Ingame cursor is stuck. How to...

[Atom.Little]

...get it to function again?

I've played AC Revelations for a while now, completed most of the Challenges, got most of my assassins up to Master level - two are still lvl 10 while two are lvl 6 and 7 - and just got started with sequence 4.

I've played AC Revelations for a while now, completed most of the Challenges, got most of my assassins up to Master level - two are still lvl 10 while two are lvl 6 and 7 - and just got started with sequence 4.

Then I bought a new Ubisoft game that also goes via uPlay: Watch Dogs. I played it a few hours yesterday but would like to complete Revelations before I go on with it, so I returned to continue but found my ingame cursor stuck at the upper left corner. I could (can) use the out-of-game cursor when I press Shift and Tab to get Steam up while in the process of launching the game, but no ingame cursor and keyboard functions work, so I only get to the point where you're prompted to press 'Enter'. I do this but nothing happens and the cursor cannot be moved from it's position in the top left corner. I've tried pressing other keys like Esc, but none of them work.

I've restarted the game many times by now, I've tried to launch it from the desktop shortcut, from uPlay and from the Steam Library; I've closed down uPlay, then Steam, and then both and launched anew from scratch, but nothing has changed and I have no idea what can have caused it...

But I'll list a few details that may be of some relevance:

Watch Dogs is on windowed mode - I wasn't asked, it's just how it is set up. Revelations was never on windowed mode and couldn't be set up to be so. When once in a while the game froze I couldn't minimize by using the Windows button as I can with most other games, I had to restart the computer. But now I can suddenly minimize the game, so to me that suggests some change has happened other than the cursor getting stuck.

- I would prefer it the way it was, though, since now I can't play Revelations at all, so any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance for responding.

[SerHolmes]

i have this sometimes, exit steam application and start steam again, it should work now

[Atom.Little]

Thank you for the suggestion, but I've tried this many times already.

I've had the stuck cursor problem all day. I managed once by sheer chance to get the cursor unstuck - don't know how I did it, I just logged in and out of the two games and suddenly it worked fine. I think it was one of the times when I closed Steam as well, but since then I've done it many times and the cursor remains stuck no matter what I do.

Just great: Another game I can't play now. >:-/

I also tried to register Watch Dogs at Steam but only have one code, it's a code that starts with three digits followed by five times four digits, and none of the codes Steam accepts have this set-up. - I had hoped to ergister the game because maybe - just maybe - the cursor issue would solve itself if I could launch either game from Steam, but as it is it doesn't matter how I launch Revelations, the cursor remains stuck.

PS. Just checked and I can't play the other AC games either.

[SerHolmes]

have u tried closing some unwanted processes or disabling some things from the taskbar? btw u started the game from steam right? i wouldn't know about the watch dogs thing, sry

[Atom.Little]

Originally posted by Phantom:

have u tried closing some unwanted processes or disabling some things from the taskbar? btw u started the game from steam right? i wouldn't know about the watch dogs thing, sry

I've tried closing the game, Steam and uPlay from the tasbar and from tyhe desktop and from the programs themselves. I have also tried starting Revelations from Steam (I can't start Watch Dogs from Steam because you can't register Watch Dogs at Steam unless you buy it via Steam), from uPlay, and directly from the desktop shortcuts.

As for 'unwanted processes', well I recently checked everything in depth because of issues with another game, so it was easy to go through it again and I found nothing unwanted, there are no background processes that are messing things up.

I can actually see that it's an issue within the uPlay application itself. Whenever I log into Watch Dogs the cursor starts out positioned in the same spot as it is stuck at in the other games I have that also go via uPlay. I thought it might have to do with the windowed mode, because this too has had an impact upon Revelations, though a good one: I can now minimize the game screen which I could never do before (and Revelations can't be played in Windowed mode). I've tried removing windowed mode but it didn't change anything.


And guess what?

I can't really play Watch Dogs either now(*) because it lags so badly I have great difficulty completing missions and do simple things like steering vehicles, and I can do absolutely none of the online content since the other players get my data/the item/whatever i.e., while my screen is frozen and my char unable to move (tried twice and both times lag froze my screen, when I could move again I'd been killed and the game was lost, 1st time for me alone, but the 2nd time for my team as well ([n]not good!![/n]).

Man, this is frustrating. I've thought before I ought to stop playing video games altogether since I've been ening up paying for a lot of games I can't play over the last half year or so, but I so do love play so it's hard to not try another.

Only hope now is if I can find a way to contact uPlay, so I hope they have a functioning Customer/Technical Support, though I've read some very disencouraging things about uPlay in this regard (people writing them and never hearing back).

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(*) - It played fine the first night which was Thursday. But since Friday night I've had lag issues, even very early in the morning both Saturday and Sunday!

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Additional Rant: ...

Now you can get Black Flaq for PC here on Steam, but I'm sure it'll go via uPlay so at this point there really is no point in getting the game. ...I also think you can get GTA-V for PC pretty soon, maybe here on Steam, but I fear they'll have it go via Social Club and therefore also LIVE, so I'll not be able to play it just like I haven't been nable to play GTA-IV even once since I bought it several months back. - This kind of thing gets to you after a certain point when it just happens to happen to the games you love the most, and that's exactly how it is - with the exception of Skyrim, but I've completed that game about 6 months ago after exploring most of what there is to explore and do in the game. I just don't feel like playing Skyrim for a while, probably since it's pretty much the only game I've played over the last year - and AC1 and -2 plus Brotherhood and the first 3 sequences of Revelations; peaked at AC3, but when I found there still were games with Ezio I hadn't played I definitely wanted to play them before moving on to new ones with new chars.

Oh well.

Sorry for the rant, but I do feel gamers are being let down by the companies who fail to fix the issues. It's not something that can't be done, it's something that isn't done because companies save some coin by leaving loose ends hanging this way - as if they don't earn wealth enough in this industry! There's no excuse for doing business this way.

[SerHolmes]

i dun really have any solutions to ur problem now but i will search around the internet for a solution. I'll let u know if I find a solution

about the watch dogs, what graphics card and how much RAM do u have? Mine's Nvidia GT635M and 6GB RAM and also the latest drivers, I get around 20 fps on the lowest settings and resolution. I would recommend u to try installing the latest drivers and other than that, lower the settings to the lowest and tweak around your gpu's control panel.

Honestly, I agree with u about the companies who fail to fix issues. Ubisoft(idunmeantosoundrude) gives us good games BUT ♥♥♥♥♥♥ ports and causes us to have lower fps. Before I got AC2,ACB and ACR on Steam/Uplay, I was playing the pirated version of the games and I get better framerates than the original one(I know I know, I didn't know I could use mol points to get steam wallet money that time and I didn't use steam that time.... anyways) I just hope Ubisoft can just fix the issues of all these stuffs but still, I'll be getting Assassin's Creed Unity because...it just looks so awesome xD

Edit : I just remembered, are u using Windows 8 or 8.1?

[Atom.Little]

Originally posted by Phantom:

i dun really have any solutions to ur problem now but i will search around the internet for a solution. I'll let u know if I find a solution

Man, that's really nice of you. :)

Originally posted by Phantom:

about the watch dogs, what graphics card and how much RAM do u have? Mine's Nvidia GT635M and 6GB RAM and also the latest drivers, I get around 20 fps on the lowest settings and resolution. I would recommend u to try installing the latest drivers and other than that, lower the settings to the lowest and tweak around your gpu's control panel.

I have 6GB RAM, my processor is Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3220 CPU @ 3.30GHz, and my graphics card is Nvidia GeForce GTX 660. I haven't manually updated drivers over the past 2 weeks because I have a GeForce app that does it automatically (after promptiing for me permission) - think I downloaded it here: http://www.geforce.com/drivers - but I've thought I ought to try this hoping it'll help with the lag problem though I somhow forgot to do it
(just strange there was no lag the first evening and night when I played for close to 7 hours). - I'm not sure how much fps I have, I haven't checked it since I played WoW 2 plus years ago because I'm not sure where to look for it.

Originally posted by Phantom:

Honestly, I agree with u about the companies who fail to fix issues. Ubisoft(idunmeantosoundrude) gives us good games BUT ♥♥♥♥♥♥ ports and causes us to have lower fps. Before I got AC2,ACB and ACR on Steam/Uplay, I was playing the pirated version of the games and I get better framerates than the original one(I know I know, I didn't know I could use mol points to get steam wallet money that time and I didn't use steam that time.... anyways) I just hope Ubisoft can just fix the issues of all these stuffs but still, I'll be getting Assassin's Creed Unity because...it just looks so awesome xD

Yeah, I have so bad lag now on Watch Dogs I can't really play the game, and definitely no online missions or challenges. It does piss me off that they're so cheap they don't bother to make sure there are plenty of servers and good ports for all players.

Originally posted by Phantom:

Edit : I just remembered, are u using Windows 8 or 8.1?

I still use Win 8 even though Microsoft keeps trying to push me to download 8.1. The reason I haven't done so yet is I downloaded and a program that allows me to use Win 8 as if it has the old desktop design. I wouldn't know what to do without it - or rather, I would know, but I would be spending loads of time looking up how to find stuff on my computer. I'm not sure if the program works with Win 8.1 so I haven't taken any chances with it.

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PS. I actually thought I posted this reply shortly after you'd posted your response to my last comment, but I came back online just now and found my text sitting in the window still un-posted. Seems I must've forgotten to post after I received a phonecall and had to leave.

[SerHolmes]

haha its ok, its morning here anyway.

when u start the game do u have any windows 8 apps on? like store and stuff coz sometimes it gets stuck at the top left because of that. if not then try to run the game in windows xp compatibility mode and if that doesn't work then try disabling display scaling on high DPI settings in the compatibility tab. try turning on the game then taking out ur mouse usb and putting it back in if the above doesnt work.

ur RAM is the same as mine, ur Nvidia is totally better than mine but ur intel is i3, i think that's a small cause of the lagging problem, im using i5. did u put Watch Dogs in high priority and all CPU's in affinity?u can also try disabling vsync and put max pre-render frames to 1. oh and also battery settings to high performance.

yeah I hate the lags, if I had a choice, graphics that look like AC3 is good enough for me, my AC4 just goes to 20fps average, and the lowest settings too. and the online sessions doesn't work for most people now(PC) mine doesn't work too, it just says ubisoft server unavailable. I'll try it later to see if it's available.

don't upgrade to windows 8.1, I updated it a few days ago and I had loads of problems like explorer.exe doesnt boot on startup, im having side-by-side configuration error on my sony vegas 12 and my google chrome has to be started through right clicking it and running as admin. If i knew a way to bring it back to windows 8, i certainly will do that.

[Atom.Little]

Originally posted by Phantom:

haha its ok, its morning here anyway.

Ah, maybe you're having lunch as I write this, then. :)

Originally posted by Phantom:

when u start the game do u have any windows 8 apps on?

Nope, no apps open except for Skype and a web browser. But they were open the first night too when I had no issues at all.

Originally posted by Phantom:

like store and stuff coz sometimes it gets stuck at the top left because of that

You mean Steam Store? Actually I've had Steam open some of the times but usually the Library or this Discussion Forum.

Originally posted by Phantom:

if not then try to run the game in windows xp compatibility mode and if that doesn't work then try disabling display scaling on high DPI settings in the compatibility tab. try turning on the game then taking out ur mouse usb and putting it back in if the above doesnt work.

And I who thought it was meant to run better with Win 8/Win 8.1. - I know I must sound very unsavvy for asking this, but how do I find Win XP compatibility settings? - I did try turning off and back on the mouse twice and the keyboard once (though they're the same set they run on each their own plug because my old mouse broke so I bought a new one but kept the keyboard; they're serial numbered so you have to use the plug that comes with each hardware purchase). I generally try everything at least twice, so maybe I should try it again a couple more times (though I'm not optimistic).

Originally posted by Phantom:

ur RAM is the same as mine, ur Nvidia is totally better than mine but ur intel is i3, i think that's a small cause of the lagging problem, im using i5. did u put Watch Dogs in high priority and all CPU's in affinity?u can also try disabling vsync and put max pre-render frames to 1. oh and also battery settings to high performance.

I remember seeing that batteries are on high performance, but some of the rest I don't know about. I'm not sure how to put Watch Dogs on high priority, it sounds like something I would do in the Steam launcher but my game was never registered at Steam so that can't be it.

I'll check and see if the rest are things I can change in the game's settings, otherwise I'll have to ask where I can find them (yep, a total noob, hehe).

Originally posted by Phantom:

yeah I hate the lags, if I had a choice, graphics that look like AC3 is good enough for me, my AC4 just goes to 20fps average, and the lowest settings too.

I completely agree. There's actually been done some tests on how refined and detailed graphics it is possible for the human eye to see and it turns out that past AC3 standards you have to have extraordinary sight abilities to notice any differences, other than that you'll have to focus specifically upon that and abstracxt from other variables like game mechanics, sound, etc. This is also the reason why in some ways, though clearly of lower quality, games viewed on PS - or even xBox - can seem better, or more realistic-like, during gameplay than when you view them on PC.

Originally posted by Phantom:

the online sessions doesn't work for most people now(PC) mine doesn't work too, it just says ubisoft server unavailable. I'll try it later to see if it's available.

Wow, that's just plain bad. This is what happens when you rush things which is exactly what Ubisoft has done with the AC series. It showed already in Brotherhood and even more so in Revelations which in some ways seems unfinished, as if gameplay parts have been left out or replaced with something second grade. Just take the Desmond's Journey stuff, you might as well play an old -80es style arcade game; boost with the newest graphics "machinery" and it's the same thing - jumping along blocks that move and try not to touch other blocks that move. Pfh!

Originally posted by Phantom:

don't upgrade to windows 8.1, I updated it a few days ago and I had loads of problems like explorer.exe doesnt boot on startup, im having side-by-side configuration error on my sony vegas 12 and my google chrome has to be started through right clicking it and running as admin. If i knew a way to bring it back to windows 8, i certainly will do that.

Man, that's just too bad. I've read reviews about these kinds of things happening to people who upgraded. I hope you created a back-up before you upgraded. If not, I'm not sure if a Restore Point could reset to Win 8, but it might be worth a try. If nothing else works it may be worth it to back up the important stuff and simply reinstall.

On that note, Firefox has come up with a good new feature: If you have to reinstall the browser it'll come with all your old bookmarks and some of the settings. I'm not sure if Chrome does the same thing, but if they don't I imagine they will soon (they do "remember" some of your IP tracks on Youtube, though; and Google of course takes care of itself).

Actually, I did have Win 8 for a week or so but also got problems that made my computer more or less useless. I don't remember the exact issues I had, there were several and they happened fast one after the other, so I reinstalled and that was how I found out about Firefox keeping track of your bookmarks and some settings. - I appreciate you warning me about upgrading, now I'm real glad I haven't done it.

If it hadn't been for the Desktop program I'd be permanently frustrated. I hated Win 8 from day one. If you're interested in a program like this, google the name: Classic Shell. It's a great little semi-converting program IMO.

Thanks for all the tips and advice, I really appreciate it a lot (will do some checking through it all and get back with anything I find out).

[SerHolmes]

well it's 2:42PM so I already ate haha

no no i mean the windows store because when it's on, when u move ur mouse to top left it will show but since it's not then... I duno

to goto compatibility tab, goto the game's file location and right click on the exe then properties and compatibility tab. well the mouse thing was just a guess, i tot it would work LOL

haha, when the game is on, open task manager and click on the details tab and right click on watch dogs.exe and set priority to high.

yeah, its true. haha Ubisoft just rushes things and un give a crap(can't say the s word) about any errors or problems it might cause, this leads me to a question, did they actually test the games before releasing it?

well I found a way to go back to Windows 8 but I'm too afraid of the risks because my external hard disk is with my friend, if I had my hard disk back then yeah, I would take that risk. haha luckily you didn't upgrade to windows 8.1 before you made this post. so Classic Shell makes it looks more like windows vista/7...nice but its ok, I got used to windows 8/8.1 since I used this laptop, thanks for telling me that though.

[Atom.Little]

I shut down Steam and logged back into Watch Dogs, and there was no lag!! I then logged into AC Revelations and the cursor wasn't stuck!! I thought I'd found the solution, that I somehow hadn't closed down Steam correctly the previous times.

But no. It was just a streak of very temporary luck.

When I logged on today I followed the same procedure and made very sure there was no app of any kind that could intervene, but lag is back on Watch Dogs and as bad as ever....typically 1-3 sec "still pic", then maybe a tenth or a quarter of a second's movement, then 1-3 sec of "still" again, sometimes I've counted 8 secs in "still mode". It's not only the online stuff I can't do, I can't even drive because lag is so bad it's impossible to predict how to move to counter the effect. I'll be riding down a road, then lag stills my screen and when I can see what's happening again I've already run into a brick wall and crashed the car.

And the cursor is stuck as before on AC Revelations. *sigh*

Originally posted by Phantom:

well it's 2:42PM so I already ate haha

Lol. I'll agree 3 PM is slightly late for lunch.

Originally posted by Phantom:

no no i mean the windows store because when it's on, when u move ur mouse to top left it will show but since it's not then... I duno

Ah, I never have any Windows apps open. I don't even log into Win live unless I have to do something specific.

Originally posted by Phantom:

to goto compatibility tab, goto the game's file location and right click on the exe then properties and compatibility tab. well the mouse thing was just a guess, i tot it would work LOL

haha, when the game is on, open task manager and click on the details tab and right click on watch dogs.exe and set priority to high.

Alright, thanks, I'll try it. - Yeah, it would seem the obvious thing with the mouse.

Originally posted by Phantom:

yeah, its true. haha Ubisoft just rushes things and un give a crap(can't say the s word) about any errors or problems it might cause, this leads me to a question, did they actually test the games before releasing it?

That's the odd thing because yes, they have staff and - I think - also pay certain gamers to test their stuff. So it really is about one thing only: They care about earning money and prestige but not about the actual consumers. They'll continue in this manner for as long as people sit around and just take it. If enough players stopped purchasing their games they'd have to change their tactics, but people buy their games before they even know if their standard is satisfying, and the do it because they're hungry for all the new things that can be done with next gen technology, and this is exactly what Ubisoft uses to their advantage.

But then, it's not only the gaming industry that makes business of things that should be first and foremost a matter of personal ambition and drive towards creating something outstanding or good and useful. Even the food industry does it, and the pharmical/medical industry, art of all kinds (not only music and film), you name it, they've all been bought up and are run by multi-billion business corporations (we just don't always see their names on the products, they keep things under the names of the original creators and patent holders) who are only in it for the money.

Originally posted by Phantom:

well I found a way to go back to Windows 8 but I'm too afraid of the risks because my external hard disk is with my friend, if I had my hard disk back then yeah, I would take that risk. haha luckily you didn't upgrade to windows 8.1 before you made this post. so Classic Shell makes it looks more like windows vista/7...nice but its ok, I got used to windows 8/8.1 since I used this laptop, thanks for telling me that though.

You found a way to go back to Win 8 without having to reinstall? That's cool, glad to hear it.

[SerHolmes]

that's strange, but at least it was a temporary fix that helped for awhile, maybe there was a program/process that was off that time so it worked. I can't believe I haven't thought of this but did you run antivirus scan? the driving parts in Watch Dogs does that like everytime, you will get lower fps and more stuttering while in a vehicle.

so have u tried the compatibility settings? fill me in with the details soon, i'm gonna type as fast as possible coz i'm going out soon. emmmm, I forgot what I wanted to say....oh yeah, maybe they tested the games on pc's that have better graphics card and stuff, so they don't really care about other PC's with lower graphics card settings. Honestly most gaming industries does that, I heard complaints about Activision too, though I forgot what was the complaints about. Most people are just in for the money, maybe there are a few industries/companies who actually care about their users/players, hopefully at least one or two.

Yep, found a way by refreshing PC, I would need to keep my stuff into my hard disk though haha.

[✪БʉɿƸYΛPLeㄨ✪]

i cant even get pass the "Press Enter" page cuz i cant move my mouse or type. can u type in the game as well?

[IAmOxlong]

I HAVE THE ANSWER!!

Open NVIDIA control panel (Right click on desktop and click NVIDIA control panel) > Go to Manage 3D settings under 3D settings > Select Program settings > Select the app/game from the dropdown menu > if it is not listed in the dropdown menu then click Add then select the respective .exe to the list > And now change these settings from Option 2.
• Power management mode - Prefer maximum performance
• Triple buffering - Off
• Threaded optimisation - ON
• Vertical Sync - off

This worked for me (I have GTX 970 16gig ram windows 10) but I am told BY NVIDIA that it works for most games on most graphics cards, I hope this helps!

[T92E]

task manager, end steam, ubisoft connect and your game, done it for me, maybe shift+tab ingame to unlock mouse and keyboard. For anybody finding this issue