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A topic by AbsenteeGamer created Jul 01, 2021 Views: 566 Replies: 3
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Hello. I really enjoyed the game. There one problem I have is whenever I played the game in fullscreen, the mouse pointer disappeared. I could play using the keyboard, but it was difficult interacting with the save/load options sometimes. I did end up playing in window mode for the rest of the time., but just a preference thing. I don't know if I am the only one who had this issue. 

Developer

Hi AbsenteeGamer, I am sorry you're experiencing that! It's very strange.  I can't reproduce the error personally, but that is just one  machine. I have two questions for you if you don't mind:

1) Do you have a game controller of some sort plugged in while playing the game? This is just a hunch, I am not sure if that would have any effect on the game.

2) Do you mind sharing some of the specs of your machine? Operating system and brand would be a good starting point, and then I can look into whether other people have had problems with the Ren'py engine and full screen.

Just on a cursory (pun not intended but funny anyway!) glance, I found some steps for other people who have had issues with cursors disappearing in full screen games in general: 

Mouse cursor invisible when playing any full screen game (Windows 10)

  1. Press Windows and X keys together and select Control Panel.
  2. Click on Mouse.
  3. Navigate to pointer options tab.
  4. Under Visibility, uncheck the box which says “display pointer trails”.
  5. Click on OK to close the window.

Or  this Method:

Follow the steps below to change the display text size to 100 % and check if it resolves the issue:

  • Right Click on the desktop screen and select Personalize.
  • Click on Display.
  • Check the box that says “let me choose one scaling level for all my display”. Choose Smaller (100%)-default.
  • Click on Apply. Restart the game and check if the point becomes invisible again.

I hope that helps, otherwise I can dig a little deeper.

Hello. It's alright. Thank you for replying.

1) I don't have a game controller plugged in.

2) I am not familiar with reporting errors, so I hope I am sharing the correct information, lol.

  • TOSHIBA Satellite P55W-C
  • 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
  • Windows 10 Home, version 2004, OS build 19041.1052

The mouse pointer setting method worked for me. Thank you for sharing this solution.

Developer

Hooray! Glad that fixed the problem. Seems like more of a generic thing, but by the same token I probably don't test fullscreen enough. Better add that to the future test plans.

(Also yes, good to know for the future, those are the kinds of details that someone might ask for with a bug)