Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion

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Hiten May 22, 2013 @ 9:15pm
Any way to lock the mouse cursor to the main display?
I have a dual monitor setup (TV on the right side), and whenever I try to edge scroll to the right, the cursor appears on the TV and if I click, the game minimizes.

Is there an option I'm missing to lock the cursor, or what? -_-

Can't remember the last time I played an RTS that didn't lock the cursor to the main display, lol.
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GoaFan77 May 22, 2013 @ 10:09pm 
I do know there is an option to use the default system cursor, not sure if that would help. I do know some of the devs use dual monitors so there must be some trick to get it to work...
Yarlen  [developer] May 23, 2013 @ 7:39am 
Honestly, for all of us, the cursor automatically locks to the screen when we play in full-screen mode. We're not sure why it doesn't do that for everyone.
I have 4 monitors, and have always had the problem of the mouse cursor not being captured. Still a problem with the latest patch

EDIT: If I alt tab out and back in, it caputres...
Last edited by 76561197965658348; Jun 5, 2013 @ 3:44pm
Ezrahk Nov 6, 2013 @ 2:48pm 
I'm having this issue as well on my dual 24" monitor setup. The whole 37 minutes of the game I've play has consisted of the tutorial mission in the beginning (and not even all of it) but mostly playing around in the main menu screen trying to get the cursor locked to the game screen. The alt-tabbing trick has successfully locked the cursor to my screen only once and I can't get it to lock again.

Not having the cursor locked to the screen makes the game unplayable to me. Which is sad because I'd really like to play it. I don't think that I should have to go about disconnecting a monitor just to play the game.

System Stats:
Win7 x64 Home Premium
Intel i7 3770K
8GB Ram
nVidia GTX 660 2GB
I've simply gotten used to zooming in and out constantly to move around. Not ideal, but works.

I agree, no way I'm gonna disconnect three screens them just to play. The alt-tab trick rarely works for me, by the way.

This seems like a trivial issue as most other games get it right no problem.
Sazkion Nov 6, 2013 @ 6:05pm 
The way I do it is to switch the game to windowed mode and when it asks if the display is correct I hit cancel and when it switches back to full screen my cursor locks
Interesting, that just worked for me. Thanks!

Hopefully this might shed some light on the problem for Yarien.
Ezrahk Nov 8, 2013 @ 8:29am 
Just tried the trick (twice) that sazkion mentioned and it works. While it kind of sucks to have to do that when I want to play, it is infinitely better than having to resort to disconnecting a monitor or not playing the game.

Now I'll actually be able to play! Thanks for the tip sazkion.
k3nrd0 Apr 20, 2014 @ 11:03am 
I found a tool that works locks to monitor with shortcut key
http://www.murgee.com/MurGeeMon/monitor-control/lock-mouse/
Fish Tank May 15, 2014 @ 3:07pm 
don't disconnect the monitor just diable it in your display options i know it's kind of ghetto but it makes the game playable
Kalshion May 16, 2014 @ 2:20pm 
You can also try a program called CursorLock, which is what I have to use to keep my mouse on display (I wish this game supported multi-displays)
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Date Posted: May 22, 2013 @ 9:15pm
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