The following is a list of games that are either confirmed or reported fixed by Cursor Lock. If you have another to report, post it in the comments below.
If a game is not on this list, that doesn’t mean Cursor Lock won’t work for it. Honestly, Cursor Lock has never been confirmed to not work for any particular game. This is more a list of offending games, really.
| Game | Fixed? | Notes |
| Rise of Nations / Thrones and Patriots | Confirmed | Lock nations.exe or patriots.exe. Open rise.exe or thrones.exe |
| Neverwinter Nights | Confirmed | Lock nwmain.exe |
| Civilization 4 | Confirmed | |
| Starcraft | Confirmed | |
| Titan Quest | Confirmed | |
| Grand Theft Auto 3 | Confirmed | |
| Hellgate: London | Confirmed | Mouse drifts only when the cursor is visible (i.e. inventory screen) |
| Sid Meier’s Pirates | Confirmed | |
| The Witcher | Confirmed | |
| RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 | Confirmed | |
| The Sims 2 | Confirmed | |
| Empire: Total War | Confirmed | |
| Tropico 4 | Confirmed | |
| Company of Heroes | Reported | Problem is intermittent |
| TESV: Skyrim | Reported | |
| Total War: Shogun 2 | Reported | |
| Dead Space | Reported | |
| DEFCON | Reported | |
| World of Goo | Reported | |
| Baldur’s Gate | Reported | |
| League of Legends | Reported | |
| Sins of a Solar Empire | Reported | |
| Dark Souls | Reported |
My pc with Win 7 has 3 screens and playing Age of Conan was a disaster. I found and installed Cursor Lock and it worked fine for a couple of weeks. All of a sudden, when I start up this Steam Game from the Desktop link ( as usual ), I get a message that Cursor Lock is still running, and should it be disconnected before it’s reloaded, and when the game starts Cursor Lock does not work. Should Cursor Lock be turned OFF after the game exits?
Thanks
Graebeard
sometimes games hang when they close and thus cursor lock doesn’t know whether or not it should close too. typically, if you get the popup about cursor lock already running, then you’ll want to choose “yes” to close the previous instance.
Thanks, Snake. I’ve chosen “yes” and the game does exit properly. It is a Steam game, but since it is launched with the Desktop link, the game exits back to the Desktop and not into Steam. Could that be the problem?
not sure I completely follow what is wrong in your particular circumstance. but i have some indications that the detection of previous instances of cursor lock may need seem work. in any case, you might find “user mode” of cursor lock to be less problematic. you should try that and see if it suits.
Okay thanks. I think it’s good now. I set up the HotKey as Shift-Crtl-C, started Steam, then the game. When I was finally in the game, I hit the Hotkey and it worked. Using the Hotkey while on the Steam page or while the game was loading did not work. Seems like all the modules need to be in place.
Can u tell me how to set up team fortress 2 to run in window mode without cursor geting out of widow i have regular monitor 1920×1080
try lurking more. then let me know.
http://www.snakebytestudios.com/projects/apps/cursor-lock/comment-page-1/#comment-478
http://www.snakebytestudios.com/projects/apps/cursor-lock/comment-page-1/#comment-1747
http://www.snakebytestudios.com/projects/apps/cursor-lock/comment-page-1/#comment-2974
I am trying to use your program to play Empire Total War however I am running the DMUC mod which creates its own icons and launchers in the original game’s directory, and it runs through steam. The cursor locks upon initial launch, but as the mod gets launched within the game, the lock releases. Any ideas???
you might make sure you’re setting the right executable to “lock program” (probably empire.exe) and checking “force lock”.
Hey there! Thank you so much for this sweet solution to the problem!! The video-tutorial makes it really easy to get started!! I tested CursorLock on Endless Space and Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion (both via Steam) and it worked just fine with two monitors attached. Greetings!