World of Goo Cursor
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Total downloads: 6,033
Latest version: V3.0.8.1
Release date: 02/11/2014 - 20:52
The GEN-U-INE cursor of World of Goo! Available TODAY! 
You can adjust the color, size and breathing speed of this cursor.
And AGAIN, you need to install .NET Framework 4.5.1 (or this link) to run this program.
Any suggestions or bugs are welcome.
Also try out other people's cursors!
- The one made by wooobb's programming guy. (download link)
It works not so perfectly outside the window. - The one based on XNA Framework. (open source and written in C#)
The cursor seemed to be awesome. But unfortunately it can't be used outside the game. - The one made with Game Maker Pro.
It can't be used outside the game, too.
Known Bugs
None so far. Found anything? Leave a comment below!
Changelog
See the comments below.
Developers: This program is written in C# & WPF and it is open source. Feel free to use it in your own program.
The source for the program, other parts, the kernel Control WorldOfGooCursor (included in other parts). Feel free to use it! 
P.S. Some of the comments are written in Chinese because I'm a Chinese. Just ignore them if you don't understand.
There are 3 screenshots.
| Version | Platform | Release Date | Filename | Size | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V3.0.8.1 | Windows | Tue, 02/11/2014 - 20:52 | WoGCursor.rar | 325.29 KB | 3,980 |
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Mon, 01/14/2013 - 07:15
Nicely done! Someone made something like this before, although as far as I know they never released it publicly (at least not yet). Either way this is much closer than the actual WoG cursor, and the fact that you can modify certain variables is cool.
The only thing that could be improved is removing the original Windows cursor, right now it appears below it for me. It could just be something with my computer though.
Right now my PC is having a bad day (happens sometimes, not sure why) so a lot of things are going slowly and jerkily, this included. I'll properly test it later on when it's going smoother, but right now I just confirmed that it works and looks good. So yeah, good job!
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Mon, 01/14/2013 - 09:54
Sweet!
The only thing I find unrealistic is that the cursor trail takes a bit of time to catch up with the main body of the cursor when you stop moving. Other than that, very stellar! Excellent job!
I also have the normal Windows cursor appearing above this one; I think there should be a setting someplace that hides the Windows cursor. It'd probably be a good idea to have this toggle-able in the .ini also, in case anyone wants the Windows cursor visible (which is helpful every now and then).
Kudos!
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Mon, 01/14/2013 - 10:59
OK so I checked it now that the PC's better, and yeah the trail does take a while to catch up. If you could speed it up (or even better, make it editable in the .ini) that would be cool. But yeah, otherwise this looks perfect, you even have the "breathing"!
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Fri, 01/18/2013 - 21:24
Thanks. Make original mouse toggle-able in the .ini is a great idea. I will make this feature this weekend. (I keep the original visible because I think someone might need to display it)
About the other bug, I have found it already. I was thinking about a better algorithm to fix the first two bugs (see the new bug list in the description) these days but I haven't come up with an idea.
EDIT: V1.0.2.0 is published. What's new:
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Sat, 01/19/2013 - 05:52
Looks great! The only thing is that the trail still catches up a bit slowly, if that would be changeable in the .ini it would be great. But otherwise it's perfect, awesome job!
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Sat, 01/19/2013 - 06:00
Making the refresh rate a bit higher will make it. I will make that feature sometime after.
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Fri, 01/25/2013 - 20:00
Wow! This cursor is just perfect! I've changed it's color to yellow and blue and it look really good. It seems that it's also compatible with Windows 8, because that's the OS I'm using right now. And it hasn't caused problems yet.
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Mon, 04/29/2013 - 07:45
Thank all of you for your support and testing!
And V1.0.3.0 has been published. What's new:
EDIT: @anvistage458
I just tested it on Windows 8 and it works perfectly only on desktop. I guess it is not possible to get it work on Metro.
EDIT:
What's new in V2.0.4.1:
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Mon, 04/29/2013 - 09:03
It won't work on my computer. I don't know why.
I have Windows 8 Pro 64-bit.
Same thing with LI Fire Poker.
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Mon, 04/29/2013 - 17:51
I'm using Windows 8 Pro x64 too. I don't know what the problem is... Have you tried to reinstall the .NET Framework?
EDIT: Have you tried Little Inferno Fire Poker V1.1.1.0? See if there is a message box shown about the error details.
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Tue, 04/30/2013 - 11:25
How can I do that? When I try to install it, Windows says that .NET Framework is a part of this operating system. What can I do?
I posted the error screenshot on LI thread of fire poker.
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Fri, 05/03/2013 - 07:07
What's new in V2.0.5.1: Doing some refactoring; Fix the localization bug.
@movildima
Try it out. I hope that bug should be fixed now.
(and also the Little Inferno Fire Poker)
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Fri, 05/03/2013 - 13:08
Thanks MyGod! Now its working!
One thing I noticed(in LI Fire Poker): I have the screen resolution of 1280x800 and when point the mouse on the left it does this. The thing is resolved when I set the image scale to 1.1
Maybe you could make it longer.
Again thank you very much for the cursor and fire poker.
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Fri, 05/03/2013 - 18:42
Yes, that's totally the same bug as that in this video.
I wouldn't like to make the arm too long because that will make it weird.
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Sat, 05/11/2013 - 08:41
Hey! I have an Idea! can you make it like this...
When the Fire poker get near the left side of the screen the fire poker will come out from the left side! and not from right!
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Sat, 05/11/2013 - 17:13
I think that will look weird. But I guess I will make it.
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Sun, 05/12/2013 - 11:09
You could use two images for that. The original and the mirrored one.
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Sun, 05/12/2013 - 17:27
You could rotate it as it moves around the screen. Subtract the cursor position from the center and use that vector to align the hand.
Another Planet finally has an official release! Download chapters 1 through 3 here! Thank you for waiting so long while I kept starting over.
Mon, 05/13/2013 - 05:50
@Albino Pokey
Yes. That's what I think I will do.
P.S. I'm busy doing the other two projects these days so it will not get updated soon.
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Fri, 05/17/2013 - 14:16
Just tried this cursor, and it looks excellent. The only (major) problem is that my computer cant handle it cos its really slow to react. I'd give it 5 stars otherwise.
Fri, 05/17/2013 - 23:44
Try to open Settings.ini and change SmootherCurve to No.
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Sun, 05/19/2013 - 11:14
That doesn't inprove it at all. It looks like its only suitable for high powered PCs.
Tue, 05/21/2013 - 07:48
It works well on my computer and my computer is slow and has very bad graphics. (Its an old computer)
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Tue, 05/21/2013 - 09:00
Try to install the latest DirectX. It might work.
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Sun, 06/02/2013 - 02:08
I'm just asking...
is this things are legal for people that hasn't buy wog?
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Sun, 06/02/2013 - 07:24
Yep, it's legal. I don't think MyGod used any original World of Goo graphics or anything.
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Sun, 06/02/2013 - 07:44
Thanks Mom
For the answer
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Mon, 06/03/2013 - 17:16
It's up to date (DirectX 11). Its not that big a deal it not working for me, so forget about it.
Tue, 06/11/2013 - 22:42
That thing runs great on my win7, no lags, but I have default cursor over your when marking text or changing window size, hope you will fix it soon. Also wish you will add feature of starting your cursor with windows and minimizing settings window to the tray.
Wed, 06/12/2013 - 02:38
I think it's good to have those cursors so that you can see where you are pointing.
The other feature is good. I will do it.
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Wed, 06/12/2013 - 12:09
This is odd...when I have to disable the cursor to do precise 3D or Photoshop work, it doesn't switch back to the arrow. It just removes the trail. Is this a known issue?
Another Planet finally has an official release! Download chapters 1 through 3 here! Thank you for waiting so long while I kept starting over.
Thu, 06/13/2013 - 02:24
May you just change those cursors and loading mark into bigger 'breathing' WoG-styled ones with custom colors. I think that would be much better.
Thu, 06/13/2013 - 09:03
@Albino Pokey
Did you exit the program normally? This issue can happen if you close it with taskmgr or something is wrong with your registry. I will try to find another way to hide the original one.
@Knight of Spikes
Ok. I will think about that.
EDIT: What's new in V2.0.6.1:
Thanks @Albino Pokey and @Knight of Spikes for their advice.
Coming up tomorrow: Updates for Little Inferno Fire Poker. Now going to sleep.
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Fri, 06/14/2013 - 03:52
And now i have the icon on the tray and on the bar. Is there a way to fix it?
Fri, 06/14/2013 - 06:21
Just close the settings window.
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Tue, 06/25/2013 - 00:35
New trouble for you to fix. When started your cursor on my friend's pc (win7) his Avast antivirus started viruschecking then done something, I clicked 'ok' automatically. So when I close cursor in tray default cursor disappears. Yup, I already turned "display default cursor" option on.
Tue, 06/25/2013 - 04:30
Does the cursor always disappear with Avast installed? Have you restarted the computer and tried again?
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Sat, 07/20/2013 - 03:15
Yup, regular cursor always disappers when Avast is on so I need to keep your cursor on to do anything. Also, games in fullscreen start to blink sometimes. I noticed it when I was playing WC3. When i restart pc cursor becomes normal. How the work on vanilla cursor replacement goes btw?
Sat, 07/20/2013 - 04:21
That's weird. By the way I think it's normal for the cursor to blink in fullscreen games because it needs to bring itself to the top of the screen 60 times per second. And what do you mean by vanilla cursor replacement?
P.S. By the way, anyone else's original cursor disappeared after closing the program?
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Mon, 07/22/2013 - 06:22
Sometimes it disappears when I close the program. To fix it I open it again and set the cursor to visible, then re-close the program.
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Tue, 07/23/2013 - 12:18
>And what do you mean by vanilla cursor replacement?
Don't you remember my suggestion? So here it is.
>>May you change vanilla cursors and loading mark into bigger 'breathing' WoG-styled ones with custom colors?
Tue, 07/23/2013 - 18:17
Sorry I still don't understand. What does vanilla cursors and loading mark mean? Isn't custom colors already supported?
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Tue, 07/23/2013 - 23:08
"Vanilla" when referring to software means unmodified. Going Up is a vanilla level in World of Goo, Jingle Balls is not. And I think by the loading mark he means the cursor that shows when the computer is busy working on something.
Another Planet finally has an official release! Download chapters 1 through 3 here! Thank you for waiting so long while I kept starting over.
Tue, 07/23/2013 - 23:26
Okay. Google Translate didn't tell me that it has that meaning.
I'm not sure if making this feature is possible but I'll try to figure it out.
EDIT: Just read all the cursor functions that Windows provided and it seems it's not possible to know what type of the current cursor is. Does anyone know how?
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Wed, 07/24/2013 - 09:16
It's a fairly new meaning, I think it only appeared about ten years ago.
And I do not, sorry.
Another Planet finally has an official release! Download chapters 1 through 3 here! Thank you for waiting so long while I kept starting over.
Mon, 08/19/2013 - 10:09
I have an issue regarding multiple screens; i have windows7 64bit and 4 screens. When i start the application, it works perfectly on the screen that's designated the primary, but if i move the cursor to any of the other screens, the cursor vanishes, like if it wasn't rendered outside that one screen's bounds; could this be fixed?
Thanks.
Mon, 08/19/2013 - 12:04
I never considered multiple screens. I will try to get it working for you.
P.S. I want to get multiple monitors.
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Thu, 11/28/2013 - 10:52
do you know how to fix this?
Fri, 11/29/2013 - 23:07
How to fix what?
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Sun, 12/01/2013 - 18:09
The issue with multiple monitors.
Another Planet finally has an official release! Download chapters 1 through 3 here! Thank you for waiting so long while I kept starting over.