets all hope that they will fix this soon..!! Meanwhile I will continue to bump the other threads also referring to this issue.

I quote:

¨Thank you for posting your concerns about having no Cursor in Fullscreen. I have made sure to submit all of your information to the development team, and based you your report they will thoroughly investigate this matter. Unfortunately, I cannot guarantee that a direct response will be posted on this thread, but I do recommend checking Here or Here for any details regarding the development team's investigation. Thanks again for your report!¨

[syklonis]

Holy poop, an actual mod finally replied!!! I'm speechless! Well thank you Asmody, let do hope this is a step in the right direction.

[Asmoday]

Holy poop, an actual mod finally replied!!! I'm speechless! Well thank you Asmody, let do hope this is a step in the right direction.

Hi syklonis, I have been doing some homework about no mouse cursor in full screen gaming and will post my findings (no solutions..) here later.

[Asmoday]

Meanwhile I have been doing some homework on this.. Here are some tips that perhaps work for some (for me they don't..):

- Go to your control panel, then go to "mouse" and underneath "pointer options" make sure that "display pointer trails" is unchecked.

- Under the 'Pointers' tab, uncheck 'Enable pointer shadow'.

- Change pointer scheme to Windows Standard or Default.

- If you are running Windows 7, or possibly Vista (not sure about vista), go into the 'Personalization' option within Control Panel, and try switching the theme from 'Aero' to 'Basic'.

- Disable the Aero feature. Some (Older) Programs do not like Aero and will cause problems left and right.

Right-Click on- My Computer
Click on- Properties
Click on- Advanced System Properties
Click on- Settings (in the Performance Section)
Click on- Adjust For Best Performance

- playing the game in compatibility mode. To do this follow the following steps:

Right click the game's .exe file.
Go to properties
Go to the compatibility
Check Run this program in compatibility mode for:
Select where you wish to run it in from the dropdown menu (depending on the age of the game, you might have to try different ones, although most issues should be fixed with just using windows XP).

- check Disable visual themes in the same menu.

- disable desktop composition under compatibility settings.

- Type desk.cpl in the Start Search box, and then click desk.cpl in the Programs list.
Click Advanced Settings. On the Troubleshoot tab, click Change settings. In the Display Adapter Troubleshooter dialog box, drag the Hardware acceleration slider two notches to the left of the Full setting, and then click OK three times.

Hope any (or a combination) of these tips work for some.. For me they didn't work but you never know..

[Asmoday]

By the way.. Windows Vista is mentioned in their min. sys requirements.. so it should be supported correctly.. > http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/sta...iv/win/buying/

Minimum System Requirements
OS Windows® Vista 32/64bit, Windows® 7 32/64 bit, Windows® 8 32/64 bit
CPU Intel® Core™2 Duo
Memory 2GB (4GB recommended for 64bit OS)
Available space on hard disk/SSD 20GB
Graphics Card NVIDIA® Geforce® 8800 or higher, ATI Radeon™ HD 4770 or higher
Screen Resolution 1280x720
Internet Persistent broadband internet connection required
Sound Card DirectSound® compatible sound card (DirectX® 9.0c or higher)
DirectX® DirectX® 9.0c or higher

[syklonis]

Thanks Asmoday but unfortunately these suggestions have all been done and they just don't work. It's good you summarized them all for others to see though! I mean I can't even control hardware acceleration on my system so I downloaded the directx SDK to do so and disabled it there, but nope. Nothing is working lol.

And yes they say they support vista but um yeah not completely without issues

[Asmoday]

Thanks Asmoday but unfortunately these suggestions have all been done and they just don't work. It's good you summarized them all for others to see though! I mean I can't even control hardware acceleration on my system so I downloaded the directx SDK to do so and disabled it there, but nope. Nothing is working lol.

And yes they say they support vista but um yeah not completely without issues

Hi syklonis, yup, I thought I might as well sum them all up, just in case they could fix something for anyone.. Actually I cant access hardware acceleration myself either..

[Asmoday]

SE don't ignore this and fix it ASAP

[Chuckers]

Unfortunately, I am having this problem as well... and it's not just this game.. some smaller games I have downloaded from shockwave and the like will not show a cursor when in full screen mode. This may be a Windows issue and not an SE issue.

[Asmoday]

Unfortunately, I am having this problem as well... and it's not just this game.. some smaller games I have downloaded from shockwave and the like will not show a cursor when in full screen mode. This may be a Windows issue and not an SE issue.

Hi Chuckers, I play lots of different games under Vista.. older ones and new ones.. MMO´s like WoW and GW2 for example.. all without mouse cursor problems..