Possible Mouse Cursor changed from pointer to circle

[corint 16]

Hi Simtropolis,

I think I am losing my marbles. I noticed all of a sudden that my mouse pointer in game is now a circle. Picture is attached. I could have sworn it was a regular mouse pointer (arrow) before. Has anyone had this happen and if so and I am not losing my marbles, How can i change it? 

And I must note that everything works fine including the cursor in game and its just cosmetic.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to read and respond if possible.

[CaptCity 4,877]

14 minutes ago, corint said:

I noticed all of a sudden that my mouse pointer in game is now a circle.

Hi @corint

Mine is a circle and I can't honestly say it has ever been otherwise. It does change to an arrow when zooming but turns back when finished. I don't know if it has ever been anything alse other than a circlr, but it wouldn't surprise me if I missed something. Wouldn't be the first time...

Maybe someone will be along with a more definitive answer.  

[corint 16]

thank you CaptCity, its just one of those things. Like am i confused, going crazy or just never paid attention :)

[rsc204 21,837]

Is it also a circle in Windows itself, I suspect it’s just picking up those used by the system overall. 

[Null 45 3,067]

On 3/31/2025 at 4:25 AM, rsc204 said:

Is it also a circle in Windows itself, I suspect it’s just picking up those used by the system overall. 

SC4 uses its own cursors. The game's cursor manager loads the standard OS cursors, but I have never seen them used in-game.

[corint 16]

Thank you RSC & Null. it's weird and I run the game in WindowMode=FullScreen. Thank you for your input and responses.