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mouse cursor bug? (GC 1.20.035)

June 19, 2006 9:15:11 PM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
I haven't seen this mentioned yet, so maybe I'm the only one who has it. Anyway, my mouse cursor's hotspot seems to be the center of the cursor, not the tip. While it's usually not a big deal, it makes it difficult to click on the mini-map zoom buttons, and makes it nearly impossible to right-click auto-pilot accurately. Anyone else see this? Bill
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Reply #1 June 19, 2006 10:58:07 PM
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When placing a WayPoint, the hotspot for me is not at the tip of the arrow (bottom center of cursor), but instead at the tip of the left antennae that goes around the globe.
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Reply #2 June 20, 2006 9:34:54 AM
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i have this same problem. it's really quite annoying actually, specailly while i'm creating ships.

you could try altering the "hot spot" in the default config. settings. which i'll be doing after work. i'm not too sure what the exact offsets are, as i've only made cursors using microangelo. but SD cursors do not open in microangelo, so we're pretty much SOL till a fix is made.

oh.... the file can be found in \GalCiv2\Gfx\Cursors\Default
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Reply #3 June 28, 2006 4:19:52 PM
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Update:

AngleWyrm and SH - do you use Windowblinds? Furthermore, are you in windowed (non-fullscreen) game mode? It seems that the method of skinning Windowblinds is using causes it to offset the screen somehow in non-fullscreen mode. It offsets the screen so that the button activation area is no longer "in synch" with the physical button location. Does that make sense? I noticed this because you can barely see the version number in the lower left corner. I found two ways of fixing this. The first way is to unload Windowblinds, but this was unnaceptable to me. I didn't know how much fun a little desktop bling brings you (although you still won't catch me with a single LED in my case that doesn't have a purpose)! Anyway, I digress... The second, and better way, is simply to go to fullscreen mode. I have no idea what "fullscreen" really does, as I have a dual monitor setup and the cursor still goes over to the second screen, whereas other "fullscreen" games don't do this, but it fixes the problem.

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Reply #4 July 1, 2006 10:43:01 AM
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i have desktop X pro, though i don't use windowblinds. i do run GalCivII in "windowed" mode (as i use my 2nd monitor to make edits to the game gui and various other things).

i can see the version # clearly whenever i start up GalCivII. i will try the "fullscreen" mode and see if it does work.

i was going to edit the main config file but still haven't gotten around to it. i learned to adapt to the cursor bug by placing my cursor a few mm over the center of what i'm doing and it works fine. though there is the odd time where it will not place something where i actually want it placed.

i get sunday off so i'll play with the main config then and post my results, in between modding the gui, building in AW,playing Oblivion, cleaning house, laundry... etc.

it would be easier if i had a text copy of a later config.settings but i'm already patched and it doens't seem logical to revert to a later patch just to fix something.

i've noticed that some cursors have the offsets already there:

no offsets
[Arrow]
StdCursor=0
Frames=1
Interval=40
Animation style=0
Hot spot x=0
Hot spot y=0
Hot spot x2=0
Hot spot y2=0
FrameScript=0

with offsets
[IBeam]
StdCursor=0
Frames=1
Interval=200
Animation style=0
Hot spot x=15
Hot spot y=15
Hot spot x2=15
Hot spot y2=15
FrameScript=0

so it could be as simple as a text edit for those that have this problem. it should be fairly simple to fix. if i'm even on the right track that is.
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Reply #5 July 3, 2006 10:06:12 AM
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well.. editing the files didn't work.
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