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12-30-2002, 04:04 PM	#1
kasca A Lost Soul Join Date: Oct 2002 Server: the rathe Posts: 428	Big Arrow Ok playing a Cleric i need a bigger pointer then the reg one. Can anyone make one or can you easly make the reg one larger?? __________________ Kill them All Let God,if there is one. Sort them out.

12-30-2002, 07:15 PM

Xymarra

Manaetic Prototype IX

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In the attached image are some sample cursors. Each has the hot point at the upper left. If any of them look good, I can post the tga file for it.

Cursors are the one part of the UI that is really annoying to change. You have to change the definition for the cursor in EQUI_Animations.xml:

Code:

	<Ui2DAnimation item = "A_DefaultCursor">
		<Cycle>true</Cycle>
		<Frames>
			<Texture>window_pieces01.tga</Texture>
			<Location>
				<X>230</X>
				<Y>40</Y>
			</Location>
			<Size>
				<CX>22</CX>
				<CY>22</CY>
			</Size>
			<Hotspot>
				<X>4</X>
				<Y>1</Y>
			</Hotspot>
			<Duration>1000</Duration>
		</Frames>
	</Ui2DAnimation>

You have to:
Add a texture definition for the tga file.
Change the <Texture> tag in the above code to match your tga.
Change the <Location> and <Size> tags to match the x,y location and size of your cursor in its image file.
Change the <Hotspot> tag to match the hotspot of your cursor.

Attached Images

cursors.jpg (15.6 KB, 242 views)

Last edited by Xymarra : 01-08-2003 at 09:44 PM.

12-31-2002, 10:54 AM	#3
kasca A Lost Soul Join Date: Oct 2002 Server: the rathe Posts: 428	OOOOOHHHHH ... thouse are really cool. I like the gold bird like one in the right top courner & the gold fancy pointer on the bottom left. Would it be to much to post both?? I thank you very much!!

01-03-2003, 12:48 AM

Xymarra

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Posts: 501

Ok, here are the cursors. I have to make a separate post for each. The smaller cursors are 64x64. The larger ones are 128x128. You will need to edit your EQUI_Animations.xml file to install this mod. Instructions are in the file Readme.txt.

Once you have it working, you can replace your Cursor64.tga or Cursor128.tga file with another file of the same size, if you find some other cursor you like better.

First: 64x64 lacy arrow cursor

Attached Files

goldlacecursor64.zip (7.6 KB, 30 views)

01-03-2003, 12:49 AM

Xymarra

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64x64 Gold Bird Cursor

Attached Files

goldbirdcursor64.zip (5.9 KB, 6 views)

01-03-2003, 12:50 AM

Xymarra

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128x128 Gold Lacy Arrow Cursor

(this thing is a real monster)

Attached Files

goldlacecursor128.zip (21.7 KB, 7 views)

01-03-2003, 12:51 AM

Xymarra

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128x128 Gold Bird Cursor

(This one is pretty monstrous too, but it's more visible than the 64x64 one.)

Attached Files

goldbirdcursor128.zip (15.9 KB, 6 views)

01-03-2003, 12:54 AM	#8
kasca A Lost Soul Join Date: Oct 2002 Server: the rathe Posts: 428	=)) Thanks i try whin the server come back up...=((

02-01-2003, 09:07 PM	#9
Nayde A Ghoul Join Date: Aug 2002 Server: Cazic-Thule Posts: 10	Silver Lacy Arrow? Xymarra, Thank you for the nice Cursors I would like to try the Silver Lacy Arrow, but only see the download for the gold. Is there something I should do to change it to silver? Or could you provide a download? Is it possible to make one that is um, 48x48, just a touch smaller? Or is it possible for me to change the size without getting a black box around it? Yep, I did try to change the size myself first in a graphics program. All I did was open the file and change the size and resave, It did change the size but had a black box around it I am trying out the gold one now and really like it, but notice when I loot or work with tradeskills it completely covers the item Thanks in advance for your help with this! Nayde Briarwood <Praxium> 52 Wanderer Cazic-Thule

02-01-2003, 10:50 PM	#10
Skarlett A Crystal Gargoyle Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 92	Gigantic THANK YOU! Not only is your art visually appealing, but very functional. Your talent is enviable. Your cursor is the only one I've been able to use without an ounce of irradict movement whether spellbook is open or closed. Your instructions were clear and concise so even a novice, such as I, could follow them. Tried both the large lacy gold and the large gold bird and both work perfectly. Kudos ~Skarlett

02-02-2003, 06:33 PM

#11

Xymarra

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I've made tga files for all of the silver cursors now as well. Instead of posting separate zip files for each cursor, I will post a single large zip file that has all the cursors in it. Don't worry, it's not too large.

Quote:

Is it possible to make one that is um, 48x48, just a touch smaller? Or is it possible for me to change the size without getting a black box around it?

It's not hard, you just have to include the alpha channel when you resize the cursor. If your paint program doesn't do transparency, it won't work for this task.

I've added a slightly scaled down version of the lacy silver arrow to this zip file.

Attached Files

bigcursors.zip (92.5 KB, 13 views)

02-02-2003, 11:25 PM	#12
Nayde A Ghoul Join Date: Aug 2002 Server: Cazic-Thule Posts: 10	Thank you Xymarra, Thank you!!! I can't say thx enough. I really appreciate your help and work. It is nice to have a pretty cursor to look at and use Nayde

02-03-2003, 12:14 PM	#13
onetwo1212 Silly Necro Join Date: Dec 2002 Server: Tribunal Posts: 233	Just a curiosity question Xymarra, what graphics program did you use to make these? I use photo shop for editing, but it is not to friendly with creation. BTW bravo on your graphics; they are top notch. __________________ Boonzy 57 Necromancer <Nobility of Norrath> Goil Ngears 31 Gnome Mage Jobana 47 Warrior Threefour 24 Monk

02-03-2003, 03:58 PM

#14

Xymarra

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First off, thank you to everyone for the kind comments.

Quote:

Just a curiosity question Xymarra, what graphics program did you use to make these? I use photo shop for editing, but it is not to friendly with creation.

I use Fractal Painter for all of my image design. It has a lot of nice features, like different types of pens and the lighting effects and drop shadows that I use on the "metallic" screen elements. Unfortunately, I have a rather old copy - I have 4.0 and I think the program is on 7.0 now - so my version doesn't handle layers nicely and doesn't understand that targa files can have transparency. I use GIMP (Gnu Image Manipulation Program) to convert tiffs to targas for use in EQ.

02-04-2003, 09:22 PM	#15
Xymarra Manaetic Prototype IX Join Date: Sep 2002 Server: E'Ci Posts: 501	I have posted this as a mod in the Misc section: BigCursors.zip