mouse pointer hiding in plain sight
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Posted on: 2011-03-03 06:27 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Originally Posted by damienray
An option to make the mouse pointer bigger (like you can in the OS mouse options) would be great !
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I concur!
I lose my mouse pointer quite often.
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I have an update on cursor customization, with some new cursors.
Preview:
Download:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/120706/cox_cursors2.zip
Installation:
Extract the zip to your CoX folder with the suggested path. If the folders do not exist, you must create them. Fear not! This will not alter your actual CoX installation (like Vidiot Maps). Exit the game, relaunch. The files should be about 5.5 KB. Personally, I use Winrar.
32-bit Windows:
C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\data\texture_library\GUI\Cursors\
64-bit Windows:
C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes\data\texture_library\GUI\Cursors\
The zip contains:
cursor_hand_open.texture
cursor_hand_closed.texture
cursor_point.texture
cursor_select_enemy.texture
cursor_friendly.texture
cursor_select.texture
cursor_win_diagresize_backward.texture
cursor_win_diagresize_foreward.texture
cursor_win_horizresize.texture
cursor_win_vertresize.texture
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Still getting the following : Bad rawInfo size of 128 bytes for cursor texture or icon 'cursor_select' of 16x16 size.
Used WinRAR to extract. Any ideas ?
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Sounds like a permissions problem with your Windows user account and that folder, like the game doesn't have access to the files you are extracting.|
Originally Posted by damienray
Still getting the following : Bad rawInfo size of 128 bytes for cursor texture or icon 'cursor_select' of 16x16 size.
Used WinRAR to extract. Any ideas ? |
You can try adding yourself to the Cursors permissions folder.
- Go to the GUI folder you created (ie: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\data\texture_library\GUI\)
- Right-click the "Cursors" folder and select Properties.
- Select the Security tab and then Edit, then Add.
- Type in your Windows username (ie: Robert) and click "Check Names". If you typed it correctly, your name will be underlined. If not, verify the spelling.
- If all is good, Click OK
- Under "Group or User Names:", select your freshly added username (ie: Robert) and look below "Permissions for Robert".
- Place a check in "Full Control". Everything else below that column will receive a checkbox automatically.
- Click OK until you are out of everything.
Here is an image to assist:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/120706/permissions_help.png
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Ruff...|
Originally Posted by Ruff_Tuff_n_Buff
Sounds like a permissions problem with your Windows user account and that folder, like the game doesn't have access to the files you are extracting.
You can try adding yourself to the Cursors permissions folder. - Go to the GUI folder you created (ie: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\data\texture_library\GUI\)................. .g |
Man I thought ya had something there. Tried all that on the Cursors folder and just for sh**s and giggles tried it on the whole COx folder to make sure I had full permissions for the whole game. Nada... same error, BUT the game starts now - but all the cursors are just black boxes.. no image. How's that for weird ?
**Damien**
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." ~Dr. Seuss.
"Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. "
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I don't know. I'm out of ideas. I can't reproduce the problem.
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Originally Posted by damienray
Ruff...
Man I thought ya had something there. Tried all that on the Cursors folder and just for sh**s and giggles tried it on the whole COx folder to make sure I had full permissions for the whole game. Nada... same error, BUT the game starts now - but all the cursors are just black boxes.. no image. How's that for weird ? |
Thanks Ruff_Tuff_and_Buff for your contribution to the Community in this regard .
I've also forwarded this concern along to the development team for consideration as a "Quality of Life" improvement.
Thanks!
- Z
Andy Belford
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Now that would be a very VERY nice Qol ! Kudos to Ruff ! |
Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Thanks Ruff_Tuff_and_Buff for your contribution to the Community in this regard
.I've also forwarded this concern along to the development team for consideration as a "Quality of Life" improvement. Thanks! - Z |
**Damien**
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That's great! I only wish it would work for everyone. Maybe it's a Steam issue?|
Originally Posted by Zwillinger
I've also forwarded this concern along to the development team for consideration as a "Quality of Life" improvement.
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What setup are you using, damienray? Windows 7? 32-bit? Steam or regular install?
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/Signed.
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Originally Posted by Tenzhi
I lose my mouse cursor all the time. I can't determine whether it's a problem with the game, the computer, or the aging human player. I've been banking on the latter, though.
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Windows 7 64bit 1920x1200 screen res.
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Originally Posted by Ruff_Tuff_n_Buff
That's great! I only wish it would work for everyone. Maybe it's a Steam issue?
What setup are you using, damienray? Windows 7? 32-bit? Steam or regular install? |
**Damien**
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"Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. "
Yeah, I have problem locating my mouse pointer in the middle of battle constantly. ^_^
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No Steam? Do the vidiot map packs work for you? If so, I'd try mimicking the folder permissions for that.
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Originally Posted by damienray
Windows 7 64bit 1920x1200 screen res.
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This is fantastic! Completely fixed the problem. Thank you so much
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Originally Posted by Ruff_Tuff_n_Buff
I have an update on cursor customization, with some new cursors.
Things I found: Arrow cursors are 24x21 pixels, but textures must be a power of two, so the textures are 32x32 pixels. Anything outside 24x21 is cropped, so it is impossible to enlarge the cursor. I went for high contrast and raised it above the backdrop by using a shadow. The developers put checks in place to subvert using the same texture file for more than one cursor, forcing the game to exit if you try. HOWEVER, trash data can be used outside of 24x21 to differentiate cursors if you want them to appear identical. I did not do this as I find they still get lost easily. Hand and resize cursors are 32x32 pixels, but resize cursors expect the "center" to be in a specific place, so I stuck with the original dimensions. Preview: Download: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/120706/cox_cursors2.zip Installation: Extract the zip to your CoX folder with the suggested path. If the folders do not exist, you must create them. Fear not! This will not alter your actual CoX installation (like Vidiot Maps). Exit the game, relaunch. The files should be about 5.5 KB. Personally, I use Winrar. 32-bit Windows: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\data\texture_library\GUI\Cursors\ 64-bit Windows: C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes\data\texture_library\GUI\Cursors\ The zip contains: cursor_hand_open.texture cursor_hand_closed.texture cursor_point.texture cursor_select_enemy.texture cursor_friendly.texture cursor_select.texture cursor_win_diagresize_backward.texture cursor_win_diagresize_foreward.texture cursor_win_horizresize.texture cursor_win_vertresize.texture |
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Thank you very very much.
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Originally Posted by Ruff_Tuff_n_Buff
OKAY!
Until the developers acknowledge the accessibilty problem, I have created replacement cursors. |
I don't suffer from altitis, I enjoy every minute of it.
Thank you Devs & Community people for a great game.
So sad to be ending ):
This is fantastic. Works great so far.
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I've got a suggestion for that in my wishlist thread - a command that will, while active, create a big "bullseye" over the cursor.
Sign me up for "Gimmie Cursor Options" along with my other failing body parts my eyes have finally decided to break to peer pressure and I iam losing my cursor more than ever now 
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Agreed. I didn't have a problem until I upgraded my monitors for bigger screen size and better resolution. Now I lose it when there's a lot of action and graphics going on. I've started pulling it down into the right hand corner where my powers tray is and that usually helps (unless it sometimes occasionally finds its way onto my other monitor |
Originally Posted by Hy-Beams
Me too, exactly this. The problem is much more noticeable on my newer larger monitor so I think that does make a difference.
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) but when seconds matter that's a pain. Some way of either making it more obvious would be great. I don't even want it to to be bigger because it would probably be annoying when I'm not in the middle of a massive fight with effects flying everywhere, but some way of 'pinging' it or highlighting it would be nice.
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I couldn't agree more.
Just have to say again, these are great. Been using them, and its a joy to reduce eye strain and have distinct easy to see cursors.
I don't suffer from altitis, I enjoy every minute of it.
Thank you Devs & Community people for a great game.
So sad to be ending ):
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Yup. I think I need a membership as well.
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Originally Posted by Novapulse
Sign me up for the "I'm gonna die! Holy snarky where's my mouse pointer!" Club.
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Crap im getting the black box of doom...
Bad rawInfo size of 128 bytes for cursor texture or icon 'cursor_select' of 16x16 size
Also I use Win7 64 bit with a normal install.
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This happens on my lower powered machine, with which I have to run the game on lower graphics settings. It might be a missing or bad mipmap in the cursor itself. It's a sort of trial and error thing; I'll have to sit down and find out which setting is causing it, by relaunching the game over and over with different settings each time.
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Originally Posted by Kawkazn
Crap im getting the black box of doom...
Bad rawInfo size of 128 bytes for cursor texture or icon 'cursor_select' of 16x16 size |
Wow. I'm NOT the only one! Been happening since GR came out and I upgraded my rig. I figured it was just something buggy with my new mouse or I was getting old.
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