(SOLVED)Mouse problems (main menu)

ReZpawner

The mouse cursor doesn’t move at all in the menu. The game responds to the escape key, and animations are playing; so it’s not frozen, and yet, the mouse is like it isn’t even there. The mouse cursor is locked in place in the top left corner.

I have tried reinstalling several times, changing settings, even cursing at the screen, but none of it seemed to solve the problem.

OS: Win 7 professional, 64bit
Graphics card: GeForce GTX 570
Mouse: Logitech G5 USB
CPU: I7-770k (Have also tried with AMD)
All drivers updated to most recent.
Currently using two screens, if that matters.

Any help would be appreciated.

CK256

Are you playing vanilla or modded? and are you playing SP or MP? I’ve had mouse issues like that possibly caused by the firewall stopping the game accessing the net.

I’m also using two screens and I have noticed that when the game is running and then paused some mouse functionality is lost on the second (running FL Companion for trading)

ReZpawner

Vanilla, version 1.0 and currently I’m only allowed to play the main menu game, which is a bit dull. Unless nostalgia is playing tricks on me, both single and multiplayer were a lot more fun

I can’t move the mouse cursor, or click anything what so ever =
edit: and no firewalls blocking any game files.

adoxa

You could try windowed mode - add -w to your shortcut.

ReZpawner

That seemed very promising, as it at least let me move the mouse cursor around, sadly though, clicking still has no effect, so I can’t actually do anything. Thanks for the tip though.

ReZpawner

so, quick recap: In windowed mode, I can move the mouse cursor, but clicking, either in the menu, or even on the exit game menu has no effect what so ever.

Sizer

Have you played Watch_Dogs recently? I’ve found that playing Watch_Dogs and then attempting to play Freelancer does exactly what you’re describing. A complete restart should clear it up if that is the case.

ReZpawner

Holy hell. That was it. No idea why it would do that, but a complete restart (with tears in my eyes for ruining my uptime), fixed it Thanks!

Kazinsal

…Sorry for the non-constructive post, but SERIOUSLY? Playing Watch_Dogs breaks Freelancer until you restart your computer?

I… I don’t even have a wild guess as to why it would even DO that. It’s like Ubisoft’s coders tried hooking DirectInput and they wrote something that just never lets go.

FriendlyFire

DirectInput’s deprecated though, so it’s much more likely that FL is somehow borking up somewhere.

Kazinsal

DirectInput is deprecated, yes, but XInput – last I checked – still doesn’t do anything but Xbox controllers. Given that programmers tend to ignore deprecated warnings, it would not surprise me if Watch_Dogs indeed falls back to using an old input API.

I mean, really. We can’t just instinctively blame Freelancer for everything.