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Weird problem with my mouse pointer always showing...

by Nicolai Dutka · in Torque Game Engine Advanced · 03/31/2009 (5:17 pm) · 8 replies

I didn't touch any code at all that had anything to do with my canvas or the cursor, but suddenly the mouse pointer is ALWAYS showing...

I went through every bit of script changes I made and cannot find ANY reason for it...

I even went into my game.cs where it spawns the player and added this line:



if(canvas.isCursorOn()) hideCursor();



When I loaded the level, the pointer disappeared... for 1 second, then it came back on...
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Torque 3D Owner Nicolai Dutka
#1
03/31/2009 (5:33 pm)
Oh, this only happens while running the game in normal mode. In the editor, my mouse works fine.

Also, with the console open, I can tell the cursor to hide with: hideCursor();

But then when I close the console, it pops back on...

Torque 3D Owner Nicolai Dutka
#2
03/31/2009 (5:52 pm)
The pitch and yaw controls on my joystick are not working either. I don't know if this is related or not because I can't move the camera at all in normal play mode...

//Joystick0
moveMap.bind( joystick0, button0, mouseFire );
moveMap.bind( joystick0, button1, jump);
moveMap.bind( joystick0, button2, altTrigger );
moveMap.bind( joystick0, button3, activate);
moveMap.bind( joystick0, xaxis, "D", "0.23 -0.23", gamePadMoveX );
moveMap.bind( joystick0, yaxis, "D", "0.23 -0.23", gamePadMoveY );
moveMap.bind( joystick0, zaxis, "D", "0.23 -0.23", gamePadPitch );
moveMap.bind( joystick0, rzaxis, "D", "0.23 -0.23", gamePadYaw );
// End Joystick0

Torque Owner Gerald Fishel
Development Ninja
#3
04/01/2009 (12:08 am)
If you happen to have updated your PlayGui.gui file with the GUI editor, you might want to check it to make sure that everything is setup correctly (open it in a text editor and look at the structure). The GUI editor is somewhat flaky and I've had a lot of issues when modifying the PlayGui and saving it from the GUI editor, and those issues cause strange input device behavior like that. So now I only edit it manually.


Torque 3D Owner Nicolai Dutka
#4
04/01/2009 (7:40 am)
OMG!! You're exactly right!

The ONLY thing I did was add a simple GuiMLTextCtrl to my playGui.gui and save it.

I replaced the file and manually edited the thing and we're good to go!

THANKS A TON!!!

Torque 3D Owner Nicolai Dutka
#5
04/01/2009 (7:42 am)
Oh ya, the pitch/yaw on my controller actually do something now too!

Problem is, the 'something' they do is waaaay wrong...

The instant I touch my right analog stick, the camera starts spinning kinda slow, but will NOT stop.. It's completely useless... I can get some fraps footage if anyone wants to see.

Torque 3D Owner Nicolai Dutka
#6
04/01/2009 (7:55 am)
Not only does camera constantly spin, but player constantly moves.

I went to my control panel-> game controllers, and verified the controller settings are absolutely perfect.

Torque 3D Owner Nicolai Dutka
#7
04/01/2009 (8:06 am)
Here's a video of the problem. In the first few frames, I have the character just standing there, then I push a button, ANY button, on my controller, and the rest is ALL automatic... the camera movement and player movement are going completely by themselves without me touching anything:

http://nicolaidutka.archongames.com/storage/video/ControllerTest.avi

Torque 3D Owner Nicolai Dutka
#8
04/01/2009 (8:08 am)
OH! Half way through the video, I try to regain control of the character using the keyboard/mouse which you should easily notice, but shold also notice it doesn't work.

The keyboard/mouse can still control the character, but the constant spinning/moving won't go away...