Using Sprite for Custom mouse Cursor using SetCursor

[Stealthygolem]

Hello! I’ve checked around for how to use a custom mouse cursor, I’ve gotten in to work with the Texture2D which it implies that it needs using this code:

	CursorMode cursorThing;
	Texture2D cursorText;

	void Start() {
		cursorThing = CursorMode.Auto;
		cursorText = new Texture2D(128, 128, TextureFormat.ARGB32, false);
		renderer.material.mainTexture = cursorText;
	}

	void Update () {
		Cursor.SetCursor(cursorText, Vector2.zero, cursorThing);
    }

Is there any way that I could cast this into a sprite instead? This way I wouldn’t have to work around adding another texture thingy for working with the same image that already is a sprite in my asset folder. Any tips on implementing this would be highgly appreciated

[Stealthygolem]

For anyone interested, I figured it out myself by looking through some other threads that were answered in a similar way. This is how I ended up converting my sprite to a texture.

Firstly, you have to go to your Sprite in your asset folder. Change the “Texture Type” to “Advanced”. Make sure “Read/Write Enabled” is checked. Now we are able to manipulate this thing. Here is the code that makes this sprite function as a texture as well:

	//Office objects
	public Sprite office_Stamp;
	public Texture2D office_Stamp_Text;

	void Start () {
		//Office Object collector
		office_Stamp = Resources.LoadAssetAtPath<Sprite>("Assets/Sprites/Objects/Stamp.png");
	}
	
	void Update () {
		TexturizeSprites();
	}

	void TexturizeSprites() {
		//office_Stamp
		office_Stamp_Text = new Texture2D((int)office_Stamp.rect.width, (int)office_Stamp.rect.height );
		var pixels = office_Stamp.texture.GetPixels((int)office_Stamp.textureRect.x, 
		                                            (int)office_Stamp.textureRect.y, 
		                                            (int)office_Stamp.textureRect.width, 
		                                            (int)office_Stamp.textureRect.height );
		office_Stamp_Text.SetPixels( pixels );
		office_Stamp_Text.Apply();

I hope this can help someone in the future Feel free to add a comment or something if there’s anything you feel you can improve.

[smobby]

Hi, in response to your answer…
i don’t think its necessary to write the pixel data into a new Texture2D object, you can simply access the texture via sprite.texture.

i’ve tested this using this function… no need to go into advanced options for your sprite.

hope it helps ^^

void SetCursor( Sprite sprite , Vector2 center ) {
     Cursor.SetCursor (sprite.texture, center, CursorMode.Auto);
}

change CurserMode to ForceSoftware if you’d like the cursor to be the same size as your sprite.