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    Thread: Amnesia Demo - No cursor visible while interacting with objects
Post: RE: Amnesia Demo - No cursor visible while interac...

It's been a busy week so I had little time to ponder over my lack of motor skills... :) Anyway... you show me yours, I show you mine ;) This is the device I am getting along with: [Image: http://img...
hiben Linux - ATDD 10 18,795 05-06-2011, 11:01 PM
    Thread: [maybe invalid] Turning wheels - very hard without cursor...
Post: RE: [maybe invalid] Turning wheels - very hard wit...

So I bought Amnesia yesterday and just finished the horrible storage section... what an adrenaline kick... ;) But the best thing: I was training circling with the trackball and I slowly get comfortab...
hiben General Discussion 16 15,838 04-30-2011, 12:29 AM
    Thread: Amnesia Demo - No cursor visible while interacting with objects
Post: RE: Amnesia Demo - No cursor visible while interac...

(04-27-2011, 02:26 PM)Urkle Wrote: Hmm. that's strange.. As I myself only use a trackball (logitech wireless trackman :-D) and have for > 12 years. Yes the "hand" disappears once I grab somethin...
hiben Linux - ATDD 10 18,795 04-27-2011, 07:08 PM
    Thread: [maybe invalid] Turning wheels - very hard without cursor...
Post: RE: [maybe invalid] Turning wheels - very hard wit...

(04-26-2011, 07:51 PM)dph314 Wrote: Good work. So, just curious, I mean, newer laser mice aren't too expensive. Is there any advantage to that trackball that makes you still want to use it and go t...
hiben General Discussion 16 15,838 04-26-2011, 08:39 PM
    Thread: Amnesia Demo - No cursor visible while interacting with objects
Post: RE: Amnesia Demo - No cursor visible while interac...

I solved this the Linux way and wrote a small LD_PRELOAD SDL hack to bring back the OS cursor while clicking. Maybe for the next game these kind of user interface decisions should have more choices o...
hiben Linux - ATDD 10 18,795 04-26-2011, 07:01 PM
    Thread: [maybe invalid] Turning wheels - very hard without cursor...
Post: RE: [maybe invalid] Turning wheels - very hard wit...

(04-26-2011, 06:03 PM)Tottel Wrote: You don't need a cursor, and you don't need to "close the loop". :) All you have to do is move your mouse somewhat in a circle. Yeah... but *I do not use a mouse*...
hiben General Discussion 16 15,838 04-26-2011, 06:52 PM
    Thread: [maybe invalid] Turning wheels - very hard without cursor...
Post: RE: [maybe invalid] Turning wheels - very hard wit...

(04-26-2011, 03:39 PM)dph314 Wrote: Yeah the cursor will disappear. What did you not understand? I was mislead by these two reactions to my post. The first one sounded to me like 'On my system there...
hiben General Discussion 16 15,838 04-26-2011, 05:17 PM
    Thread: [maybe invalid] Turning wheels - very hard without cursor...
Post: RE: [invalid] Turning wheels - very hard without c...

Hmm... the guys in technical support disagree with you - or I did not understand you in first place. Having no cursor while interacting seems to be intended... so back to the circling tips I guess......
hiben General Discussion 16 15,838 04-26-2011, 09:01 AM
    Thread: Amnesia Demo - No cursor visible while interacting with objects
Post: RE: Amnesia Demo - No cursor visible while interac...

(04-26-2011, 06:24 AM)jens Wrote: What you described is the intended behavior! :huh: ok, now I am confused... I was complaining about this behaviour in the general discussion forum and there users...
hiben Linux - ATDD 10 18,795 04-26-2011, 08:59 AM
    Thread: Amnesia Demo - No cursor visible while interacting with objects
Post: RE: Amnesia Demo - No cursor visible while interac...

(04-25-2011, 07:24 PM)Thomas Wrote: Check options->game and see so "show cursor" is checked. Hmm... there is no such option. The closest one is 'Show Crosshair' and that one is checked. The funn...
hiben Linux - ATDD 10 18,795 04-25-2011, 09:59 PM
    Thread: [maybe invalid] Turning wheels - very hard without cursor...
Post: RE: Turning wheels - very hard without cursor...

I created a new post in the technical support forum since this is not an intentional design issue. Thanks for the circling tips - but I doubt I can keep the mental discipline to make a nice circle wi...
hiben General Discussion 16 15,838 04-25-2011, 11:44 AM
    Thread: Amnesia Demo - No cursor visible while interacting with objects
Post: Amnesia Demo - No cursor visible while interacting...

As you may know if you read my - now rather embarrassing - post in the discussion forum: Whenever there is interaction with objects (turn wheels, pick up chairs, ...) the cursor just disappears. This...
hiben Linux - ATDD 10 18,795 04-25-2011, 11:41 AM
    Thread: [maybe invalid] Turning wheels - very hard without cursor...
Post: RE: Turning wheels - very hard without cursor...

Hmm... good to know. so it is a technical problem... I though it was some novel game design to make you feel even more exposed to your hostile environment... :blush: Well - after getting past blue an...
hiben General Discussion 16 15,838 04-25-2011, 02:30 AM
    Thread: [maybe invalid] Turning wheels - very hard without cursor...
Post: [maybe invalid] Turning wheels - very hard without...

I'm not sure if this is more a technical problem but maybe it is more a question of design. So I just played the Amnesia Demo and I am always dying because I can't turn wheels in the game - took me a...
hiben General Discussion 16 15,838 04-25-2011, 12:56 AM
    Thread: Collection/Black Plague - Freeze when leaving chemical laboratory
Post: RE: Collection/Black Plague - Freeze when leaving ...

Just for the record: I took a save-game from just before 'meeting' Amabel and then went very straight trough the game (not so scary the second time ;-) - the freeze 'timeline' included many visits of ...
hiben Linux - Penumbra 7 17,162 11-08-2009, 12:47 AM
    Thread: Collection/Black Plague - Freeze when leaving chemical laboratory
Post: RE: Collection/Black Plague - Freeze when leaving ...

(10-29-2009, 10:39 AM)Thomas Wrote: Sorry, forgot this was the linux forum.... The bug you said should be fixed in the linux version... there are no patches Linux Black Plauge what I know. Well, I ...
hiben Linux - Penumbra 7 17,162 10-29-2009, 11:35 AM
    Thread: Collection/Black Plague - Freeze when leaving chemical laboratory
Post: RE: Collection/Black Plague - Freeze when leaving ...

(10-28-2009, 09:45 PM)Thomas Wrote: Install latest patch and this should be fixed. http://support.frictionalgames.com/entry/70/ I only see a MS Windows executable there. Is there any point in downl...
hiben Linux - Penumbra 7 17,162 10-29-2009, 08:31 AM
    Thread: Collection/Black Plague - Freeze when leaving chemical laboratory
Post: Collection/Black Plague - Freeze when leaving chem...

This happens after doing what needs to be done in the chemical laboratory when trying to leave through the door into the infected corridors: The story text is displayed while the game is obviously loa...
hiben Linux - Penumbra 7 17,162 10-28-2009, 07:34 PM