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title: "CODM cursor stuck in middle of screen after applying keymap"
canonical_url: https://emudesk.com/issues/cursor-stuck-middle-screen-after-keymap-mouse-look
content_locale: en
source_locale: en
entity_type: issue
index_status: index
published_at: 2026-08-31T18:22:23.000Z
updated_at: 2026-09-01T00:45:02.031Z
freshness_status: fresh
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# CODM cursor stuck in middle of screen after applying keymap

After applying a keymap and launching CODM, the mouse cursor appears as a normal Windows cursor pinned to the center of the screen. Moving the mouse moves the cursor instead of the in-game camera, making aiming impossible. Common framing in support requests:

"How do I control this? My cursor is in the middle. How do I move around with the mouse if that makes sense — I did apply the keymaps."

Symptoms:

  WASD movement works correctly.
  Mouse cursor visible at center, won't lock to camera.
  Pressing right-click sometimes shoots but doesn't ADS / aim.
  "Bende fare takılıyor" — the same complaint in Turkish (Meyrixa, Ekvator).


Root cause: the keymap is applied but mouse-look isn't bound to the aim button, OR the user hasn't pressed Ctrl to enter the camera-locked mode that TAC requires for FPS-style aiming.