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Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition: mouse cursor not changing from the default game cursor

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ValveSoftware/Proton#9865 · opened 2026-06-09 by DAnaselo · updated 2026-06-10 · 1 comments · github
DDAnaselo 2026-06-09 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
  • Steam AppID of the game: 3590

System Information

  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super
  • Video driver version: 610.43.02
  • Kernel version: 7.0.11.arch1-1
  • Proton version: Proton Experimental (as of 2026-06-01)

Symptoms

When The game boots, it sets a default custom cursor that looks a little pixelated (thats because the game is old, thats not a bug)
but the mouse cursor doesn't change when i hover over stuff, it should change the cursor to a different looking cursor corresponding to the context

note: forcing wayland in the launch options fixes this issue, so it may be an xwayland bug, but im not 100% sure

Reproduction

  1. Start The Game
  2. enter survival mode
  3. hover the cursor over a sun or a plant
DDAnaselo 2026-06-10 github

this bug happens only on hyprland, which is not a proton issue.
sorry for the inconvenience

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