Mouse cursor not visable when game is in full screen

[Flashofblue]

Hello everyone,

For the past couple of days i have been trying to get Dungeon Siege 2 to work on my computer.
I know that this is an old game, but i have been able to play it just fine over the years.

Now i am using a windows 10 x64 computer and is fairly new. Somehow, i cannot get the game to work properly. When the game is in full screen, i have no cursor. when i play the game in windowed mode i do, but this is unplayable. Even for an old game, the windowed mode messes with the display and just makes it unpleasant for the eye.

I have tried several fixes found on the internet like disabling special mouse feautures like shadows,pointer trails and even updated my video card driver. My computer is at 100% scaling and changing the dekstop resolution to match the game does not work either. Compatability mode has been tried, as well as disabling high DPI.

Does anyone have any tips where i could look?
I would really like to be able to play this awesome game in full screen mode..

 

[FabioXN7]

I've seem this on steam have you tried it?

GO TO DESKTOP->NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL->MANAGE 3D SETTINGS->DSR FACTORS->TURN OFF ALL

There's a lot of people out there with the same issue as yours, seems to be either a problem with NVIDIA driver and Windows 10

 

[Flashofblue]

I've seem this on steam have you tried it?

GO TO DESKTOP->NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL->MANAGE 3D SETTINGS->DSR FACTORS->TURN OFF ALL

There's a lot of people out there with the same issue as yours, seems to be either a problem with NVIDIA driver and Windows 10

I'm sorry for not listing this, but i have already disabled this setting. Unfortunately it has not been the solution..
At this point i'm starting to lose hope.. there has to be a solution for this hasn't it?

 

[FabioXN7]

I've seem this on steam have you tried it?

GO TO DESKTOP->NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL->MANAGE 3D SETTINGS->DSR FACTORS->TURN OFF ALL

There's a lot of people out there with the same issue as yours, seems to be either a problem with NVIDIA driver and Windows 10

I'm sorry for not listing this, but i have already disabled this setting. Unfortunately it has not been the solution..
At this point i'm starting to lose hope.. there has to be a solution for this hasn't it?

Actually according to some sources I've looked throughout internet... people have fixed this problem with different workarounds but there's no official "FIX" as persay right now... the game is Old yeah... so it's common to experience issues like this on recent OS versions out there like Windows 10. Searching through 5 maybe around 6 threads on Steam people usually fixed with these workarounds, not sure if you tried all of those -

1 - Setting a custom parameter when launching the game, but unfortunately we'll come back to same issue as your facing right now the terrible "Windowed Screen" but so far the only one working as for now... Setting fullscreen=false seems to be working for most people out there...

2 - Creating a custom Dungeon Siege 2 shorcut on your Desktop and playing on Compatibility Mode, instead of running straight from Steam Library worked for some...

3 - Disabling DSR Factors as you already mentioned now..

4 - Setting this parameter nointro = true fullScreen = false DPNSVR = false before launching it..

5 - Rollback your NVIDIA graphics driver if it's a NVIDIA card..

 

[Flashofblue]

I've seem this on steam have you tried it?

GO TO DESKTOP->NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL->MANAGE 3D SETTINGS->DSR FACTORS->TURN OFF ALL

There's a lot of people out there with the same issue as yours, seems to be either a problem with NVIDIA driver and Windows 10

I'm sorry for not listing this, but i have already disabled this setting. Unfortunately it has not been the solution..
At this point i'm starting to lose hope.. there has to be a solution for this hasn't it?

Actually according to some sources I've looked throughout internet... people have fixed this problem with different workarounds but there's no official "FIX" as persay right now... the game is Old yeah... so it's common to experience issues like this on recent OS versions out there like Windows 10. Searching through 5 maybe around 6 threads on Steam people usually fixed with these workarounds, not sure if you tried all of those -

1 - Setting a custom parameter when launching the game, but unfortunately we'll come back to same issue as your facing right now the terrible "Windowed Screen" but so far the only one working as for now... Setting fullscreen=false seems to be working for most people out there...

2 - Creating a custom Dungeon Siege 2 shorcut on your Desktop and playing on Compatibility Mode, instead of running straight from Steam Library worked for some...

3 - Disabling DSR Factors as you already mentioned now..

4 - Setting this parameter nointro = true fullScreen = false DPNSVR = false before launching it..

5 - Rollback your NVIDIA graphics driver if it's a NVIDIA card..

thanks for the reply but none of the mentioned seem to solve it.. i would like to roll back my nvidia (Geforce GTX 680) software but i do not know what version it would work on to roll back to. I have never tested this game on my pc before so it could cost me a lot of time. If you happen to come up with other idea's, i'd love to hear them!

 

[FabioXN7]

Read this, it seems that it fixed for some, download the software mentioned and test it

https://steamcommunity.com/app/39200/discussions/0/1318836262671512966/

Also try disabling steam overlay and see if it works

Also try this

http://steamcommunity.com/app/39200/discussions/0/1456202492171133343/

 

[Flashofblue]

Read this, it seems that it fixed for some, download the software mentioned and test it

https://steamcommunity.com/app/39200/discussions/0/1318836262671512966/

Also try disabling steam overlay and see if it works

Also try this

http://steamcommunity.com/app/39200/discussions/0/1456202492171133343/

thanks very much for the replies. Unfortunatly the above options did not resolve the issue.
However, i now am able to play in full screen!

I have rolled back the windows 10 creators update, reinstalled the game and now it magically works.
thank you for thinking with me and have a good one!

 

[FabioXN7]

Read this, it seems that it fixed for some, download the software mentioned and test it

https://steamcommunity.com/app/39200/discussions/0/1318836262671512966/

Also try disabling steam overlay and see if it works

Also try this

http://steamcommunity.com/app/39200/discussions/0/1456202492171133343/

thanks very much for the replies. Unfortunatly the above options did not resolve the issue.
However, i now am able to play in full screen!

I have rolled back the windows 10 creators update, reinstalled the game and now it magically works.
thank you for thinking with me and have a good one!

Glad that you figured it out! Win 10 does have some issues with old games sometimes and DS2 is not the first one... but do please share this fix with others who might face the same problem on Steam and do Close the thread if you have no further questions regarding this topic. Glad I could help

 

[Furikao]

Read this, it seems that it fixed for some, download the software mentioned and test it

https://steamcommunity.com/app/39200/discussions/0/1318836262671512966/

Also try disabling steam overlay and see if it works

Also try this

http://steamcommunity.com/app/39200/discussions/0/1456202492171133343/

thanks very much for the replies. Unfortunatly the above options did not resolve the issue.
However, i now am able to play in full screen!

I have rolled back the windows 10 creators update, reinstalled the game and now it magically works.
thank you for thinking with me and have a good one!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Alex.

PS: Damn you windows 10