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Mouse Not Working When Opening Death Stranding

Every single time that I open Death Stranding via Spotlight, Launchpad, or the App Dock, I have an issue using my bluetooth mouse. Specifically the mouse doesn't even switch to the game when opening, it's not like I can't see the mouse and it's there, it's actually gone when opening Death Stranding. It seems to be an application or some sort of handshake issue because the mouse works perfectly fine on literally, everything else, it's not a weird/unique mouse. I use a Razer Basilisk X Hyperspeed I also have a Magic Mouse and the issue persists. It only happens when switching from desktops or opening the application in any way.


For example: I use Spotlight to open Death Stranding, Spot light works fine and opens the app, the mouse dissapears from view as the game loads into the main starting page, this is when the mouse problem is noticed as buttons are shown but the mouse is gone and no matter how long you wait, nothing changes, just no mouse. I have tried moving the mouse all over the screen while clicking, nothing highlights, showing that the mouse is completely gone.


There seems to be 2 work-arounds to get it back: 1. Use the trackpad and that instantly brings back the mouse, and that works perfectly well even when switching between desktops but the wireless mouse doesn't work, but when I turn off the mouse then turn it back on, the pointer shows up and works as intended. So it seems like the game doesn't recognize any mice when starting up and you have to disconnect/reconnect the mouse. As I said, it can't be the mouse because this affects the Magic Mouse and my main mouse as well.


I've uninstalled the game and reinstalled it, and this issue persists. I believe it could be a handoff issue, a recognition issue, or a device issue (since it seems nobody else has this problem).


Let me know if there's something I'm doing wrong or if there's something I should do. Please fix this issue.




MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 15.0

Posted on Jul 28, 2024 10:47 AM

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Posted on Oct 13, 2024 4:25 AM

Same issue here. Mouse is not recognized by the game only.

Although settings are set keyboard and mouse, the mouse is not working. The trackpad though is working.


Definately is bug that must be fixed asap since it is not a cheap game that we have paid for and should at least give the ability to be played with the a mouse

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Oct 13, 2024 4:25 AM in response to Jetster360

Same issue here. Mouse is not recognized by the game only.

Although settings are set keyboard and mouse, the mouse is not working. The trackpad though is working.


Definately is bug that must be fixed asap since it is not a cheap game that we have paid for and should at least give the ability to be played with the a mouse

Sep 2, 2024 5:03 PM in response to boris.alt

Since my post, the issue hasn't been patched.


However, I am able to workaround this issue by disconnecting and reconnecting my mouse to the laptop. This seems to fully fix the issue until the game is closed.


It seems that the mouse isn't being recognized by the game. So by reconnecting it, the game notices it and instantly adds the mouse. Though to be clear the mouse issue only affects the game, not the Mac. I thought I could post this problem here since it seems to be an issue with the game not recognizing the peripherals of the Mac, originally I thought it was an accessory handoff problem, but for now it seems to be an issue of the game.

Mouse Not Working When Opening Death Stranding

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