Can't hide the crosshair

[urst0815]

So, after years of peacefully playing Skyrim, I run into a problem that makes me actually

write a forum post.

Short description:

Whenever I try to cast a Ranged Spell, that crosshair appears. Looking in the menu, it is of course turned off, as always.

Only thing I can do, to get it to disappear, is to turn the corresponding option on and off again.

Until I (see above) try to cast a Ranged Spell.

Stuff I tried, not necessarily in that order:

- eliminating Mods: I'm now on a completely fresh install (meaning, copy of one I had on an external drive. That counts, right?)

- deleting Skyrim.ini (why not?)

- verified the integrity of game cache (or whatever it's called. Several times)

- tried modifying that option via .ini file. Joke's on me, "bCrosshairEnabled=0" means, it's already off, no?

- googling. for some hours, and I didn't find anything even close to that problem.

- also, the LOG-file ist completely unhelpful. Only some DLC related notes.

Some more, longwinded info on when it occurred:

(not sure how helpful, since it's now on a new vanilla save)

Since months, I play (uneventful) with the same mods -

including Requiem, which I now wanted to update to the latest version (1.8.2).

The manual warned about a possibility for the included helper-tool (the reqtificator)

in localized versions to not completely working correctly.

Since even the provided update didn't work for me (I'm not alone in this),

I changed my Skyrim to the English Version. (which worked for that problem)

I then started a new game, and noticed that whole crosshair thing.

Should the be there's anything I left out, I'll gladly provide any needed info.

If anyone has any idea what I might try (apart from complete fresh install via Steam, that's for later),

I'd be super thankful.

Thanks a bunch for reading :smile:

I'm also sorry for any language-related mistakes, I'm no native speaker.

[Oubliette]

Are you using iHud by any chance? It makes it so the crosshair activates when you use a ranged weapon or look at lootable objects. http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/3222/?

 

I think it also has an MCM feature that allows you to turn that bit off if you want.

[urst0815]

I did use that, and at first, I thought that was the mod that was causing it.

 

Although I never had problems before with it.

It was the first Mod I uninstalled.

 

sidenote:

as long as iHUD was active, the crosshair at least dissappeared, as soon as I used something else.

(meaning, it only ... flickered?)

 

but thank you for your input :smile:

 

 

Update, maybe something of that helps?

 

- I tried reloading the language file (unsurprisingly, that did not help.)

- setting the whole UI transparency to 100% helps - I very much would like to keep most of it though :/

Edited February 15, 2015 by urst0815