Disappearing cursor of mouse in 3D cocpit - idea

[_YoYo_]

Hi

I created new thread as new feature: http://www.il2bugtracker.com/issues/292 . If You like it please vote it.

Reason:
Perhaps its good idea - if You dont touch mouse (mouse/cursor for operations in 3D cocpit), after 10-15 seconds cursor of mouse will be disappearing if Im in virtual cocpit.
This function works very well and will be work like cursor in Flight Simulator X.
If You touch a mouse and start to move cursor again, it will be displayed again.
Good? :)

I always have cursor near my nose ;) sure, can move him to left/right corner but why? Easy tool for programmers.

[PotNoodles]

Good idea.

[159th_Jester]

Great idea!

[satchenko]

+1!!!!

[Blackdog_kt]

Pretty good i'd say. What would be best is if the invisible cursor would still activate pop-up tooltips.

This way, even with the cursor being invisible you could still get pop-ups displaying instrument information.

Then you could use it with your view controls too to scan your instruments: place cursor in the center of the screen, wait for it to disappear and then you can get a read-out of each instrument by looking at it, without having the cursor displaying in the center of your screen.

[outer beacon]

^ +1

[Luftwaffepilot]

Pretty good i'd say. What would be best is if the invisible cursor would still activate pop-up tooltips.

This way, even with the cursor being invisible you could still get pop-ups displaying instrument information.

Then you could use it with your view controls too to scan your instruments: place cursor in the center of the screen, wait for it to disappear and then you can get a read-out of each instrument by looking at it, without having the cursor displaying in the center of your screen.


I'd not like that. But if they made both of this optional, we'd all be happy.

[Blackdog_kt]

Sure, i'm all for options ;)

[von Brühl]

You know, there's a control "Toggle Independent Mode" that makes the mouse cursor appear/disappear? If you assign it to something on your joystick, it's right within reach and less intrusive than a timer based system. alternately, you could put the mouse pointer in one of the corners so its not in the middle of your screen.

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

Alternatively....pressing F10 will make the mouse cursor vanish too,pressing it again will bring it back:)

[JG5_emil]

I still like it

[David198502]

Pretty good i'd say. What would be best is if the invisible cursor would still activate pop-up tooltips.

This way, even with the cursor being invisible you could still get pop-ups displaying instrument information.

Then you could use it with your view controls too to scan your instruments: place cursor in the center of the screen, wait for it to disappear and then you can get a read-out of each instrument by looking at it, without having the cursor displaying in the center of your screen.

i dont like that either....for me it makes already that pop up info about gauges, even if the mousecursor is on the right side on the screen.(sometimes)
for me its just annoying to see these rectangles popping up, giving me informations which i can read through the gauges anyway....of course it can be helpful for newcomers to the sim or to a certain plane, but for me flying the 109 now for more over a year, its not helpful but just distracting me from my virtual reality...:grin:
but of course if its optional, im all for it...oh and to the OP post...+1

[Blackdog_kt]

Yep, these things are controller options essentially, so anything we suggest here should be optional.

I know about the f10 toggle, but since i use freetrack and mainly use the mouse to manipulate some secondary controls in the cockpit and the map, i prefer to keep the mouse pointer enabled at all times.

The reason i like this idea is that i would be able to do what i do now, but without having to move the cursor to the side of the screen every time i'm done using it.

[drewpee]

Great idea.:grin:

[Viper]

I like idea to hide cursor after 0-10 sec.

[_YoYo_]

I think it isnt a big problem if the cursor will be hide after some seconds as default option without any differents. If You touch a mouse again, the cursor will be displaed again in the last position. It works like in FSX.

[SG1_Lud]

Pretty good i'd say. What would be best is if the invisible cursor would still activate pop-up tooltips.

This way, even with the cursor being invisible you could still get pop-ups displaying instrument information.

Then you could use it with your view controls too to scan your instruments: place cursor in the center of the screen, wait for it to disappear and then you can get a read-out of each instrument by looking at it, without having the cursor displaying in the center of your screen.


I have an idea that is the following: make an optional tiny dot in the center of the screen. When you place this dot with your view over an instrument, you get a pop-up label. The properties of this label, (position, color, transparency etc) would be user configurable.

I came to this idea after a workaround I am using now for knowing always where is the center of the screen when using trackir. I created a new info window, naked and with no info, which only has a title. In the title I put a small "+" and place it in the exact center of the screen. Useful for zooming in/out without losing reference. ;)

[JG52Uther]

Its a good idea! Personally I have the control (F10) on a button on my stick, so can turn it on and off very quickly.
IIRC the cursor needs to be enabled to use chat in multiplayer, so it might be complicated to change it.