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Hi everyone,

Updated OSX to Lion and afterwards the mouse cursor disappears when in the game. However, you can still use the mouse, so it is just the graphic that is lost. It seems to happen at random (not every game, and not on any specific event that I can make out). Minimising (so that the OS can capture a mouse event) and then maximising SC2 brings the cursor back.

The mouse is a Razor Imperator that work perfectly, apart from this recent issue, on both my Macbook Pro and Windows 7 desktop. I reinstalled the drivers, but the problem persisted.

Anyone else have this problem, or any suggestions?

Yep, same here... on my iMac, Macbook Pro and Air. So can't play at all...

Hope a fix is released soon...

@Grayskull: What's your mouse model?

The same bug just occurred to me (Lion and Macbook Pro). I just lost a game because of that :(

Thanks for the tip with minimizing/maximising the window randacs, I will try that next time the bug appears.

Yes I am running in fullscreen mode (for optimal performances), next time the bug occurs I will command-m straight away.

The same problem on MacBook Pro 13" Mid-2010 OSX Lion 10.7. I've just call menu (F10) to fix this problem.

I have the same issue. Running in fullscreen, iMac 27'', G9 Logitech mouse. And it only started happening since OSX Lion.

There are other OSX Lion related bugs concerning mouse cursors unrelated to SC2, so perhaps it's a problem that will be fixed in a Lion patch. It is very annoying though.

@Krinskal Thanks for the reply. I'm running the game in fullscreen mode. I haven't run it in windowed mode for a full game due to the mouse going over the boarders which is quite awkward. Do you guys have any ideas on what it might be?

After playing more games I believe the problem might be my second screen. Playing with the external screen unplug has yet to produce the problem, although I have not tested this extensively.

The only workaround I've found is doing cmd-m to force the game to windowed mode, then doing cmd-m again, to force it to fullscreen - then I get the cursor back for a while... but when it happens in an intense battle, you're just about ready to ragequit because you lose matches over it.

I have the same problem, and a similar workaround:

• pressing cmd+m to go to windowed mode


• pressing cmd+tab to switch to a different application


• pressing cmd+tab to switch back to SC2


• pressing cmd+m to go to fullscreen mode

FWIW, I also have a second 24" display connected to the Radeon 5870 in my Mac Pro running Lion (all was well in Snow Leopard). I'm using a Logitech G700 mouse with the "USB Overdrive" driver.

Same problem here, and the cmd-m workaround make you loose 15-20 seconds of game.. More than enough to loose a match

There is a bigger thread on this at us.battle.net: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/2926964537?page=2

I have the same problem! Running a MB Pro 13" i5, OSX LIon.
Mouse: ACE Edge GX300. (No mac driver yet.)
No problem before installing the new patch yesterday. I run the game on external monitor, but there was no problem with this before the new patch. The only way I can play now is by running the game windowed fullscreen. and cmd+tab out and back when the cursor disappears. I haven't been able to spot any pattern for when it happens.

Let me know if there's anything more I can do to help solve this.

Hope to see it fixed soon!

Regards

Forgot to mention!

I also run the game on an external monitor via HDMI

WIll be trying to play some games on the 13" display to see if it ever happens then.

Hi - just wanted to log that I also have this problem on my MacPro. It's fixed, for me, by unplugging my 2 additional monitors. Not ideal, but it does the job until the guys at Blizzard have rolled out a fix.

Before I unplugged the spare screens, I had to run in Full Screen (windowed) as others have said.

Any updates on this? It's been about half a year since the first post. Would be nice to get this fixed!

+1. I have the exact same problem