Changing mouse pointer midgame.

[Alex]

It is possible to set custom mouse pointer using config.mouse, but changing config variables midgame won't be stored. To store changes, one can make a screen (let's say "cursor_changer"), that will constantly change config.mouse variable according to an ordinary variable value. This will work as long as this ordinary variable value can be properly stored.
So after making such screen it is neccessary to use it in main menu screen, save/load, preferences, yesno_prompt screens. Also, right in the beginning of start label one must set the value for this ordinary variable and show "cursor_changer" screen.

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screen cursor_changer:
    ######################################
    #
    # The green one for "pref", "save" and "load"
    if not renpy.get_screen("yesno_prompt") and ( renpy.get_screen("preferences") or renpy.get_screen("save") or renpy.get_screen("load") ):
        $ config.mouse = {"default" :[("cur1.png", 0, 0)]}
    
    # The red one for main menu
    elif renpy.get_screen("main_menu"):
        $ config.mouse = {"default" :[("cur2.png", 0, 0)]}
        
    # The grey one - when Ren'Py asks for confirmation
    elif renpy.get_screen("yesno_prompt"):
        $ config.mouse = {"default" :[("cur0.png", 0, 0)]}
    
    # This will change cursor in game
    elif cur_new != "def_cur":
        $ config.mouse = {"default" :[cur_new]}
    else:
        $ config.mouse = None     # The default value, that makes Ren'Py to use system cursor
    #
    ######################################

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screen main_menu:
    use cursor_changer

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screen save:

    # This ensures that any other menu screen is replaced.
    tag menu

    use navigation
    use cursor_changer
    use file_picker

screen load:

    # This ensures that any other menu screen is replaced.
    tag menu

    use navigation
    use cursor_changer
    use file_picker

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screen preferences:
    use cursor_changer

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screen yesno_prompt:
    use cursor_changer

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define e = Character('Eileen', color="#c8ffc8")

###################################################
# The game starts here.
label start:

    $ cur_new = ( "cur0.png", 0, 0)    # At first - we'll set the default value
    show screen cursor_changer         # Then - will show our screen, that will change the cursor during the game according to "cur_new" variable value
    e "Hi! Now we see grey cursor"
    $ cur_new = ("cur1.png", 0, 0)     # Changing the "cur_new" value will change the cursor
    e "Oh, it became green. That cursor change can be properly saved and restored from save, 'cause the cursor outlook is dinamically changing according to \"cur_new\" variable value - everything will work ok as long as we can save \"cur_new\"'s value."
    e "Rollback works too."
    $ cur_new = ( "cur2.png", 0, 0)
    e "And now - it's red."
    $ cur_new = "def_cur"
    e "We are able to use the default (system) cursor."

[UselessCoder]

hi, congrats on this tutorial...The thing is, I just need the cursor to change once a specific label is reached and when that label is left, reverting back to the default $config.mouse= None
Is that possibile in renpy?

Thanks!

[xela]

hi, congrats on this tutorial...The thing is, I just need the cursor to change once a specific label is reached and when that label is left, reverting back to the default $config.mouse= None
Is that possibile in renpy?

Thanks!

This: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=37403&hilit=mouse

[UselessCoder]

hi, congrats on this tutorial...The thing is, I just need the cursor to change once a specific label is reached and when that label is left, reverting back to the default $config.mouse= None
Is that possibile in renpy?

Thanks!

This: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=37403&hilit=mouse

You're a lifesaver Xela. Thanks!
Will I ever learn how to use "search" at some point...I always get everything but what I'm looking for. lol

[kl7]

I did all things like in this tutorial, but the cursor changes only for less than 1 sec and then returnes to default. Can anyone explain me why?

[Milkymalk]

Doesn't work any more and was never supposed to work outside of init blocks.

[Balanced]

Doesn't work any more and was never supposed to work outside of init blocks.

I realize this is about a year old but can I have an explanation as to the purpose of this restriction? I was hoping to make a game similar to classic point and clicks where you can change the cursor to different actions, such as Look, Speak, Use, etc. with their own visual icons, and this update complete nullifies the capability to do that. It seems obtuse to have the cursor image restricted this way, and I can't get any other hack to work including ConditionSwitch which would seem like a fair compromise. Any tips as to where to look at underlying code to alter this behavior would be appreciated.

[Milkymalk]

No problem.

That method changes the cursor by changing a config variable, which can do all sorts of funny things outside of init blocks.

Funny thing is, I used this method:

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setattr(config, "mouse", {"default": [("mousecursor.png", 0, 0) ]})

And revert it with:

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setattr(config, "mouse", None)

Which works and basically does the same - but it's been a while since I did that and I can't really explain the difference. Also, it might not work for you because I actually replace the cursor with an empty image and display a screen that imitates the mouse cursor by following it around. Try around a little.

[ErosAmor]

This method no longer works in newer versions. Does anyone know how to change the mouse cursor to several different types and back to standard in versions 7.7.3 or 8.2.3?

[Alex]

This method no longer works in newer versions. Does anyone know how to change the mouse cursor to several different types and back to standard in versions 7.7.3 or 8.2.3?

This should help - https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/mouse.html

[jeffster]

Example

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define config.mouse = {
    "default": [("gui/cursor/default.png", 8, 8)],
    "pointer": [("gui/cursor/pointer.png", 32, 8)],
    }

default default_mouse = "default"

label start:
    "Default cursor"
    $ default_mouse = "pointer"
    "Another cursor"

[ErosAmor]

Example

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define config.mouse = {
    "default": [("gui/cursor/default.png", 8, 8)],
    "pointer": [("gui/cursor/pointer.png", 32, 8)],
    }

default default_mouse = "default"

label start:
    "Default cursor"
    $ default_mouse = "pointer"
    "Another cursor"

Thanks!!! I've experimented a bit and I think this is the only method that works correctly in the newer versions.