vinmanpinn Posted May 25, 2023 Posted May 25, 2023 need some help tried to install the new ver of pinball x when done installing it turns my mouse pointer in to a tiny dot had to uninstall it. tried again same thing. im running win 11 home all updated why does it do this. had no problem with older ver 2.16 this is a nightmare. love your program. any help would be appreciate it. take care vince
Draco1962 Posted May 25, 2023 Posted May 25, 2023 When reporting an issue, please attach copies of your pinballx.ini and log.txt files for review. Thanks.
Mike_da_Spike Posted May 25, 2023 Posted May 25, 2023 PBX will hide the mouse during Start of PinballX, and will return the settings when it is closing PinballX in a normal way (not terminating the process) The hide mouse is done, that you don't have accidently a mouse pointer during game play or recoding videos or snapshots. If you want to have your mouse to setup things during launch of PinballX, you can use gamemanager.exe or Database manager and launch a table. This will completely launch PBX (with all your settings , scripts, plugins etc) to the table , but will not hide your mouse. I thought it was mentioned in one of the release notes, but not able to find it.
chadman Posted May 25, 2023 Posted May 25, 2023 You can use any cursor you want if you replace the file BlackDOT.cur file in the PinballX dir. I do this because I always seem to be tinkering and like having the cursor that is easy to find and move around. So when I'm in game mode I use this large Mario Brother cursor that is easy to find. Then if PinballX crashes or something happens, I still have a mouse cursor. Keep in mind that if you do an update to PinballX, you will need to copy your custom cursor back. 2
scutters Posted May 26, 2023 Posted May 26, 2023 7 hours ago, chadman said: Then if PinballX crashes or something happens .. you'd copy off the log file and raise an issue on the forum so it can be investigated?! But yep, if you want a visible cursor while PinballX is running then good solution. 1
AndyMcDandy Posted May 26, 2023 Posted May 26, 2023 I simply just went in to my mouse settings and changed the cursor back to default.
chadman Posted May 27, 2023 Posted May 27, 2023 17 hours ago, scutters said: .. you'd copy off the log file and raise an issue on the forum so it can be investigated?! But yep, if you want a visible cursor while PinballX is running then good solution. Good point! Definitely mention it here if you find a bug. In my case I share my computer for pinball and gaming so it's duel boot. In pinball mode I use the 3rd monitor for table setup and configs. Having a big mouse cursor makes it easy to do while in pinball mode. Just have to remember not to leave the cursor in the middle of the playfield or backglass😊
eduardNL Posted June 19, 2023 Posted June 19, 2023 Can't we not just have a shortcut key to show/hide the mousepointer ?
Draco1962 Posted June 19, 2023 Posted June 19, 2023 1 hour ago, eduardNL said: Can't we not just have a shortcut key to show/hide the mousepointer ? Probably not.
Tom Speirs Posted June 22, 2023 Posted June 22, 2023 There is a display setting option to hide the mouse in 5.97. Just released. Im thinking its mostly a crock of shit there is not an underyling issue for the topic or they are using an old version but i see a use case and its done.
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