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Turn off the cursor [Tablet PC]

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Current Priority: +6
sergioosh_old
8 posts
Joined July 2009
Topic Starter
sergioosh_old
Cursor is pretty much useless when you have Tablet PC. Well, at least ingame. I think it would be nice for Tablet PC users to have the ability to turn off the cursor perhaps with some hotkey. Thanks in advance! I love this game, but there's always a room for improvement ;)

EDIT:
Uum, cursor doesn't count as "new feature", right? xD (just read the feature request guidelines:P )
Gabi
2,554 posts
Joined December 2008
Gabi
that would be stupid.....

anyways you can skin away the cursor i belive <_<
foulcoon
osu! Alumni
1,384 posts
Joined July 2008
foulcoon
Just replace cursor.png and the cursortrail image with transparent png files.. shouldn't be too hard. If you need help check the FAQ skinning section.
peppy
19,315 posts
Here since the beginning
peppy
This is already an option in my "arcade mode" osu!. I will probably make this available to the public at a point in the future, but until then you are free to skin the cursor as suggested. I won't deny this in case there is overwhelming support, in which case I will add it as an option sooner.
mm201
osu! Alumni
4,495 posts
Joined August 2008
mm201
Skinning shouldn't be necessary for something so sensible. This should even be the default if a tablet is detected.

Support.
rust45
1,088 posts
Joined May 2009
rust45

MetalMario201 wrote:

This should even be the default if a tablet is detected.
No way in hell I'll let that happen. You still need the cursor with a tablet, it's the tablet PC's where you don't need the cursor.
mm201
osu! Alumni
4,495 posts
Joined August 2008
mm201

rust45 wrote:

MetalMario201 wrote:

This should even be the default if a tablet is detected.
No way in hell I'll let that happen. You still need the cursor with a tablet, it's the tablet PC's where you don't need the cursor.

sergioosh wrote:

Tablet PC.
rust45
1,088 posts
Joined May 2009
rust45
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anonymous_old
0 posts
Here since the beginning
anonymous_old
If detection fails that'd be a problem.
mm201
osu! Alumni
4,495 posts
Joined August 2008
mm201

rust45 wrote:

I was responding to you, not the topic about how you just said tablet, you didn't make it clear you meant tablet PC.
I use the two interchangeably, especially when there's already a context established where we're referring to Tablet PCs.

strager wrote:

If detection fails that'd be a problem.
Manual override, of course.
sergioosh_old
8 posts
Joined July 2009
Topic Starter
sergioosh_old
Been away for a while... lost my stylus!! xD
As you can see the only way for now is to skin the cursor, but it shouldn't be too hard to include an option to simply turn it off... Forget the auto-detection, because some people may prefer to play on tablet PC with cursor.
On the other hand i doubt there'll be "overwhelming" demand for this option :/ Is that really really necessary? ^^"
anonymous_old
0 posts
Here since the beginning
anonymous_old
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Kanbei
9 posts
Joined July 2008
Kanbei
+1 for option to turn off cursor ingame.

....endocitocsis is evil

Edit: spelling
ktgster
Elite Mapper
483 posts
Joined November 2008
ktgster
it would be more hell to turn it off if your making a youtube video.
YGOkid8
osu! Alumni
2,729 posts
Joined February 2009
YGOkid8

ktgster wrote:

it would be more hell to turn it off if your making a youtube video.
agreed
Kanbei
9 posts
Joined July 2008
Kanbei
Its been a year now, adding this feature request to Christmas list

*shameless bump
Guy-kun
770 posts
Joined December 2009
Guy-kun
You've been waiting a year for this?
Jesus christ, replace the cursor.png with a transparent png
Kanbei
9 posts
Joined July 2008
Kanbei
Lol I have done that silly, I'm talking about automaticly turning off the cursor for tablet users so that its not such a hassel to replace it for every template. Maybe even make it like the "noVid" mod, just called "No cursor".
rust45
1,088 posts
Joined May 2009
rust45
/me checks old post in topic

What was I thinking back then?

Anyway, I think if there is a way to achieve this, and probably not very many people use Tablet PCs in the first place, I think it would be pretty pointless to add a feature just for them.
mm201
osu! Alumni
4,495 posts
Joined August 2008
mm201

rust45 wrote:

What was I thinking back then?
Beats me ಠ_ಠ
Lexical arguments ftl
FurukawaPan
649 posts
Joined August 2008
FurukawaPan
I like the sound of it, in the event a touch screen/tablet PC is detected.

Supported.
Zetta
334 posts
Joined December 2009
Zetta
Seems fairly useless to me to be honest.
nhii
15 posts
Joined July 2009
nhii
maybe a hotkey to change cursors? :)

or hotkeys for more than two key buttons for fun ( z x zx zx zx zx zxzx zx zx zx zxzx stream) lol
Guy-kun
770 posts
Joined December 2009
Guy-kun

nhii wrote:

maybe a hotkey to change cursors? :)

or hotkeys for more than two key buttons for fun ( z x zx zx zx zx zxzx zx zx zx zxzx stream) lol
Whatever this means, it sounds stupid, lawl
Kitsunemimi
2,188 posts
Joined April 2009
Kitsunemimi

nhii wrote:

maybe a hotkey to change cursors? :)

or hotkeys for more than two key buttons for fun ( z x zx zx zx zx zxzx zx zx zx zxzx stream) lol
No.
Kanbei
9 posts
Joined July 2008
Kanbei
Back on the Christmas list again, hope Santa comes round.

*Shameless (soon to be yearly) bump*

Santa is fickle like that.
Tenshi-nyan
1,482 posts
Joined September 2010
Tenshi-nyan
If you don't want to use a cursor (for what reason ever), you can create a skin to make the cursor transparent.

Dunno where the advantage in that is, though.
Kanbei
9 posts
Joined July 2008
Kanbei

Tenshi-nyan wrote:

If you don't want to use a cursor (for what reason ever), you can create a skin to make the cursor transparent.

Dunno where the advantage in that is, though.
It is a matter of convenience for convertible tablet and slate users. While I have a transparent cursor on the Osu! skin, I would like to not have to make a transparent cursor for every skin.

Given the dawn of windows 8 and the eventual adoption of tablets coming soon, this feature should get more attention.
Luna
2,355 posts
Joined November 2010
Luna
The ingame skin options have a "force skin cursor" checkbox.
Just make a skin with a transparent cursor, use it and check that option.
Profit
Kanbei
9 posts
Joined July 2008
Kanbei

Luna wrote:

The ingame skin options have a "force skin cursor" checkbox.
Just make a skin with a transparent cursor, use it and check that option.
Profit
I have done this, and I play my games without a cursor, I have this feature.
I am simply advocating for the feature to be implemented into the options, so that people who play on a Tablet PC have the option available when they play.

It is worth noting that the Nintendo DS games does not have any cursor, as well as their mobile phone counter parts. Its only natural that Tablet PCs get this feature (if it can even be called that) as well.
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