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Thank you but that won't be necessary. I uninstalled and re-installed the editor and it now displays the mouse. I also located an older build of the editor and uninstalled that completely.

I am guessing extant code from the older install was causing an issue(?). Thank you for pointing me in the right direction and calling my attention to such potential conflicts.

Now... back to where I was at before. Thank you for the help. I'll be back soon enough for some more assistance.

This is the version I am using:

AGS Editor .NET (Build 3.5.1.7)
v3.5.1, June 2021

It's a fresh install of what I believe to be the latest version of the editor.

As far as default templates, there are five at start up if I remember. ...but I'm not here to quibble over definitions... The template I am using ( has not been modified. It's as provided by the publisher, unaltered. Once again, I have not made any changes to the cursor. All settings are default as provided by the publisher. I don't exactly remember which one, it's the one that displays information when placed over a HotSpot.

Right now the only scripting present in the Project is linking four background images together. At this stage, that's it.

I hope that helps.

Thanks for the quick response.

Right now I'm not using any templates other than default that is included in the editor. I've not even looked into this area yet. It did strike me as odd the cursor did disappear in the first place, but I am nowhere near customising features of the editor to tailor it to the needs of my Project. I believe in learning software tools such as this by using a "vanilla" environment before purposefully changing it.

I've only just re-installed the editor using the latest version and started using just the other day. So, compatibility issues are not relevant. This is a new Project on a fresh install.

Thanks for the link to the "dynamic" cursor thread; I will look into it further but right now it's a secondary concern. Cursor needs to be visible first. When previewing in F5, no cursor is visible. It's there, just not being displayed. Only when it is placed over the actual HotSpot can I tell that's where it is because the HotSpot message is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Hope that makes sense.

OK. I have that figured out. Not hard, actually; but thank you all the same for pointing me in the right direction. It's a great time saver.

Another question, if that's OK. After all, this is helping me learn the editor.

I noticed when pressing F5, the mouse cursor was not displaying in game. How do I make the mouse appear; and how do I change the mouse so when it is over a HotSpot it displays differently? So that's two questions, really. I am thinking Arrow cursors to each direction, Left/Right (and Up/Down, too, for that matter.). Thank you.

Hi there.

It's been a long time since I've been on these forums and I've decided to pick up and return to a Project I put aside a long time ago. The plan is to build a prototype first. Then, set up a fully functional vertical slice; and finally commit to building a fully featured release.

I am getting started once again after half a dozen years of absence and need to get up to speed on some items. Basic stuff, too; and yes I've spent all day reading tutorials and watching videos but a concise answer is more expedient as I have missed this detail.

So, my question: How to move the Player to the next screen using only HotSpots? I am thinking Myst style interface with no onscreen character.

Thank you for any assistance.