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Description
Have you ever had a hard time finding your cursor when a battle gets crazy? CursorTrail uses a built-in, animated model to produce a glowing effect around the cursor and a bright trail when the mouse is moved.
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Options
The options window can be opened from the standard addons window, or by typing /CursorTrail or /ct. Settings are saved separately for each of your WoW characters, so your tank (for example) can have a different cursor effect than your dps characters.
Model: A list of cursor effects to choose from.
Scale %: Controls the size of the effect. Can be 1 - 999.
Offsets: Moves the center of the effect. The first number box moves it horizontally (negative numbers move left, positive move right). The second number box moves it vertically (negative numbers move down, positive move up).
Opacity %: Controls how intense the effect is. 100% is brightest, while 0% is invisible.
Strata: Controls whether the trail effect is drawn behind or in front of other UI objects. ("Background" is the bottom-most drawing layer, and "Tooltip" is the top-most.)
Shadow %: Controls how intense the dark background circle is. 99% is darkest, while 0% is invisible. (Note: The shadow is not affected by "Offsets" or "Strata" options.)
Fade out when idle: When on, the cursor effect fades out when the mouse stops moving. (Note: Leave this off if "Show during Mouse Look" is turned on.)
Show only in combat: When on, the cursor effect will only appear during combat.
Show during Mouse Look: When on, the cursor effect will remain visible while using the mouse to look around. (Note: When on, make sure "Fade out when idle" is off.)
Defaults: The default buttons each have a different set of preset values. You can use them as-is, or as a starting point for your own effect.
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Screenshots: www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/cursortrail/screenshots
Note: A list of available slash commands can be seen by typing /ct help.
Note: Profiles can be saved and loaded using slash commands:
/ct save <profile name>
/ct load <profile name>
/ct delete <profile name>
/ct list
Note: If the cursor trail effect unexpectedly disappears, you can quickly get it back by typing the slash command, /ct reload.
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This is great. I'm using the "Glow - Cloud, Purple" with slightly increased scale and adjusted Offset only in combat. Really helpful.
In reply to MoosGamesTV:
I use that one a lot too, unless I'm in a raid that has lots of purple scenery/effects. Then I switch to a green one.
When you touch the Shattrath dome in Draenor you get pushed away and it has this amazing glow: https://i.imgur.com/Kxqg5I8.mp4
I've tried looking through the game data to find the model but I've not been able to. Are able to track down the model and add it?
In reply to Glass_Swords:
That does look cool! The "best" way I found to track down models is using https://wow.tools, but it's just dumb luck to find what you want. I'd say about 25% of the time the models don't show up in CursorTrail even when I do find something I want to add. (Not sure why.)
In reply to UppyDan:
Yeah, I've noticed the same behavior with models just randomly not working.
Well I'll keep searching and I'll let you know if I ever find it hah
Version 9.0.2.1 is now available!
Changes:
- Updated for WoW 9.0.2.
In reply to UppyDan:
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Hi there! WoW is telling me the addon is out of date. i updated all my mods in Twitch, tried deleting CursorTrail and reinstalling, but the issue is still persisting and not letting me use my favorite cursor trail :(
Any ideas of what else I can try? Thanks so much! :)
In reply to legendofkelly:
Hi, thanks for the post. I didn't realize the WoW version changed again (so soon). A new version will be available shortly.
In reply to UppyDan:
Thank you so much!
tnx :-)
The nature trail is abit off.
In reply to Zasz_:
I rechecked it just now and it appears pretty close on my screen. You should be able to change the two offset numbers (positive or negative) to fine tune it to your screen. Hope that helps. :)
Version 9.0.0.1 is now available!
Changes:
- Updated for WoW 9.0.1 (Shadowlands).
Version 8.3.0.4 is now available!
New Features:
- Added new model: "Trail - Sparkling, Rainbow".
I love the addon! It really does help with finding my cursor in the chaos.
I'd like to request a couple of trails:
- The effect from the Mad Merchant's Prismatic Bauble toy (Not sure about the m2 of this).
- A ribbon trail that has the m2 of ribbontrail_rainbow.m2
Thank you!
In reply to bidetpower:
Hi bidetpower,
Surprisingly, I tried the rainbow trail you mentioned and it went in without too much fiddling. (Sometimes models don't show up at all.) I'm not sure what the other model is you mentioned, but if you ever dig up the m2 file name, I can try adding that one too.
The new model in version 8.3.0.4 is named "Trail - Sparkling, Rainbow".
Enjoy!
In reply to UppyDan:
Thank you so much for adding in the trail!
I'll try to find the m2 of the prismatic bauble toy.
:)
In reply to UppyDan:
Oh nevermind! The rainbow trail I asked for IS the prismatic bauble toy... it just looks different in the model viewer! Haha! Thank you so much!
In reply to bidetpower:
You're welcome. :)