The mouse icon flickers while moving it around and the inventory keeps rapidly forcing me up to the top item making it impossible to use and equip things reliably.
#Weird mouse and inventory bug.
frail briar
chilly zinc
huh. this sounds like a broken keyboard. have you spilled water on it at some point? if you unplug your keyboard, does it stop?
frail briar
huh. this sounds like a broken keyboard. have you spilled water on it at some po...
its not the keyboard
chilly zinc
did you unplug it?
frail briar
dont need to
chilly zinc
...how do you know it's not the keyboard then?
frail briar
Because ive already tried it before making this post
chilly zinc
are you using a gamepad? or do you have one plugged in?
frail briar
i dont own a gamepad
chilly zinc
well if you've tried those things I'm kinda stumped. maybe someone else can chime in. I was 100% sure it was a keyboard sending spurious keypresses.
frail briar
if it is a keyboard/game pad issue, shouldn't it affect more then just my inventory and in game mouse cursor?
chilly zinc
there are lots of invisible keys that can be pressed that don't really do anything. so when a keypress is detected that isn't a graphical glyph or one that moves the cursor games can detect it as "hey, im using the keyboard now. please switch input methods" and it sounds like that's what's going on for you.
fallen fox
how much stuff do you have in the inventory? do you not smelt down anything or sell stuff here and there? If the inventory is really packed it'll cause issues with overflow which sounds like what might be happening
frail briar
a few potions, doorspikes and a scroll
its my first time playing the game and the issue started happening on the second floor of the scrobold cave
The flickering mouse cursor seems to be happening in the main menu too.
bold loom
flickering mouse cursor
interesting
almost as if maybe the mouse wheel is being rolled up constantly?
chilly zinc
would that make it disappear also?
frail briar
almost as if maybe the mouse wheel is being rolled up constantly?
The mouse cursor icon is invisible when still and flickers when moving it around
bold loom
oh ok
well
that kinda sounds like you have a keyboard key stuck
because if the game detects a keyboard input or a gamepad input, it hides the mouse. But when you move the mouse, the mouse comes back
fallen fox
have you tried rebooting?
frail briar
the issues still happen while the keyboard is disconnected
bold loom
that's awesome 😄 wow
chilly zinc
sometimes you have to reboot with the keyboard disconnected. stuck keys are... something.
all evidence points to broken keyboard though.
frail briar
ive tried playing a couple of other games and im having no issues in them, only this game
bold loom
@frail briar I'm sorry this is happening to you, I'm scratching my head tryna think of why.
Yeah if you're not seeing something similar in other games
so
lemme think for a bit here
in dmans
if it gets input like "oem_orange" or some weird broken key that wouldn't affect any other game
it throws it out but it still might trip the hiding the mouse thing
frail briar
it throws it out *but* it still might trip the hiding the mouse thing
but would it affect the inventory?
chilly zinc
yeah, it's a keypress. it changes input methods.
are you using one of these? perhaps an old one?
this could be a driver problem
oem_keyboard_nipple_left lol
frail briar
my keyboard dosent have on of those
chilly zinc
any volume slider? wheel? rolly things?
bold loom
like this
frail briar
more flickery while moving it
bold loom
yeah that video is "your up arrow is stuck" on your keyboard or your gamepad or something
But your keyboard is ok and you don't have a gamepad sooooo something is up and I'm trying to figure out how to see what the game is doing on your machine
numpad 8 would do it too
frail briar
ive been using the numpads for movement, targeting and the inventory
bold loom
try pressing numpad 8 again
chilly zinc
does numpad locking break the game? i.e. hold numpad direction to move -> turn off numpad -> let go of key?
(I use this trick to give my hands a rest in games, to hold buttons down)
bold loom
yeah that would make the game think it never gets an up press
chilly zinc
a reboot fixes that if you can't undo it.
frail briar
Reboot?
chilly zinc
whole computer off and then back on
frail briar
before i reboot the computer, i will see if i have any issues with other games that i use numpad in
chilly zinc
not many games switch between mouse input / keyboard input like this
I actually have a had time thinking of any that do
you need a game that hides the mouse when you touch the keyboard to compare
frail briar
if its an issue with numpad, wouldn't it also force my character to move?
chilly zinc
there are lots of numpad keys, even ones not on the keyboard. so it's too hard to say.
frail briar
My keyboard
bold loom
I have to afk for just a bit
frail briar
ok
bold loom
try pressing numpad 8 again
Called it!