Disappearing cursor of mouse in 3D cocpit - 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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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

[David198502]

Originally Posted by 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.

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...
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.