Showing mouse cursor without menu.

[TommInfinite]

Hi everyone. Is there any way to show player's cursor in gamemode so player can move it? Also - does anyone knows a path to it so I can change it's color\texture if needed?

[ManehattanProject]

Hi everyone. Is there any way to show player's cursor in gamemode so player can move it? Also - does anyone knows a path to it so I can change it's color\texture if needed?

 

My instinct for moving the mouse cursor on its own is that it's probably a no. I know even for basic programming that GUI movement is a nightmare (I've tried it...it didn't turn out well).

 

As for the cursor, the only thing I could find was the following in "Fallout - Textures2.bsa"

 

textures\interface\icons\misc\cursor.dds

textures\interface\icons\misc\glow_cursor.dds

 

These may be controlled by the HUD color controller though. I'd have to experiment to be sure.

[RoyBatterian]

The cursor is really in the texatlas, you can override it though.

 

There's no set "get/setcursorposition" script commands, and damn I wish there was.

[Ladez]

The cursor seems to be something controlled by engine code. I haven't seen it referenced anywhere in the menus. Best approach in my opinion would be to stick to controlling gamemode stuff with keypresses.

 

That said, I did once play around with implementing a fake mouse cursor to use in gamemode. I would set the mouse sensitivity setting to near zero and use the tiny changes in the player's Z and X rotation values to calculate an offset to the cursor's position on the screen. I never got around to making it usable though. That would've involved checking its position for overlaps with clickable elements. :psyduck:

 

@RoyBatty - JIP NVSE does have a GetCursorPosition, but no setter. Menumode only, naturally.

[TommInfinite]

Ladez, yep I assumed that this method was used - I once saw a video in which cursor appeared in gamemode. It looked pretty precise. I use the same system in gamemode wheel except I do not decrease mouse sens. Because screen jerks anyway.

Checking for element overlapping sounds like fun! You should check for XY and then add height and width?(only way I see it).

 

Roy, yes that would be cool. If only there was a menumode which didnt stop menumode or a function which somehow detected mouse movements.

[RoyBatterian]

Ah magician JIP, hard to keep track of it all. Set position would be so awesome especially for dealing with inventory...