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Beans Jun 6, 2015 @ 4:43pm
Mouse stops working sometimes.
usually when it does stop working i have to exit the game completely to use it again. not sure why exactly, anyone else have this issue?
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Originally posted by Verg:
Originally posted by mrmike_49:
that's what makes it such a weird bug, days without a problem, then (maybe) every time I Fast travel
That's because when you fast traveled you had placed the cursor in the minimap outside its bounds or when you were on the 'map' menu when you switched to a different menu but in doing so you moved the cursor out of bounds, it's the exact same problem I had in 2014.

The fix is simple
  1. Open your minimap by pressing TAB
  2. Optional: Navigate to the 'map' menu if you're not on it.
  3. Place your cursor in the middle of it.
  4. Most important:
    Use the arrow keys to navigate the Pip Boy menu from the 'map' menu to a different one so as to avoid any tampering with this cancerfest of a cursor
  5. Repeat steps 1 through 4 whenever neccesary.
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talgaby Jun 7, 2015 @ 2:49am 
It happens often if you use a (gaming) mouse with a custom driver, instead of a simple USB plug-and-play one.
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Beans Jun 7, 2015 @ 7:57am 
Originally posted by talgaby:
It happens often if you use a (gaming) mouse with a custom driver, instead of a simple USB plug-and-play one.
interesting i wonder why, is it just because of the custom software?
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Dyne Jun 7, 2015 @ 8:01am 
I have the same issue and I'm just using a normal mouse.
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talgaby Jun 7, 2015 @ 8:24am 
Yes, because of the custom software. New Vegas is quite sensitive, it only wants to use Windows native drivers and codecs. I'm not entirely sure why…
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OUberLord Jun 7, 2015 @ 11:43am 
coljultan, can you define your problem a bit more? I am having a seemingly similiar issue where the mouse doesn't completely stop working (I can still move it in menus and see a cursor) but it stops letting me click on anything. This is especially apparent in the Pipboy, inventories, and dialog option menus.

Is your problem similiar?
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Beans Jun 7, 2015 @ 11:50am 
Originally posted by OUberLord:
coljultan, can you define your problem a bit more? I am having a seemingly similiar issue where the mouse doesn't completely stop working (I can still move it in menus and see a cursor) but it stops letting me click on anything. This is especially apparent in the Pipboy, inventories, and dialog option menus.

Is your problem similiar?
yes exactly my problem, never happened until yesterday and i have been playing like 30 hours but now i'm level 20 and it just started happening on friday. pretty weird glitch, i also verified integrity of the game and it said 1 file was missing but it still didn't help.
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OUberLord Jun 7, 2015 @ 12:24pm 
Are you running any mods? If so, which ones? I am running F OOK, EVE, and WME.
Last edited by OUberLord; Jun 7, 2015 @ 12:24pm
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Beans Jun 7, 2015 @ 12:26pm 
Originally posted by OUberLord:
Are you running any mods? If so, which ones? I am running F OOK, EVE, and WME.
i'm not actually running any just vanilla, i don't think mods would conflict with a mouse glitch anyways. Are you using windows 8?
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OUberLord Jun 7, 2015 @ 12:29pm 
Well, I know some mods mess with the UI, but if you're vanilla that nixes that.

Win 8 here. I'm also running a Logitech G15, Logitech G13, and Logitech G700 in terms of peripherals. Though, I doubt that its an issue there, but hell I'm at a loss.
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Beans Jun 7, 2015 @ 12:34pm 
Originally posted by OUberLord:
Well, I know some mods mess with the UI, but if you're vanilla that nixes that.

Win 8 here. I'm also running a Logitech G15, Logitech G13, and Logitech G700 in terms of peripherals. Though, I doubt that its an issue there, but hell I'm at a loss.
Yeah man as am I, but you're actually using a good mouse from logitech. Mine is an off-brand chinese gaming mouse that had no problems before. I think it might be Windows 8 screwing with the game it seems like.
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red255 Jun 7, 2015 @ 12:49pm 
your batteries are dying TC
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Beans Jun 7, 2015 @ 1:04pm 
Originally posted by red255:
your batteries are dying TC
wired mouse.
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OUberLord Jun 7, 2015 @ 2:18pm 
Originally posted by red255:
your batteries are dying TC
Its not that the mouse stops working though. Like, it still fully functions in the game world, shooting, etc. Its only in the Pipboy, inventories, and dialog option menus.
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Teawalker Jun 7, 2015 @ 2:47pm 
Has anybody found a permanent fix yet? I'm having the same problem. Been closing out the game and restarting, but it has been happening a lot (only today. the game was fine yesterday).
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OUberLord Jun 7, 2015 @ 2:48pm 
Not yet. I spent most of my troubleshooting time this weekend thinking it was a mod issue. Turns out, that likely isn't the case. Are you also running Win 8 Fisherman?
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