Animated icon cursor - not able to make it works...

2finger

Hi all.

In my game, I choose hotspot the interaction. When the interaction icons are displayed under the mouse cursor, are in black and white. When I go on the interaction icon, I would like to make it coloured.

I tryed using the animated cursor. As Chris suggested, I made a single texture (in png format) with 2 frames arranged horizontally and set up the icon menu like in the pic.

But when I click on the hotspot it shows me both icons, like in this pic:

I'm surely make something wrong, so if someone have already implemented this and can give me some advice i'll be grateful!

For now, I'm using an outside color to evidence the icon I'm choosing. I create 2 identical icons but 1 have a color surrounding it. I put this icon in the Menu manager, under Interaction, and in the Menu element I put under highlight texture, the surrounded pic.

But I would like to change all the icon color... if that's possible.

Tx and bye

ChrisIceBox

Animated cursor icons are not yet supported for "Choose Hotspot Then Interaction" mode.

dxmachina

Is this something that you'd consider adding, Chris?

2finger

I think so, he said "not yet"...  [-O<

2finger

ChrisIceBox

Sorry if I ask, but do you think to implement this in an imminent update or it will be in a sort of limbo?

I'm making the new interaction icons and i would like to know if maybe is better to wait for some time to make them animated...

Tx in advance!

Guran

From the 1.37 upgrade notes:

• Added: Interaction menu elements now support animated Cursor Icons

2finger

Yep @Guran, i have read it, but i cannot find how to set it up... i have to create a single texture with 2 frames arranged horizontally?

ChrisIceBox

Yes.

2finger

Cool!!! TX!  \:D/

2finger

Ok, it worked great but... the animation speed can be set at "1" minimum... and it's tooooo much. I would like to change it in 0.1 but I cannot put the point. 

2finger

@ChrisIceBox, there's a way to lower this value manually in some script? 

ChrisIceBox

It'll be in the next update.

2finger

\m/

2finger

Ehm... after upgrading to 1.40, the issue come back... I see again all the frame of my animated cursor.

I have to set something I didn't notice?

2finger

@ChrisIceBox

Maybe you didn't notice this comment because i used an old post, so I rewrite. 

Only upgrading from 1.39 to 1.40 (and without changing anything in the Cursor Manager) the old issue come back to life...  

ChrisIceBox

Have you read the upgrade notes?  You need to amend your animated texture settings to display the number of columns and rows - not just frames, because grid-based animations are now supported.

2finger

Sorry, I didn't noticed the column and rows slots...  ^:)^

I came from 1.39 first version, bc it goes well for me... so I missed some upgrade notes. 

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LukeHyde

Hey Chris sorry to bother you, I'm having issues with getting an animated cursor to work too. I have created an animated spritesheet of 4 frames organised into 2 columns. I have assigned the spritesheet to the texture, set the frames to 4 - rows to 2 and columns to 2. when playing the game the cursor just appears as the spritesheet. Is there something i'm missing? 

ChrisIceBox

@LukeHyde - what cursor are you trying to animate?  Any error messages in the Console?  You need to made sure that the texture has "Read / Write enabled" checked in its import Inspector for AC to be able to extract animation frames from it.

LukeHyde

Oh my god checking the "Red/Write enable" worked. Thanks for everything Chris! This plugin has been a godsend