Download the release archive for your operating system
- Linux: Unpack the archive and put the folder in your user icons folder (usually
~/.icons/), then pick the cursor theme with whatever desktop/theme manager you use.- Arch Linux has a 3rd-party AUR package available to install the cursors system wide.
- Windows: Unzip the archive somewhere then right-click 'install.inf' and select 'install'. Right now, not every cursor has a windows equivalent, so when the dialogue box shows up complaining about "File not found", just close it and move on. Finally, go to control-panel -> mouse -> pointers and select "NieR Cursors" as your theme.
- Have Python, Bash, XCursorgen, ImageMagick Blender 2.83+ installed
- Clone the repository
- Run
build.shfile - A folder will appear called 'icons' that has the Linux and Windows themes inside.
- + Cursors for every type of mouse event I come across
- + Many sizes ensure crisp HiDPI
- - Windows is missing animations
- - No handwriting/pen cursor
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why Blender? Inkscape or Illustrator would do this and that and everything better | Inkscape 0.9X doesn't support the cursor workflow of sharing assets and non-destructive modification. Inkscape 1.0 beta does but if I had $100 for every time it crashed or hanged I would be well on my way to taking that computer science class I can't afford. Blender with it's new Eevee render is a swiss army knife of artwork and has only crashed like 4 times so far overall so it's hundreds of times more stable. There's an unmaintained Inkscape branch in this git repo for the brave and curious. |
