BF2S Forums Mouse pointer no longer moves

Well i had this problem once, i just restarted my computer, and it hasnt happened since... Its just a bug i would say... if it continues, i would reinstall or somthing... or check your mouse connections...

Is this the controls.con file in my documents or battlefield 2\Profiles (where bf2 is located on your hard drive)

galvatronfletch wrote:

That solution worked. The controls.con file I had was blank. There wasn't another one on my computer so I had a buddy email me his. Thanks for the help

If you just deleted it upon running the game again a fresh default copy would be created.  For your future information.

Glad you got it fixed up, galvatronfletch.
turkeybacon, when you first start BF2, before joining a server check under "Options" to see what keys are assigned.  If it shows nothing, then exit BF2 and do the controls.con fix. 
FYI it is located for me at My Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles\0002\Controls.con
If it's blank, copy the one at My Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles\Default\Controls.con

N.B. EVERYONE should make a backup copy of their Controls.con file, if you have tweaked BF2 at all, including adding a joystick.  If it gets mysteriously erased, its a pain in the *** to have to enter it all again.

Rick_O_Shea678 wrote:

Glad you got it fixed up, galvatronfletch.
turkeybacon, when you first start BF2, before joining a server check under "Options" to see what keys are assigned.  If it shows nothing, then exit BF2 and do the controls.con fix. 
FYI it is located for me at My Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles\0002\Controls.con
If it's blank, copy the one at My Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles\Default\Controls.con

N.B. EVERYONE should make a backup copy of their Controls.con file, if you have tweaked BF2 at all, including adding a joystick.  If it gets mysteriously erased, its a pain in the *** to have to enter it all again.

Thanks. If only I read this before I uninstalled everything !!

I uninstalled everything like a nub, saving my user profile etc..I repatched, started up again, checked my controls section --- nothing was there!! I guarantee this is what happened before I uninstalled (I did check my controls.con before this btw, it was not empty). Urghh how annoying. I did a "restore defaults" in the controls menu, then re-tweaked everything the way I like it -- I'm back in business. Its frustrating because I didnt even reinstalled SF, so now I need to do that (can I uninstalled patch 1.4? Or do I have to uninstall BF2 again?)

But anyways, all I had to do was restore default controls. Hell I just had to LOOK at my controls section under the Options menu. It was weird, my controls.con file looked fine though. Not that I can read it or anything, but it wasn't empty as this thread suggested it would be.

Rick_O_Shea678 wrote:

You know, I'm not sure whether to call it prophetic or ironic or maybe just coincidental.
But it happened to me again yesterday, third time ever.  I was just playing along, computer seemed to be struggling a bit, then all of a sudden black screen and horrible whine over the audio.
Click!  Hard power down, reboot.
Start up BF2 again.  Checked my Options before I joined a server...blank.  All controls gone, and server history gone.  Somehow it got zapped in the meltdown.
But it was easy fix this time, because I had backed up my Profile.  Logout, copy, paste, login, join game....verifying client data zzzzzzzzz

Thats how I think mine got screwed - BF2 crashed really hard, ctrl alt delete didnt work, I had to hard reboot. And after that, I guess my controls got wiped (even though my controls.con looked fine...)