Re: mouse cursor wont change to sims 4 version

Since you've already tried Repair Game, here are a few other tips to try:

1. Turn off Origin In-Game:
Open Origin, Select Origin > Application Settings > Origin In Game and click the on/off switch to disable Origin In Game.

2. Unplug mouse, then plug it back in. If that doesn't work, plug it into a different port.

3. Try a different mouse.

4. If those don't work, try updating drivers.

Update your drivers
http://help.ea.com/en/article/finding-devices-and-updating-drivers/

5. Run a clean boot, this will help with stopping any other programs from interfering.
http://help.ea.com/en/article/how-to-clean-boot-your-pc/

6. Mouse pointer is invisible
http://sims4.crinrict.com/en/2014/08/mouse-pointer-is-invisible/

Okay, so this is a weird thing, idk if I'm the only one who is having this problem. So yesterday I booted up sims 4 and I noticed that my mouse didn't change from normal pc mouse to in game mouse. So I shut it down and rebooted the game and it still didn't change. I tried deleting the two mods I downloaded yesterday, repair and update game but that didn't work. Any advice on what I should do?

Please try starting a new game and see if you have the same issue there.

did that, also tried to delete my last save and it did nothing. Would uninstalling and reinstalling work?

It might. I have seen one or two posts on this. I don't think it was solved.

Hello, i had a similar problem... i had a windows mouser marker in game, and it was very annoying.

Turning of origin in game helped me. 

Thx so much!

Before uninstalling and reinstalling the game, if you haven't yet try these tips:

1. Turn off Origin In-Game:
Open Origin, Select Origin > Application Settings > Origin In Game and click the on/off switch to disable Origin In Game.

2. Turn off Discord and it's overlay software. This has been reported causing issues with Sims 4.

3. Turn off "Display Pointer Trails" in the mouse control panel option.

Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Select Mouse > Pointer Options. Under Visibility, un check the Display pointer trails.

hi! I have a windows 4 laptop. Just so you know. Around 1 out of 25 times I enter the sims 4, the mouse pad and wireless mouse work on most of the screen, but the most annoying part is that the places it doesn't work is down the middle. the 'sims mouse' transfers to a main screen mouse and I cant click anything in the area. I tried repairing the game once and it didn't work. I tried restarting the laptop. Also nothing. its really bothering to me because if I try to leave the game, I can't click the check mark because it transfers to a min screen mouse. I have to cancel out of the whole thing or shut down the whole laptop.

@janecemartial Thank you!! This was my exact problem. I didn't even bother disabling anything- simply alt+tab'd to the desktop and closed the pesky notification. Once that was gone everything worked perfectly. I never would've thought of that XD

Hi, I tried all of the above but my mouse still doesnt work on one portion of the screen. i don't know how to fix it. Is it the game or my laptop?

Hi @sammireid16 - Usually, if the mouse stops working on one portion of the screen it's because there's a notification underneath the game window waiting for a response. Try alt-tab to the desktop to see any notifications. You should be able to get rid of the problem by turning on focus assist. Go to Settings > System > Focus Assist (on the left hand bar). At the bottom of the settings, turn on "When I'm Playing a Game". Hope this helps!