setting mouse pointer image by action / script

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asmo
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setting mouse pointer image by action / script

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I hope this was not covered in another thread, please point me there otherwise.

Some games show a hand as mouse pointer when objects are taken or moved. I think it would be good having this in OpenMW as well.
It would be cool if an icon could be set for a specific action that is happening. For example setting game variables MousePointer_weaponDrawn to "/icons/crossed_sabres.dds" or MousePointer_spellReadied to "/icons/selfmade_picture.dds".
As well there could be functions available to set icons for non-standard actions like

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pseudocode in herbalism script

if [ seed_taken AND cursor_in_gameworld ]
  SetMousePointer, "/icons/mp_plantHerb.dds" [, <transparency_value_in_percent>]
else
  UnSetMousePointer
endif
What do you think?
SquireNed
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Re: setting mouse pointer image by action / script

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Not a developer, so I'm not sure how feasible it is, but I think this would be a good post-1.0 feature if it doesn't already exist. I can picture a lot of third-party games using this, especially since context-sensitive indicators are all the rage right now.
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asmo
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Re: setting mouse pointer image by action / script

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SquireNed wrote:Not a developer, so I'm not sure how feasible it is, but [...]
The following sounds like it's feasible.
openmw.org wrote: Newcomer Kunesj has created a fun little extra that has been integrated already: the crosshair and tooltips can now show if something is owned or not.
Digmaster
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I believe the red cursor is accomplished by adding a color tint to the cursor. However, changing the image of the cursor is definitively doable, but (unless the position has changed), no new commands are being added until post 1.0. Definitively a change I'd like to see though!
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Re: setting mouse pointer image by action / script

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asmo wrote: The following sounds like it's feasible.
openmw.org wrote: Newcomer Kunesj has created a fun little extra that has been integrated already: the crosshair and tooltips can now show if something is owned or not.
I'm not sure if its possible to do from script right now, I managed to do that by defining different mygui skins in source code. For example colour tint is made by switching between this two skins in openmw/files/mygui/openmw_hud_box.skin.xml

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    <!-- Defines crosshair color -->
    <Resource type="ResourceSkin" name="HUD_Crosshair" size="32 32" texture="textures\target.dds">
        <BasisSkin type="MainSkin" offset="0 0 32 32">
            <State name="normal" offset="0 0 32 32"/>
        </BasisSkin>
    </Resource>
    
    <!-- Defines owned crosshair color -->
    <Resource type="ResourceSkin" name="HUD_Crosshair_Owned" size="32 32" texture="textures\target.dds">
        <Property key="Colour" value="#{setting=GUI,color crosshair owned}"/>
        <BasisSkin type="MainSkin" offset="0 0 32 32">
            <State name="normal" offset="0 0 32 32"/>
        </BasisSkin>
    </Resource>
So the different icons would need to be defined before openmw started, for example by adding something like this:

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    <!-- Defines crosshair weaponDrawn -->
    <Resource type="ResourceSkin" name="HUD_Crosshair_weaponDrawn" size="32 32" texture="\icons\crossed_sabres.dds">
        <BasisSkin type="MainSkin" offset="0 0 32 32">
            <State name="normal" offset="0 0 32 32"/>
        </BasisSkin>
    </Resource>
But, I understand only small part of openmw codebase, so it may actually be possible to do in a different way... Someone more knowledgeable would probably need to answer that.
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asmo
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Re: setting mouse pointer image by action / script

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I'm sure you devs can do it! Of all the other amazing things ... why should this be an exception. :)

A feature request exists: http://bugs.openmw.org/issues/2817
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