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menmar

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For two weeks now I have not been able to launch the game and get the proper cursor= just standard black arrow cursor which causes significant lag in game interactions. Any ideas of how to get the proper cursor?
 
I'm not sure how that can be, to be honest.

What if you start the game from stellaris.exe ?

And, what is it that you see that connects the cursor shape with game performance?
 
I see considerable lag in response to cliclk interactions. On my most recent attempt the cursor showed black arrow when hitting resume, but on play orange cursor did appear. This is NOT always the case though.
 
Please do a full **clean** re-install:

- move any valued save games elsewhere, and user empire designs.txt from /Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/ if you have made any custom empires or races.
- "uninstall" in Steam-Stellaris
- manually delete both the Steam/SteamApps/common/Stellaris AND Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris folders
- re-install game in Steam, run a Steam Verify when done.
- add stellaris.exe to the exceptions list of your antivirus app; ESPECIALLY if you have Windows Defender, add it to the Ransomware "Apps Allowed Through" list.
- start the game with no mods active and test

In particular you need to make sure there are no files or folders left under either the Steam Stellaris or Documents Stellaris locations, before installing again.