How to Switch the Cursor's Image Mid-game? [Solved]

[Katy133]

I want to switch the mouse cursor's image mid-game.

This is what I have so far:

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config.mouse = { }    
    config.mouse["default"] = [
         ("images/mouse_icon.png", 0.0, 0.0),
         ]

I want to switch between "mouse_icon.png" and "mouse_icon_2.png" using a persistent switch:

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$ persistent.mouse = "type_2"

I'd like the following to happen in-game:

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e "Dialogue"
# Mouse changes here
e "More dialogue"

I'm not sure what code to use and where (I'm pretty new to programming).

[PyTom]

Ren'Py's mous handling isn't flexible enough to pull this off.

[xela]

Something along these lines may work:

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init 1 python:
    def change_cursor(type="default"):
        persistent.mouse = type
        if type == "default":
            setattr(config, "mouse", None)
        elif type == "1":
            setattr(config, "mouse", {"default": [("images/1.png", 0, 0)]})
        elif type == "2":
            setattr(config, "mouse", {"default": [("images/2.png", 0, 0)]})
            
    if not hasattr(persistent, "mouse"):
        change_cursor()
    else:
        change_cursor(persistent.mouse)
    
# The game starts here.
label start:
    $ change_cursor()
    "Normal Cursor"
    
    $ change_cursor("1")
    "Cursor 1"
    
    $ change_cursor("2")
    "Cursor 2"
    
    return

There is also a more complicated option where you remove the normal cursor and use a DD/UDD instead, in such a case, you can even animate cursors.

[Katy133]

Something along these lines may work:

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init 1 python:
    def change_cursor(type="default"):
        persistent.mouse = type
        if type == "default":
            setattr(config, "mouse", None)
        elif type == "1":
            setattr(config, "mouse", {"default": [("images/1.png", 0, 0)]})
        elif type == "2":
            setattr(config, "mouse", {"default": [("images/2.png", 0, 0)]})
            
    if not hasattr(persistent, "mouse"):
        change_cursor()
    else:
        change_cursor(persistent.mouse)
    
# The game starts here.
label start:
    $ change_cursor()
    "Normal Cursor"
    
    $ change_cursor("1")
    "Cursor 1"
    
    $ change_cursor("2")
    "Cursor 2"
    
    return

There is also a more complicated option where you remove the normal cursor and use a DD/UDD instead, in such a case, you can even animate cursors.

That works! Thank you!