invisible mouse cursor???? (already searched, but still have questions)

[hulkster]

i searched for "invisible mouse" in the search engine and found this thread http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=8965  but i still dont know which way to go.  my mouse cursor comes up like every game....almost anyway...its so friggin annoying!  how do i get my mouse cursors to go away???  i mean, i may want them for maintenence in windows, so that means i dont want to make them invisible in editing files or whatever....ah....im getting confusing...what do i do?

[Jakobud]

Two options that I can think of...

1. I believe there are programs that hide mouse cursors.  I dont know what they are called.  Anyways, run this before you run mame, and then shut down this program after you are done.

2. Use a mouse cursor or icon editor to create your own "almost invisible" cursor.  Create a cursor that consists of a single pixel so that its hardly noticible but you could see it if you needed to actuallly use it in Windows.

[Lilwolf]

I just added it to my frontend.  But it's still annoying.

1) it doesn't clea until it moves (I think I can fix this)

2) it shows up for a second when going full screen.

BUT...

if you remove it for good in windows... good luck trying to get windows to work when you need it.

You COULD try creating a black cursor.  So it would be visible in windows blue background... And then it would be clear in mame when mame first starts up.

[hulkster]

okay so i could download the program....anybody know where that is?  or what are the good ones?

[TalkingOctopus]

There is an option in windows that might do the trick.  Check "hide pointer while typing" under control panel > mouse > pointer options.

[hulkster]

what OS are you using?  i have 98 and 2000 and its not on either.  

[TalkingOctopus]

what OS are you using?  i have 98 and 2000 and its not on either.  

XP but I think it should be in any of those, maybe under a different menu.