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Mouse display problem

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First post, by scha

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Hi,i got some old games to run in Dosbox.
the other thing is very good.
except a problem with the mouse display.
i cannt see the mouse cursor clear.
it's translucent.
anyone can help me?
thx.

Reply 1 of 11, by mirekluza

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Which games?

Mirek

Reply 3 of 11, by HunterZ

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Some thoughts:
- Is the mouse supposed to be like that in that game?
- Try hitting ctrl+f10

Reply 4 of 11, by benkid77

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This looks very similar to the problem I have with the game "legends of valour". Please see the following link.

Legends of Valour

I notice that someone with DOS programming knowledge posted a possible idea to fix this in that thread.
Seems like it's possibly an issue with the emulation of one of the DOS mouse functions. I wonder if any of the developers have had a chance to linvestigate this, to see if it really is the cause. (alas I am not a dosbox developer)
It would be great if it turned out to be the answer, and both our games could then in theory be fixed in a future release,
Cheers, benkid77

Reply 5 of 11, by benkid77

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I should add, The problem is similar in that we both seem to have multiple copies of the mouse pointer stuck on the screen (Although I don't have the translucent pointer issue)

Reply 6 of 11, by Qbix

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legend of valour has been fixed allready. Doesn't solve the problems with this game.

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Reply 7 of 11, by benkid77

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@Qbix, Thanks for letting me know! I'll play it some time in the future, after the next release of DOSBox.

@scha I hope someone is also able to find a solution for your game

Reply 8 of 11, by HunterZ

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What version of DOSBox was this game tested in?

Reply 9 of 11, by Qbix

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I tested it against my personal source.
So CVS++

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Reply 10 of 11, by scha

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thanks to HunterZ,benkid77 and Qbix.
my system environment:
cpu 1200
memory 256mb
system win2000 sp4
nvidia geforce2 mx/mx400(32m)
dosbox 0.63

Reply 11 of 11, by HunterZ

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Well Qbix knows about it so maybe he'll be able to figure it out 😀