Make Windows Mouse Cursor Visible
Shaun
Using Shield Controller (2017), MS 700 wireless KB + m connected to SATV (2015) running parsec to stream paperspace Quadro P5000 VM.
Makes a bad job of trying to show how right stick on controller mapped as mouse using Steam Input s global desktop binding moves windows mouse cursor independently from the visible android virtual mouse cursor.
Have seen scenarios where games show two mouse cursors, one windows custom mouse cursor and the black android virtual mouse cursor.
Ctrl + b helps out in games as it switches off the android virtual mouse cursor.
I would really like to be able to see windows mouse cursor on windows desktop so that i can use the Steam Input desktop bindings that being applied but can not use because there is no visible mouse cursor.
Have tried switching on numpad as mouse in ease of access settings but this does not seem to be making windows mouse cursor visible like what is described at
We need a way to make windows mouse cursor visible.
Shaun
Ethereal: Upgrading quadro drivers too 131.33 and installing GFE allowed me to setup gamestream for paperspace vm host to SATV which shows how windows mouse cursor can be used .
It also illustrates windows mouse cursor is allways used in windows with android virtual mouse only being used on android as an overlay .
GFE provides windows wifi drivers for Shield Controlker.
So just quitting parsec in vm and then quitting parsec client on SATV will allow use of Nvidia Games Hub on SATV to launch gamestream steam app or mstsc.exe for windows desktop and demonstrates exactly how well windows mouse cursor works when remote streaming paperspace VM.
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Ethereal
There's a super weird way I've used in testing that kinda works. You can use obs to "capture" the display, checking capture the mouse, and ready up an "always on top", "click through" and "window transparency" tools. After that just right click the scene and make a fullscreen preview which you make mostly transparent, like 20% visible, on top and click through, and since the preview is fast enough to usually match you just end up with a very faint cursor overlay.
There's also ahk scripts that make an image follow the mouse cursor, but that's usually laggier. If you want you can shoot me an email at ethereal_intellect at hotmail , and I'll explain in more detail/demo
Shaun
Ethereal: Thanks for the suggestions. Will check out your options and will get in touch after the weekend.
Mage Enderman
Ethereal: How do you do that I don't see those options..
Shaun
Ethereal: Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Have remotr streamer in vm/host pc and then using remotr android client have a flawlessly working and visible windows mouse cursor.
Doing this has proven to me that streaming windows mouse cursor works perfectly fine for me. I really do not think forcing android mouse cursor into windows desktop has any advantages at all .
Shaun
Finding workarounds to all the mouse related issues caused by forcing android mouse cursor into windows has been major set back in using cloud gaming services for gaming.
Now I can make a start to spending some time cloud gaming. 😎