after years of this topic, what is the easy way to hide mouse cursor now?!
I have downloaded this example, i still see mouse cursor in game(windows 10)
edit:
i have one error:
ERROR:GAMESYS: Error running Window callback: /main/cursor.script:5: attempt to call field āenable_mouse_cursorā (a nil value)
You should add DefOS.
Also its api has changed.
defos.set_cursor_visible(bool_value)
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Thanks selimanac, does it workson html5 too?
I donāt know, I didnāt try it with DefOS.
You can simple hide cursor by using css+js on html page for canvas without defos. But hiding cursor on html canvas pretty weird to me.
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Iām enjoying developing in Defold and I understand that it leans more towards a framework than a game engine but even love2d framework has a built-in,
love.mouse.setVisible(false)
This is such a basic requirement, using plugin for it feels like an overkill!
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Funny that you just replied to thisā¦I read this post yesterday and was disappointed to find out I have to use an add-on. Plus when itās a built-in the documentation can be consistent and easily found.
Maybe if they had approved add-ons that they referenced in their documentation and even put them in the engine for ease of adding them it would be better. And it would clue people in on where to get this functionality.
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Yes, we have the intention to add things like this but it is dependant on finishing the GLFW3 update for linux, which is already in flight. I hope we can get the new functions in before christmas.
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Most of the time, every developer believes that a particular feature they need for their game should be part of the engine. However, if the engine were to include every feature that each individual developer considers a āmust-have,ā it would become bloated, with a large size and 90% of features unused by most individual games.
You may argue, āNo, not all of them, only this oneāitās so obvious.ā To that, I would respond: Iāve heard this argument countless times about thousands of different features. Thatās why extensions exist.
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I am totally onboard with keeping the engine minimalist, avoiding bloat and using plugins.
However thereās a risk of minimalism descending into austerity and that might give a perception that using Defold has too many friction points compared to other similar frameworks like love2d.
As users who love Defold it is our responsibility to point out friction points and gaps, then leave it to the wisdom of the Defold team to fill those gaps.
Recent reply by @jhonny.goransson gives hope to those who would like this feature built-in.
Iām not opposed to this particular feature, and itās likely that it will be implemented in the engine. Iām simply trying to explain the reasoning behind it.
The frictions you mentioned are the cost of other benefits, such as speed, small size, fewer breaking changes, etc.
Not exactly sure what the difference is here, but yes we are pretty strict with this approach. If thereāre is enough users/benefit to be included in the default functionality, we do it.
If it can be done by the user in Lua or via an extension, then we do that.
So itās not a whole process, but fairly strict guidelines.
Right now though when I try to use DEFOS it gives me this error. I have to delete that folder and then run it everytime.
And this is using the sample project as Iām trying to learn this. I get that error as well in my project. To me this add-in is a lot different then all the others and bit more complicated to get working.
Also how do we get rid of these build errors when using defos? Right now this type of add-in isnāt very clean to me. Iām not a c++ coder so Iām a bit lost when using this one. It doesnāt work like any other add-in Iām using. It appears defos. doesnāt work like any other methods in the engine.
/example/example.gui_script
Line 14: Global variable in lowercase initial, Did you miss `local` or misspell it?
Line 14: setting non-standard global variable 'toggle_cursor_lock'
Line 16: Undefined global `defos`.
Line 16: accessing undefined variable 'defos'
Line 21: Global variable in lowercase initial, Did you miss `local` or misspell it?
Line 21: setting non-standard global variable 'extract_to_savefolder'
Line 28: Need check nil.
Line 29: Need check nil.
Line 30: Need check nil.
Line 36: unused variable 'appname'
Line 37: Undefined global `defos`.
Line 37: accessing undefined variable 'defos'
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Line 162: Global variable in lowercase initial, Did you miss `local` or misspell it?
Line 162: setting non-standard global variable 'update_clipping_label'
Line 164: Global variable in lowercase initial, Did you miss `local` or misspell it?
Line 164: setting non-standard global variable 'text'
Line 166: Global variable in lowercase initial, Did you miss `local` or misspell it?
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Line 176: Undefined global `defos`.
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I can confirm defos is causing the error or at least is involved in the error.
If I remove defos (and then restart defold) this behavior stops occurring.
This thread is not related to Defos. I highly suggest posting Defos-related topics in its own dedicated thread.
These are not errors, nor are they warnings related to Defos. Tthey come from the Lua Language Server used by the Defold Editor. It canāt find the global defos since it is not a defined Lua global variable in the project.
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