The Hand Cursor

ArcRabbit · **Posted:** Fri Dec 08, 2006 3:08 am

I remember playing complete chronicles and thinking I didn't much like the circle cursor. So what happened to the old standard myst hand cursor? I miss it! I understand uru wants to be different that the single player games, but I liked the hand cursor a lot better than the circle.

Plus sometimes it is a little tough to figure out what your pointing at with the circle. With all the hands already in the game one more won't hurt, bring back the hand!

www2 · **Joined:** Mon May 22, 2006 11:22 pm **Posts:** 510

I think it a circle because not everything you click on makes you do something with your hand.

Tweek · **Joined:** Tue May 09, 2006 12:11 am **Posts:** 2633

That and Uru isn't Myst.

I prefer the circle to the hand, the hand is getting tiresome.

Jello Belt Jen · **Posted:** Fri Dec 08, 2006 4:38 pm

I like the circle because it's relatively small compared to the hand, and it makes me have to watch a little closer for hotspot activity, which keeps me from missing things.

Whilyam · **Joined:** Tue May 09, 2006 1:04 am **Posts:** 4134

The current circle cursor I just noticed is that symbol for the tower rotation on Myst.

Artic_Wagon · **Joined:** Fri Oct 13, 2006 6:00 pm **Posts:** 4095

Tweek,

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I prefer the circle to the hand, the hand is getting tiresome.

I totally agree with you. Did I ever hate the Myst 4 hand cursor in some of the harder puzzle like the spiderchair or the camodile puzzles. So much that I have never replayed Myst 4. And also did not like the Myst 5 interface.

mattt7188 · **Joined:** Sun Dec 10, 2006 12:56 pm **Posts:** 87

I would prefer the hand to the circle. Wile the circle is smaller; the hand has more functions, like pull this, or grab that, and other functions. With the circle it has only one function and that is to tell you were you can do something.

Tweek · **Joined:** Tue May 09, 2006 12:11 am **Posts:** 2633

mattt7188 wrote:

I would prefer the hand to the circle. Wile the circle is smaller; the hand has more functions, like pull this, or grab that, and other functions. With the circle it has only one function and that is to tell you were you can do something.

All of which are moot in Uru given that when you select something an animation in the avatar makes the device work.

K'laamas · **Posted:** Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:31 pm

Yes! Bring back Ye Olde Grabbie Hande! (tm)

I thought the hand cursor in Revelation was a bit too big, but otherwise I loved it! It'd be awesome to be able to tap on things in Uru

Eregion · **Posted:** Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:36 pm

K'laamas wrote:

It'd be awesome to be able to tap on things in Uru

Like tapping your fellow explorers, each time followed with an 'ouch', or ' stop touching me' remark!

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