Mouse locked in the center of the screen

[Ben]

Whenever i launch the game I can't move my mouse. It is just locked in the center of the screen, and when i go in game it doesnt work either. If I scroll close to the edges my normals mouse apears over top of the game.

[ronr42]

Check and see if you have task manager open in the background and close it. That being opened can cause different mouse issues with different games.

If you can get back to the main menu, click settings and then control mappings. in the bottom right corner of the key mappings screen there is a tab that says devices. Click it and make sure the game has you using a mouse and not a controller. If you have a controller hooked up, unplug it, then start the game again.

[Ben]

I don't have my controller plugged in and I can't navigate to devices using the arrow keys. Controller is not turned on

[ronr42]

OK, here's a dumb question; Do you have a wireless mouse? Check the batteries

And open task manager then close it and try to start the game again.

I just tried and you're right. You can use the arrow keys to navigate through the key mappings but they won't work to get to the device tab. Really strange!!!

[Ben]

Task manager isnt doing anything. Batteries are fine.

[nome22]

i had a bug on skyrim that was kinda like that. when ever i alt tabed out, i had to hold down alt then push tab to go to the game then do it one more time when alrdy in the game to get mouse to work.

[Ben]

I just tried that and still didnt work. I deleted everything releated to F:NV and this is still happening

[Ben]

Okay its not just Fallout

[Squikker2001]

I'm having the same problem with my mouse. It started sometime since yesterday.

When I start New Vegas, I see the blue circle "busy" cursor from windows, and if I click, it dissapears and the Fallout cursor shows up in the center of the screen, but I can't move it at all. I also noticed the windows cursor seems to still be active in the background somehow, because I can see it when I move the mouse to the corners of the screen. If I click in the top left or right corner when the mouse is visble, the game minimizes.

I have only been able to find solutions to a similar problem dealing with having a controller plugged in, but I know that isn't the case for me since I dont have a gamepad plugged in.

[Ben]

Yeah that's exactly the problem im having too

[White Knight]

This game does freeze up on me from time to time as well. Often it's during loading. I usually do a cold restart.

I have found that simple patience works best. It can chug to a crawl and take a few minutes but I find it useful to wait it out.

Having computer problems in here is a bit like having a serious illness - everyone you meet knows exactly what you need and they are always wrong...lol

[Beans]

I had this EXACT same problem.

Validating my game files fixed it. That's all you have to do. Right click the game, go to properties, local files, and validate.

[K I L 0]

I had that exact problem today, I uninstalled and it didn't work, so I tried Validating the Files and it seem to work =)

[Squikker2001]

Reinstalling didn't work. Validating files didn't work. It did download 1 file, but my mouse is still non responsive in game. Then I validated twice in a row without launching the game, and it downloaded 1 file each time. Is there a way to see exacly which file is being "fixed" by Steam?

[Ben]

Reinstalling didnt work and when I validate files it downloads 1 file. After launching the game it still doesnt work

[Simple Seer]

I am also having the same issues and I have tried everything I can think of. While I havent solved it I have drawn some hopefully helpful results.

First: The problem is in both Fallout 3 and NV (most likely due to the same engine)

Second: The keyboard appears to work and a controller can be used to move around just fine, although this impractical for me as I have it modded heavily

Third: Validating game Cache does not fix it

Fourth: If you move your mouse to the very corners of the screen It appears that the windows mouse can be seen, but only in the corners

Fifth: FNV doesnt accept input from both external mouses (a wired one) and a built-in trackpad, this makes me believe that a driver is not the issue

So, my theory is that something is wrong with the computer itself that would cause both Fallout 3 and Fallout NV to have the same problem. Any ideas?