Mouse cursor not reappearing after right-clicking to move the camera around until you hover over a targettable (item, foe, etc)

Pretty much title.

It started to happen to me after Reforged launched and the only fix it is to reboot the game.

Anyone else experiencing this ? anyone found a fix ? share please

hints :

- the bug can happen almost instantly or after hours of playtime

- toolbox doesn't have an effect

- controller plugged in PC doesn't have an effect

- alt tabbing doesn't have an effect

- swapping characters a bunch of times in a row seems to help A LOT to trigger the bug

current status : bug still happens, i'm able to recreate very often with swapping characters acting as the trigger.

still looking for more data

Quote from Wrathchild

I was experiencing this a few days ago, I have no idea what was causing it and I also have no idea what resolved it. I don't have a fix unfortunately but I just wanted to chime in and say that you're not crazy.

It hasn't happened to me in 2 days, are you confirming it's fixed for you ?

also thanks for making me feel not crazy

Quote from Wrathchild

Yeah, it's fixed for me. It was about that timeframe for me as well so I think they might have rolled out a fix for it. Were you playing on windowed fullscreen? My best guess as to why.

nope windowed, but stretched to the edges

definitely keep the reports coming, the more data we can get on this the more chances we have of fixing it

a few infos that could be interesting to know : toolbox activated and screen resolution are as follow

current status : bug just happened, rip

Jon from Toolbox suggested to unplug my controller completely even if it's just sitting on its charging pad, is everyone who experiences the bug also having a controller plugged in his PC ?

I'll do some testing and report back

bug still happens even without controller plugged in PC

crying right now, idk what else to test

still happening, very easy to trigger it, just spam districts and right click (hold) into left click and spam that for a bit

no idea if this is placebo or not though

still annoying as f

Quote from alafeen

About 5 or 6 days ago, I was in Churrhir Fields to see Kormir. When I rotated the camera, my cursor snapped to the upper-right of my screen, very near the X icon, and was stuck there. It was flashing rapidly and was very faint. I could not drag it out. The location worked when I pressed ctrl. alt-tab did nothing. With effort I was able to drag it just far enough to X out of the game. It happened again a day later when I was in Fahranur retrieving tablets. Same results. I assumed it to be a problem with my mouse and perhaps it was.

It doesn't sound like the same bug as the one we are reporting about

don't bother to open a ticket with ArenaNet

translation : you're a gw1 pleb and we only help you if your problem is related to you giving us $

Keep this post alive and maybe one day someone at Anet will notice

Quote from Shaya

Got the bug. cursor disappears after right clicking. it is still there though, just invisible. after wiggling a bit and hitting an other players name it appears again. restarting client fixes it temporarely ig

welcome to the club you don't want to be a part of, first time it happens to you since Reforged ? anything that comes to mind that you changed on your end that might have triggered it ?

i maybe realized a pattern, it happens alot to me after interacting with merchants, i usually wrap up my stuff after a gaming session at embark beach and sell my crap, check mats vendor etc and that's when it likes to trigger

big update, can other people try swapping their characters a bunch of times, moving around and see if it helps them trigger the bug ? I've been able to recreate it successfully doing that a few times

Quote from mrd0291

Still happening in April for me, frustrating stuff.

Yep, it still is but I've stopped reporting in because 1 : I haven't found anything new worth mentioning and 2 : 2weeks clearly cares more about creating new bugs like triple mod weapons in their beta branch called pre-searing rather than fixing gamebreaking previous bugs like this one

Still happening.

Quote from DePauperGeneraal

Possible fix for the disappearing cursor in Guild Wars Reforged (Windows)

I had an issue where the mouse cursor became invisible but still worked. Moving it over an NPC or another named object made it reappear, but it would disappear again afterward.

Disabling Windows Fullscreen Optimizations for Guild Wars appears to have fixed it for me. I play in fullscreen at 1440p.

Here’s how to try it:

1. Close Guild Wars completely.
2. Open your Guild Wars installation folder.
3. Right-click Gw.exe and select Properties.
4. Open the Compatibility tab.
5. Check Disable fullscreen optimizations.
6. Click Apply, then OK.
7. Start Guild Wars again and test it.

This only changes a Windows compatibility setting. It does not modify the game files or require any third-party software.

So far, this has worked for me, but I can’t guarantee it will fix every case. If it doesn’t help, you can undo it by unchecking the same option.

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Thanks for your input, I already checked this box awhile ago but I play windowed on a 1080p monitor, I will try fullscreen at 1440p just in case.

Make sure to report back if unfortunately this bug comes back to haunt you.