Left mouse button suddenly stopped working properly in ME

[sirrah]

Bummer! Of course this happens when I forget to regularly save the mission I'm working on for the past 2 hours..

 

My left mouse button suddenly decided to stop working properly in DCS (it still works fine in Windows, just not in DCS).

 

So, now I don't know how to save my mission. In fact I don't even know how to quit the mission editor (which would give me a save request prompt).

 

 

Does anyone know if there's a way to quit the mission editor without using the mouse? I tried using the "tab" key, but that doesn't work in DCS

 

 

 

 

This isn't the first time it happened, so I decided to create a video of the issue. Here's what I do in the video:

• You can see I'm still able to use the left mouse button to select a unit, but as soon as it's selected it is as if my left mouse button is held down. I can still press the right button and drag the map, but my left button is not responding. The only way to deselect the unit, is to press escape on my keyboard.
  
• After that I try to click any of the menu buttons, but none of them respond.
  
• When I right click the mouse whilst over the menu bars, I can drag the map (not sure if this is always possible, of that this is related to the faulty left mouse button)
  

 

 

 

 

EDIT:

Found a solution! Thought I'd share

 

Right click the DCS icon in your Windows task bar and select "close window". In your DCS screen (still in mission editor) a prompt pops up asking you: "Are you sure you want to quit?". Press "No" and everything works fine again :thumbup:

Edited September 1, 2020 by sirrah

[Rex]

This keeps happening to me and it's driving me crazy.  Did you ever find a cause?  Sometimes I can recover it by doing a CTRL+S, and sometimes it will CTD.

Edited March 1, 2023 by Rex

[Mateo]

I have got the same issue... Thx for temporary solution.

[Marko.H]

GOD BLESS YOU! You saved me HOURS of work!