Explicative Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 (edited) I'm running WinXP Pro (non-SP1), not using any sorts of transparency programs like WindowsFX or anything, and I have a Radeon 8500 Retail with the latest (6218) drivers (so scratch that Nvidia theory). This is the only set of cursors I've tried where this happens; it occurs both when cursor shadows are enabled and when they are disabled in the mouse control applet. Edit: BTW, I'm not using CursorXP or anything either, just loading the cursors through XP's default interface. Edited December 12, 2002 by Explicative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rock30 Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 Let me add that I'm using the CursorXP version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anibalin Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 its happens to me even with cursor shadows turned off {:O( what could be? I happens when u drag things, say desktop, windows explorer... its a drag thing | thats for sure. aniba! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Explicative Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 OK, I found a workaround. Go to display properties (right-click desktop, properties), then go to the Settings tab and click on the Advanced button. Under the Troubleshoot tab you should see a Hardware Acceleration slider, it's probably all the way to the right (full). Slide it back one notch to the left, this disables bitmap and cursor acceleration in hardware. For me the problem has totally disappeared, although window drawing (e.g., maximizing and minimizing windows) is slightly slower, maybe by a second or so though, nothing major. Still, you'd think ATI and Nvidia (I'm assuming it's their fault) would have gotten a pretty good handle on the 2D stuff by now. Oh well, maybe it varies according to driver revisions, I'll keep this in mind next time I update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anibalin Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 i also, wanted to add, that the cursors looks the same whether or not the 'shadow' option is turned on or off, there aint shadows. hope it helps...just sharing. hope u get it binary {:O) warm regards. aniba! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmak Administrators Posted December 13, 2002 Administrators Share Posted December 13, 2002 OK, I found a workaround. Go to display properties (right-click desktop, properties), then go to the Settings tab and click on the Advanced button. Under the Troubleshoot tab you should see a Hardware Acceleration slider, it's probably all the way to the right (full). Slide it back one notch to the left, this disables bitmap and cursor acceleration in hardware.For me the problem has totally disappeared, although window drawing (e.g., maximizing and minimizing windows) is slightly slower, maybe by a second or so though, nothing major. Still, you'd think ATI and Nvidia (I'm assuming it's their fault) would have gotten a pretty good handle on the 2D stuff by now. Oh well, maybe it varies according to driver revisions, I'll keep this in mind next time I update. Yeah that works , thanks. Haven't noticed any slowdowns yet :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binary Posted December 13, 2002 Author Share Posted December 13, 2002 i also, wanted to add, that the cursors looks the same whether or not the 'shadow' option is turned on or off, there aint shadows.hope it helps...just sharing. hope u get it binary {:o) warm regards. aniba! there are shadows, they're just subtle. The shadow checkbox wont do any good because they are alphablended, so the shadows wont apply to an alphablended cursor. Which is why I added their own shadows ;) And it's great you guys found a workaround. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxikk Veteran Posted December 14, 2002 Veteran Share Posted December 14, 2002 Are any of you running ANY extra programs that would affect XP's alphablending? i.e. y'z shadow, windowfx, or any transparency programs? It also might be a graphics driver issue. Are you guys having issues by any chance using nvidia gfx cards?Chris i dont use any of that poop. i just rebooted and it worked fine after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxikk Veteran Posted December 14, 2002 Veteran Share Posted December 14, 2002 well. it worked on my machine at work but my home pc is not liking it as much. i wonder what causes it. i only see it when i right click to copy or move files... :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anibalin Posted December 14, 2002 Share Posted December 14, 2002 it happens at 'drag' instances. - drag [something] on the desktop - open windows explorer - drag [something] a pity we dont know what causes it {:O( im sure binary will fix it when we tackle why this happens. respect. aniba! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Explicative Posted December 15, 2002 Share Posted December 15, 2002 (edited) I guess it's just a bug in XP (I assume this happens with all alpha-blended cursors, not sure though since these are the only ones I've tried), or else it's a problem with certain sets of video drivers, because I don't understand why it apparently doesn't happen for some people. From what I understand, alpha-blended cursors are 32-bit, 24-bit color channel and 8-bit alpha channel, and windows is supposed to display the composite channel. However, with these cursors when you drag a file it stops outputting the composite channel and instead displays just the color channel (hence the black outlines). I think what might be happening is that it uses the 8-bits of alpha to make the dragged icon transparent, which somehow messes up the cursor rendering when done in hardware. I don't know if there is any way to correct it, but since usually you only drag stuff with the default cursor, I converted it to 24-bit and added a bit of shadow underneath. Looks pretty close to the original (to me), if Binary wants I'll email it to him and he can distribute it. BTW, I converted it because I noticed that when you disable cursor acceleration in windows you tend to get flickering in transitions. I prefer to use the 24-bit cursor and have acceleration on. Edited December 15, 2002 by Explicative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+primortal Subscriber² Posted December 16, 2002 Subscriber² Share Posted December 16, 2002 Nice set Binary, anyone know were else to get more alphblended goodness cursors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Posted August 2, 2003 Share Posted August 2, 2003 Very cool set. Thanks Binary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Posted August 2, 2003 Share Posted August 2, 2003 (edited) I noticed a problem, using the cursors, its REALLY REALLY slow in Firebird 0.6.1. Anyone else getting this? In Internet Explorer, its smooth as. I believe Firebird has a problem with alpha transparent cursors cause when I use the WinXP default ones its fine. Edited August 2, 2003 by Long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmak Administrators Posted August 2, 2003 Administrators Share Posted August 2, 2003 I have no problem with these cursors in combination with firebird (0.6) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Posted August 2, 2003 Share Posted August 2, 2003 Bah. Must be my crap graphics card (Vanta - Geforce 0.5) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ryan Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 Can somebody possibly post a screen shot of what they look like? And will these work in Windows2000 Pro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhangm Supervisor Posted August 3, 2003 Supervisor Share Posted August 3, 2003 Dunno... Title of the thread says "OSX Cursor Set in XP Format... Might as well try it yourself and see, unless you think downloading this set will break your modem or something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 Here we go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ryan Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 Thanks for the screenshot. No I'm not worried about them breaking anything, I was only curious if they'd work at all. No point in downloading them if they won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abaxion Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 nice work :whistle: no comments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
profbobo Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 Wow, these are really incredible. Thanks a ton! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memNOC Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 SO THESE ARE YOURS BINARY!!!!!! :woot: for the past few months ive been using your colorful rainbow busy cursor, and some month or so ago, i had to format and lost it.. since then, ive been looking all over dART and deskmod, and no sign of the coolest XP busy cursor EVER.. im only using that one, tho.. for my other cursors im using this theme i found on dART a long time ago.. it has the standard clock pre-OSX busy ani's, which ive replaced with yours.. here's what they look like, if someone's interested i might upload them, since i cant find the damn thing on dART again.. i like them over Binary's (which are incredible as well) only because they're smaller and shorter.. much nicer, IMO, although not quite faithful to the OSX version, im sure.. heres the preview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shalin999 Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 thanx man ..was looking for a good cursor to match my mac theme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravepants Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 nice set mate :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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