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peppy
19,301 posts
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Topic Starter
peppy
As of the next public release, I am allowing skinning cursors in a similar style to the new default cursor. You can trigger the new behaviour by adding cursormiddle.png to your skin. Keep in mind that when you do this, it will not only add a non-rotating middle element, but also change the way trails behave – they become additive and draw every update rather than at a consistent 60fps. This means that your cursor trail shouldn't exceed the size of the template below or it may affect performance (especially at higher frame limiters, since it will draw more as your fps increases). For best effect, have it hidden behind the cursormiddle element, as per the template.

cursor.png


cursormiddle.png


cursortrail.png


As always, you are free to use the template provided above and make modifications as you see fit.
Pokie
osu! Alumni
2,630 posts
Joined December 2009
Pokie
\:D/ Have been waiting this for a long time!
MieraK
40 posts
Joined April 2012
MieraK
Oh my god, this is so awesome. Can't wait for it to get to public release!
Jackyyy
85 posts
Joined June 2012
Jackyyy
Love this can't wait. <3
Looking forward to the unique new cursors in the future.
MLGnom
1,365 posts
Joined October 2008
MLGnom
Sweet! Always wanted to use new cursor trail in one of my skins. :D
Winshley
osu! Alumni
2,384 posts
Joined May 2011
Winshley
So in the next update, what will happen if cursormiddle.png is not exist inside our custom skin folder? Will it disappear (as of current update) or using the default one?

I was thinking that the behavior should be changed to use the default one, because it's kinda buggy on current behavior (you won't see cursormiddle.png if you started osu! under customized skin and switching to default skin).
peppy
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peppy
The behaviour will not change for existing skins, of course. Also I fixed that bug you mentioned (and was the main reason I added skinning support for this; because it was easier to allow it after the fix than to deny it :P).
Winshley
osu! Alumni
2,384 posts
Joined May 2011
Winshley
Oh sweet then~ :)
Jenny
2,200 posts
Joined November 2010
Jenny
More skinning possibilities = big big big big yeah
deadbeat
osu! Alumni
9,218 posts
Joined June 2009
deadbeat
oh, this explains a bit. i saw the update for this in the changelog and had no idea what it meant xD
pretty cool update :>
theowest
osu! Alumni
6,891 posts
Joined January 2009
theowest
Finally! I've been waiting for this for a long time.
Damnae
Elite Storyboarder
640 posts
Joined July 2011
Damnae
This is so fun :p

theowest
osu! Alumni
6,891 posts
Joined January 2009
theowest

Damnae wrote:

This is so fun :p

that's amazing
RBRat3
osu!painter
762 posts
Joined April 2010
RBRat3
Time for some pink floyd action :P

2211178
2211178
Um, bug report...

I bet you can't find the cursor in this screenshot within 5 seconds

Actually the cursor is made of 1×1 pixel cursor.png and default for everything else. In the older edition, the default cursortrail could help to locate the cursor, but in this edition, it's not gonna work.

So could u provide the older edition of cursortrail, and I'll put it into this skin folder? Thx :)
MLGnom
1,365 posts
Joined October 2008
MLGnom
New cursor trail disappears if you stop moving it.
Just remove cursor middle if you want to activate old one version.
2211178
2211178

MLGnom wrote:

New cursor trail disappears if you stop moving it.
Just remove cursor middle if you want to activate old one version.
Seems like a good idea... but how did you find it?
teinecthel
6 posts
Joined July 2012
teinecthel
Try making ~

Change color like trouble

Very hard for SKIN





2211178
2211178
Nah, never mind, it's fixed.
I just added a 1×1 pixel cursormiddle.png, and the cursor works as it did before.
primrose
primrose
I don't get cursor-middle.png is for :(
theowest
osu! Alumni
6,891 posts
Joined January 2009
theowest

Awoken- wrote:

I don't get cursor-middle.png is for :(
extra layer of cursor goodness?
[Maid] NekoRyo
720 posts
Joined December 2012
[Maid] NekoRyo
wow this is so good!~ ;DDD
D33d
1,697 posts
Joined April 2011
D33d

Awoken- wrote:

I don't get cursor-middle.png is for :(
It's supposed to be a crosshair or dot or what have you. The idea is that it's stationary, while the outer portion and trail move to aid in paying attention to it.
Unbr34k4bl3
57 posts
Joined September 2012
Unbr34k4bl3
Looks neat. :D
DragonXRG
16 posts
Joined July 2011
DragonXRG
what are you saying about this lady's and gentleman's o:? xP x)

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y o k a t t a
4 posts
Joined January 2013
y o k a t t a
When I try to replace peppy's default cursortrail on any skin it still doesn't look like the default skin cursortrail, it looks bigger and less smooth.. although when I delete cursortrail.png it works exactly as default. I still don't get how to edit this without undesirable changes, what am I missing of? :?
koromo
165 posts
Joined March 2011
koromo

y o k a t t a wrote:

When I try to replace peppy's default cursortrail on any skin it still doesn't look like the default skin cursortrail, it looks bigger and less smooth.. although when I delete cursortrail.png it works exactly as default. I still don't get how to edit this without undesirable changes, what am I missing of? :?
Something seems off after the update, it used to look way smoother. Here's a video of how it used to look, before the update (my apologies but you'll have to watch at 720p and no fullscreen, terrible quality otherwise). Maybe kinda hard to tell when I'm flailing my cursor around, but check the break at 2:30 if you want to see what I mean.

Supposedly it should look even smoother now, or so I believe the changelog said, but that is most certainly not the case.

The issue is, the new cursor trail used to leave a continuous trail of light behind, no spaces, now it only leaves a bubbly path behind.
Yuki-kun
568 posts
Joined December 2010
Yuki-kun
I think you should remove cursormiddle.png and continue using old cursor style (only cursor and cursortrail).
NAGISACHAn_old
13 posts
Joined December 2010
NAGISACHAn_old
This is how smooth mine is, not sure if im doing anything wrong?
Same skin as damnae on page1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOE28nCZk-s
Yuki-kun
568 posts
Joined December 2010
Yuki-kun

NAGISACHAn wrote:

This is how smooth mine is, not sure if im doing anything wrong?
Same skin as damnae on page1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOE28nCZk-s
Ok i found the reason.
That's because cursormiddle.png (no matter how it appear, even transparent)
In my case, after i deleted it, the cursor moved smoother again. ._.
NAGISACHAn_old
13 posts
Joined December 2010
NAGISACHAn_old
But if you remove the cursormiddle it uses the old style no?
Its smoother but nowhere near as smooth as others : [
Check out my new sexy mainscreen after the update too, my game has got a lot buggier by latest updates, this is on a reinstall too.
http://youtu.be/LQ7Ce-1rkqY
Yuki-kun
568 posts
Joined December 2010
Yuki-kun

NAGISACHAn wrote:

But if you remove the cursormiddle it uses the old style no?
Its smoother but nowhere near as smooth as others : [
Check out my new sexy mainscreen after the update too, my game has got a lot buggier by latest updates, this is on a reinstall too.
http://youtu.be/LQ7Ce-1rkqY
i think that's the best way for now if you want a smooth cursor, since the new UI still contains many problems, all we can do is wait for next update xD
DragonXRG
16 posts
Joined July 2011
DragonXRG
:(

NAGISACHAn wrote:

But if you remove the cursormiddle it uses the old style no?
Its smoother but nowhere near as smooth as others : [
Check out my new sexy mainscreen after the update too, my game has got a lot buggier by latest updates, this is on a reinstall too.
http://youtu.be/LQ7Ce-1rkqY

wow.





xD

I think with the new update is everything fixed now? :o-
mmnah
61 posts
Joined September 2011
mmnah

NAGISACHAn wrote:

This is how smooth mine is, not sure if im doing anything wrong?
Same skin as damnae on page1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOE28nCZk-s
I have the exactly same issue right now. The best solution i've found is to merge cursor.png and cursormiddle.png, then delete the last one from the skin folder. It becomes smoother.
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