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Can't even get past the main menu.
Just bought Elderborn and I can't play it. On launch, my mouse cursor disappears so I can't click anything and keyboard presses don't do anything either. The top right shows controller inputs but I don't have a controller plugged in. Alt-tabbing does nothing. I've attempted a cache verify and full reinstall. It didn't work. Anybody else have this kind of issue?
Originally posted by Buffout Boy:
Originally posted by FeedTheCreature:
Saw the notes on the update log.
Setting Launch Options to -kbm to force only mouse and keyboard works perfectly. I wish I had thought to try that earlier, since that was the fix to a similar issue I had on another game some time ago. I hope you guys figure exactly what's causing that bug in the first place.

Time to play.

You nailed it. In the last update we fixed the issue. If any of you guys feel like eyeballing the details, look here.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/?appids=727850&appgroupname=ELDERBORN&headlines=0
Keep calm and launch Elderborn with "-kbm".
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Ureha Oct 10, 2020 @ 6:42pm 
same problem still looking for solution
GreatMx  [developer] Oct 11, 2020 @ 2:33am 
We are working on it for some time now and we will keep you updated since patch is in the way.
FeedTheCreature Oct 11, 2020 @ 9:54am 
Thank you.
FeedTheCreature Oct 11, 2020 @ 11:17am 
I kind of got it to work. By hitting the enter key at the main menu, I'm able to start a new game, but I can't chose the character or change the difficulty. Once in the game, I can move around the world and fight, but I can't access any settings or move the cursor in the character sheet. It acts like there's a controller stick tilted to the right, any using arrow keys to try to select anything doesn't work. The cursor just moves right back over on its own. So I can't level up...

But hey, at least I was able to play a bit, and I REALLY like what I see, so I'm willing to wait for a fix. The tutorial popups show controller bindings, but that's more of a nitpick since I could figure out the keyboard binds on my own.
Verran Oct 11, 2020 @ 11:36am 
I had the same problem, and realized my Logitech gamepad was connected. So, I disconnected and restarted the game. Doh! It still wouldn't show the mouse after that, though. Then I realized I also had a joystick connected. I disconnected that and restarted the game: then the mouse finally started working.
Last edited by Verran; Oct 11, 2020 @ 11:36am
PurSpyk!! Oct 11, 2020 @ 11:36am 
Similar issue, game loads, watch the into video, and then blank screen, rebooted, even bought the GOG version thinking Steam might be an issue. Nothing, refunded both for now.
FeedTheCreature Oct 11, 2020 @ 11:39am 
Originally posted by Verran:
I had the same problem, and realized my Logitech gamepad was connected. So, I disconnected and restarted the game. Doh! It still wouldn't show the mouse after that, though. Then I realized I also had a joystick connected. I disconnected that and restarted the game: then the mouse finally started working.

I will reiterate that I don't have a controller plugged in. I'm aware that this issue can be caused by other peripherals being plugged in, so unplugging them was the obvious first step. No change.
GreatMx  [developer] Oct 11, 2020 @ 1:06pm 
Can you try running the game in steam big picture mode?
FeedTheCreature Oct 11, 2020 @ 1:07pm 
I'll give that shot right now.
FeedTheCreature Oct 11, 2020 @ 1:11pm 
Same as before, no cursor on the menu. Pressing enter let's me get into the game but the character sheet selection is still just continuously moving to the right-most option and button prompts are still showing controller inputs. Big Picture config confirmed no controllers are detected.
GreatMx  [developer] Oct 11, 2020 @ 1:26pm 
Crap. We will stay in touch.
FeedTheCreature Oct 11, 2020 @ 1:40pm 
I appreciate that you're trying to figure it out. If you need any other fix testing or info or anything along those lines, let me know.
theKozma Oct 11, 2020 @ 3:16pm 
Some players can't even get past the main menu. True hardcore game
suppenhuhn68 Oct 11, 2020 @ 4:08pm 
Same problems here.
Goomes Oct 11, 2020 @ 9:07pm 
This might not work for everyone, but the same thing happened to me and in order to get it to work I first did alt+enter to put the game in windowed mode, and then it wound up forcing itself back into fullscreen once I selected the screen again. I was able to access all of the menus and settings once I did this.

Awesome game once you get into it.
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