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Zeis
Profile Joined July 2010
United States14 Posts
May 26 2011 21:31 GMT
#1
The only way I know of making your cursor larger is to play at a lower resolution. When playing on a higher resolution you're really putting yourself at a disadvantage because of this fact. I've experienced both scenarios, and microing is so much easier/accurate with a bigger mouse cursor.

The above is the reason why I am stuck playing at a resolution my monitor doesn't really support, and as a result I suffer a huge loss in quality. I could just forget about it and play on my native resolution, but unfortunately it's worth more to be able to play that much better than it is to have the game look pretty.

Does anyone know a way to modify the mouse cursor to be larger? It would be great if this was a feature in game, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
bigbeau
Profile Joined October 2010
368 Posts
May 26 2011 21:35 GMT
#2
How is that a disadvantage? The cursor is smaller at higher resolution, but the point of clicking is the same..It's not like if you have lower resolution, a single click hits more things.
HeadDesk
Profile Joined September 2010
United States171 Posts
May 26 2011 21:38 GMT
#3
I don't understand the advantage / disadvantage of this post.

However - I do think that it would be beneficial to have custom mouse icons and what not. It wouldn't at all be game breaking - and I see not advantage / disadvantage that would result from this.
Acritter
Profile Joined August 2010
Syria7637 Posts
May 26 2011 21:40 GMT
#4
If you're at a lower level, I guess. If you play for a while, you start to get a feel for where your mouse is going.

Remember, editing the game files is always an option, but Blizzard seems to like banning people for that. Editing image files seems to be slightly less of an issue, though.
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Zeis
Profile Joined July 2010
United States14 Posts
May 26 2011 21:48 GMT
#5
On May 27 2011 06:35 bigbeau wrote:
How is that a disadvantage? The cursor is smaller at higher resolution, but the point of clicking is the same..It's not like if you have lower resolution, a single click hits more things.


Mostly it's that it's a lot easier to see where the cursor is with peripheral vision than it is with a smaller mouse icon. As you know, you can't sit there staring at the cursor while playing and makign your moves. You need to be looking elsewhere while still being able to monitor where your cursor is going.

Also, you can say you can get familiar with where things are, but that's not even close to true. When microing your units they could be anywhere on the screen, and in any formation. You need to know where your cursor is at all times.
ixi.genocide
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States981 Posts
May 26 2011 21:52 GMT
#6
I don't know of a way to change your mouse size, if you look at idra's mouse, it is different but I'm not sure what he did...

I really don't see the point tbh, between changing camera position to match mouse movement and my body doing it for me I don't have a problem clicking around.
Slunk
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany768 Posts
May 26 2011 21:54 GMT
#7
On May 27 2011 06:52 ixi.genocide wrote:
I don't know of a way to change your mouse size, if you look at idra's mouse, it is different but I'm not sure what he did...

I really don't see the point tbh, between changing camera position to match mouse movement and my body doing it for me I don't have a problem clicking around.


It is propable the streaming software that makes it look different for the viewers.
Raid
Profile Joined September 2010
United States398 Posts
May 26 2011 22:08 GMT
#8
If you have problems following your mouse with your eyes its usually because you lack experience. The more you play the easier it is to see everything on the screen and stuff slows down. I don't see how having a larger mouse cursor would improve micro in fact I think it would be detrimental because it be much harder to split marines with a larger mouse cursor than a smaller one... You wouldn't want your mouse cursor to big bigger than your marine or ling would you?
SolHeiM
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Sweden1264 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-26 22:15:57
May 26 2011 22:12 GMT
#9
On May 27 2011 06:31 Zeis wrote:
Does anyone know a way to modify the mouse cursor to be larger? It would be great if this was a feature in game, but that doesn't seem to be the case.


Play SC2 in a low resolution, and your cursor will be larger.
HeadDesk
Profile Joined September 2010
United States171 Posts
May 26 2011 22:18 GMT
#10
On May 27 2011 07:12 SolHeiM wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 27 2011 06:31 Zeis wrote:
Does anyone know a way to modify the mouse cursor to be larger? It would be great if this was a feature in game, but that doesn't seem to be the case.


Play SC2 in a low resolution, and your cursor will be larger.


Good job reading the first sentence in the OP
Golgotha
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Korea (South)8418 Posts
May 26 2011 22:26 GMT
#11
On May 27 2011 07:12 SolHeiM wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 27 2011 06:31 Zeis wrote:
Does anyone know a way to modify the mouse cursor to be larger? It would be great if this was a feature in game, but that doesn't seem to be the case.


Play SC2 in a low resolution, and your cursor will be larger.


^lol....

regarding the OP, I see your situation as more of an annoyance rather than an actual decrease in your performance. I mean come on, if you think the cursor size is limiting your play...you got more important things to worry about.
NeWeNiyaLord
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Norway2474 Posts
May 26 2011 22:26 GMT
#12
well one thing is your mouse cursor gets bigger, But you also get a slightly lesser screen size right?
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CptFlowers
Profile Joined February 2011
United States30 Posts
May 26 2011 23:14 GMT
#13
On May 27 2011 07:26 NeWeNiyaLord wrote:
well one thing is your mouse cursor gets bigger, But you also get a slightly lesser screen size right?


actually the field of vision remains the same, things are just smaller, i play windowed out of preference because i dont like turning my head to check my minimap :\

also i have tried editing the cursor file but it doesn't seem to change anything
D:
Shiluk
Profile Joined April 2011
United States11 Posts
May 27 2011 01:42 GMT
#14
I think practice is a better solution than a larger curser. Unless your default resolution is crazy large you shouldn't have to watch your mouse at all really.
Daniel103
Profile Joined April 2020
3 Posts
April 21 2020 04:31 GMT
#15
Well, guess what. Now some people, including me, are playing in 4K and the mouse cursor is much smaller, a real pain to see it in some micro intensive tasks. No clue how to increase the size of it?
LHK
Profile Joined May 2015
204 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-04-21 04:43:50
April 21 2020 04:43 GMT
#16
there is an option to increase mouse size under options > mouse > cursor size.. Think its been there since LOTV release.
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Daniel103
Profile Joined April 2020
3 Posts
April 21 2020 05:05 GMT
#17
I know it is possible because I found this streamer that have a HUUUGE cursor:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/596423863
Daniel103
Profile Joined April 2020
3 Posts
April 21 2020 05:06 GMT
#18
On April 21 2020 13:43 LHK wrote:
there is an option to increase mouse size under options > mouse > cursor size.. Think its been there since LOTV release.

That is true. Thank you very much. Much apreciated.
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