Windows Cursor in SC2

On September 27 2010 13:03 PhuxPro wrote:
Is this related to the cursor showing on the loading screen? I'd like so much to have my cursor right in the middle so I can quickly select my Hatch/CC/Nexus. Sucks when you accidentally scroll to a Fog of War area and delay your first worker for 1-2 seconds.

On September 27 2010 14:16 Durn wrote:

That's not hard to work around. Just rotate your mouse in tiny little circles as the loading finishes. The intro-game lag will be give you a small enough window to click your nexus and doing the little circles will tell you where your cursor is and which way its already moving before the game knows whats going on. I don't think I've ever had a game where I've started a probe before 0:00 in the build order screen.

On September 27 2010 15:52 DarQraven wrote:


Yeah, about that intro-game lag..annoying as hell. Can't even remember how many times I've clicked my Nexus, pressed E and proceeded to worker split, then finding out 3 seconds later that my probe isn't building.
It's pretty easy to compensate for in your build timings, but it just sucks starting off a match with a disadvantage within the first second.

I'd prefer if Blizzard added a countdown after loading and before the match starts. Would eliminate the where's my cursor-problem and would guarantee that your first keystrokes actually register.

On September 27 2010 16:15 z01 wrote:
I'm sick of timers. Just fix the mouse not centering before the game starts issue.

And no you can't have a custom mouse with sc2. Some casted games have no mouse cursor because they are casting right from opengl (meaning nothing windows related will show up), others record the entire windows manager which shows the sc2 mouse, firefox, or whatever else you have on your screen, and others yet use opengl but have the recording software draw a fake mouse where their mouse should be.

It could be a simple fade from loading screen to in-game screen, very short countdown, go.
If you're ever played fighting games you'll know what I mean (excluding the really Japanese ones with all the taunting and cool-guy-moves before the fight starts).

Super Smash Brothers is a good example. Loading done -> characters show up on map -> "Fight!" and you're off. Takes no more than a second and a half, yet it does allow you to get to grips with what you're seeing and where everything is located.

On December 10 2010 14:34 Pyrrhuloxia wrote:
UGH. Ati STILL hasn't fixed this MONTHS later. I can't even play because I CAN'T SEE MY CURSOR. Until I reboot, and then I get less than a game before my cursor is fuxored again. Absolutely infuriating. SC2 is basically Nvidia-only if you are on Windows 7.