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Ghost286JC
10 years ago
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Mass Effect 1 Unable to get the mouse to work properly

Just reinstalled Mass Effect 1 after not having played it in roughly 10 months.  Both dlc's installed.  No major system or hardware changes since before, I was on windows 8.1 before and still am now....
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    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    @i148qatd Have you tried forcing Origin to quit after launching the game? (Use Alt-TAB to minimize the game first so that you can access the Origin window and exit it). After doing that, do you find that the game now responds to mouse inputs? This is the only way I can play. It suggests to me that the problem is entirely with Origin; it appears to be capturing all mouse inputs even though the game has focus. I hate having to do this extra step; Origin is no longer syncing my saves as I play, nor is it tracking the number of hours that I've played. Plus the game seems slightly choppier with the connection to Origin severed. I've submitted this as a bug 3 times via the Send Error Report feature, but have received no response from them.

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Anonymous
10 years ago

Same problem here. I run Windows 7 Home Premium, installed Origin to the D: drive because my boot drive is for Skyrim and Fallout 4 only (I use mods, so that eats up quite a bit of space). Installed Mass Effect Trilogy to the Origin folder on the D: drive. In-game mouse cursor does not appear, only the Windows cursor. Can't click on anything. When I go to the setup input options screen, if I click a mouse button, it will clear the slot for that mouse button, so it's reading the mouse, it's just not letting me click on anything. Reinstalled, same problem. Tried running it in compatibility mode to XP SP3, still same problem. Tried running it in compatibility mode for Windows 7, tried turning off compatibility mode, still nothing. It's already set to run as administrator. All my drivers are up to date, as is the PhysX and Microsoft Visual C++ Redist. Sat on the chat with someone for 3 hours and got nowhere. They tried telling me to download some patch called MassEffect_EFIGS_1.01a, which told me it couldn't find Mass Effect and I should reinstall from the original source. Also, when I repaired the installation, it said that there was a DirextX error, something about the .cab file wasn't signed, whatever the hell that means. Also found a Program Files (x86) folder in my D: drive that was created by Origin for whatever reason (had to be--it appeared at the same time as the install). Not sure if the patch isn't reading because there's no launcher in that Program Files (x86) folder or not. I'm at my wits end.

Really disappointed. This is why we at Steam tell people to avoid Origin like the plague. If I didn't want to play ME so badly, I would have long ago told Origin to kiss my * and asked for a refund.

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Anonymous
10 years ago

Also, tried running Origin as Admin (even though it's set to that by default) by right clicking, and then launched ME through Origin, got this error: lol What a #$%^& joke. * like this is why people by cracked copies.

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