Half Life 2 Menu Problem

Hello all, could someone help me out with a problem with the menu, my mouse pointer is invisible and I can't see where it is to navigate. I'm using Windows 7 64 bit if that's relevant. Thanks.

Maybe its better to post some screenshots..

OK how do I do that, I have taken the screenshot on steam but the image size is too big to post?...It will just be a picture of the menu without a mouse pointer though?...

I know I'm a dick but I've only just started gaming and I don't know how to open up the console?...is there a guide you could point me to please.

this problem happens to me, too. i dont know how to fix it, either. :(yellosnolvr

Thank god for that, sorry that it happens to you too but I must admit I feel better knowing I'm not the only one.

[QUOTE="yellosnolvr"]this problem happens to me, too. i dont know how to fix it, either. :(leeandziggy

Thank god for that, sorry that it happens to you too but I must admit I feel better knowing I'm not the only one.

I know I'm a dick but I've only just started gaming and I don't know how to open up the cosole?...is there a guide you could point me to please.

leeandziggy

[QUOTE="leeandziggy"]

[QUOTE="yellosnolvr"]this problem happens to me, too. i dont know how to fix it, either. :(yellosnolvr

Thank god for that, sorry that it happens to you too but I must admit I feel better knowing I'm not the only one.

Options in what, steam?...

[QUOTE="yellosnolvr"][QUOTE="leeandziggy"]

Thank god for that, sorry that it happens to you too but I must admit I feel better knowing I'm not the only one.

leeandziggy

Options in what, steam?...

[QUOTE="leeandziggy"]

I know I'm a dick but I've only just started gaming and I don't know how to open up the cosole?...is there a guide you could point me to please.

Dante2710

Ahh thanks!

ARRGGHHH, I just got to the keyboard option and enabled it then flicked back to this screen to see the options you said and the bloody game stopped responding!

When I enabled the console, those options you mentioned never appeard?...

When I opened steam, I got a message about problems with steam running in xp mode, could this be causing it. Honestly I didn't know I had an xp mode, especially since on the microsoft site it says it's unavailable for the home premium windows 7?...

These are the only options I can see?...

http://www.half-life2.com/manual/HL2_quickrefcard.pdf?l=english&cc=GB&os=windows

God this is driving me mad, I've spent hours just trying to get the bloody mouse to show, I can see the appeal in consoles, put it in and play the game!.

I'm using a wireless mouse, could that be the problem?...

When I enabled the console, those options you mentioned never appeard?...

leeandziggy

[QUOTE="leeandziggy"]

When I enabled the console, those options you mentioned never appeard?...

Iantheone

So, when I click enabled, it puts me back to the options screen with the options I linked to. I just start typing over another option, like jump or something?...I was looking around for how to access the console commands and it said all I have to do once they are enabled is to press the ~ key. On the main menu it does nothing, do I have to be in the keyboard options tab for it to work?...

Does not it help that simply press the " button (the button which is right next to the 1) to open console??

Does not it help that simply press the " button (the button which is right next to the 1) to open console??

Lord_Kisame

No, not on the main menu or when I finally am able to guess correctly and land on the options button, " and ~ do nothing at all?...

Is there a way to select those options without launching the game because it's the equivelent of playing spot the ball when it's launched.

It's the operating system then?..Which one would work then XP?...could you PLEASE explain how to do that. Would that mean having to buy Windows XP?...

With all the hard drive space most people have these days why not install multiple operating systems so you don't have to do stuff like this ?

DeViLzzz

[QUOTE="DeViLzzz"]

With all the hard drive space most people have these days why not install multiple operating systems so you don't have to do stuff like this ?

Twisted14

The wired mouse dosen't work either!

When a game dosen't work in Windows 7, it asks me if I want to try to run it in XP mode. Can I manually select it to do that?...

this problem happens to me, too. i dont know how to fix it, either. :(yellosnolvr

WOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOOOO-WHOP-DE-DOOOOO. I've done it!. Hopefully this works for you too. Go to control panel, Hardware and Sound, then at the top under Devices and Printers click Mouse, then click pointer, then untick enable pointer shadow. WA-LA, job done, happy days, all done!.

I'm using a wireless mouse, could that be the problem?...

leeandziggy

Nope I've never used it, it was just the mouse options that were screwing things up for me.