Cursor icon missing / not there when no mouse connected.

[-DI- Cinders_Knight]

I'm on Vanilla Cities Skylines folks (not sure if it matters)

If there is no mouse connected to the computer running CS, the cursor goes invisible. It will still work, and can be moved around, click stuff, just no icon shows. Plug the mouse back into the usb port and the cursor re-appears.

I have both a desktop and a laptop, but only one mouse. I like to play from the comfort of my couch using my laptop, and run the game on the desktop (much better performance) using steams streaming service.

I happened to have an extra usb piece for an old wireless mouse that I plugged into the desktop, so crisis averted for me. However, why is this even a thing =p

[MarkJohnson]

Originally posted by -DI- Cinders_Knight:

I'm on Vanilla Cities Skylines folks (not sure if it matters)

If there is no mouse connected to the computer running CS, the cursor goes invisible.

This makes sense. No mouse, no cursor.

It will still work, and can be moved around, click stuff, just no icon shows.

This makes no sense. If you remove your mouse, then how are you moving the cursor?

Plug the mouse back into the usb port and the cursor re-appears.

This makes sense.

I have both a desktop and a laptop, but only one mouse. I like to play from the comfort of my couch using my laptop, and run the game on the desktop (much better performance) using steams streaming service.

I do this too. It is awesome on my tablet!

I happened to have an extra usb piece for an old wireless mouse that I plugged into the desktop, so crisis averted for me. However, why is this even a thing =p

This should be normal behavior. Except the cursor moving without a mouse.

[-DI- Cinders_Knight]

Originally posted by rmjohnson144:

This makes sense. No mouse, no cursor.

But why? I've never seen another program that says I'm going to check all the connected devices on the system - If there isn't a moust connected I'm not going to display the cursor icon.





It will still work, and can be moved around, click stuff, just no icon shows.

This makes no sense. If you remove your mouse, then how are you moving the cursor?

The mouse is connected to my laptop, (just not the system acutally running the game) I use the laptop keyboard and mouse to execute controls in the game.

[MarkJohnson]

You are making less and less sense.

You disconnect the mouse and the mouse cursor is still moving without the mouse connected. How does this makes sense?

Maybe walk me step by step what you are doing?

[-DI- Cinders_Knight]

Right, so the stream service does two bits.

1) Compressess the video feed from the remotely hosting machine and sends them to the client you are using to be displayed.

2) Takes input commands from the client and sends them back to the remotely hosting machine.

In my case the Client is my Laptop, The remote hosting machine is the Desktop.

My mouse is connected to the Client(Laptop) - the input commands from my mouse go through the Client(Laptop) and get sent back over the stream service to the remotely hosting machine(Desktop).

This is how, with no mouse connected to the remotely hosting machine(Desktop) I am able to execute commands.

When running Cities Skylines if there is not a mouse connected to the remotely hosting machine (Desktop) the game disables the display of a cursor.

I can however still input commands on the mouse connected to the Client(Laptop). The now invisible/hidden cursor can still click on items, and execute commands on Skylines running on the remote hosting machine(Desktop) - even though that machine has no mouse connected to it.

[MarkJohnson]

Originally posted by -DI- Cinders_Knight:

My mouse is connected to the Client(Laptop) - the input commands from my mouse go through the Client(Laptop) and get sent back over the stream service to the remotely hosting machine(Desktop).

This is how, with no mouse connected to the remotely hosting machine(Desktop) I am able to execute commands.

When running Cities Skylines if there is not a mouse connected to the remotely hosting machine (Desktop) the game disables the display of a cursor.

I can however still input commands on the mouse connected to the Client(Laptop). The now invisible/hidden cursor can still click on items, and execute commands on Skylines running on the remote hosting machine(Desktop) - even though that machine has no mouse connected to it.

Much better. lol

So your laptop doesn't get the cursor either?

You can't see what you are clicking on the laptop until you connect a mouse on the Desktop at the same time?