User Interface -> Default Cursor BP shows in PIE but not in packaged builds

anonymous_user_ea3cf6531 · October 8, 2016, 9:43pm

I’m using a custom 4.12.5 source build.

I changed the Default Cursor to a simple widget BP image by going into Project Settings → User Interface → Default Cursor.

It works fine in PIE and standalone where the cursor will change to my custom image, but in a packaged build, the cursor is the default windows cursor.

Bug? Obscure setting I have to use? Help?

anonymous_user_e729f54e · October 10, 2016, 3:16pm

Hello ,

I was unable to reproduce this issue in a clean project in the latest version of the engine. I have a few questions for you that will help narrow down what issue it is that you are experiencing.

Quick questions:

Can you reproduce this issue in a clean project?
If so, could you provide a detailed list of steps to reproduce this issue on our end?
Could you provide screen shots of any settings that may be involved with this issue?

anonymous_user_ea3cf6531 · October 11, 2016, 2:14am

I tried to reproduce this in a clean project and I can’t and I have no idea why it works on a clean project.

All I do is create a widget BP with a custom image, set that widget BP as the Default Cursor in User Interface settings, make sure the PlayerController has “ShowMouseCursor” set to true (create a custom GameMode and PlayerController and set them to the test map).

I also tried this in pure C++ too and it works in a clean project.

I tried the same thing in my game project on a new map with absolutely nothing in it except the custom cursor image and the exact same settings/blueprints/c++ as the clean project, and it doesn’t show in packaged builds.

Why would my game project produce a different result on a clean map with the same settings as a clean project? What could I have modified in my game project to do this to packaged builds?

Is there something in the .ini files that would affect this?

anonymous_user_e729f54e · October 11, 2016, 1:33pm

Has your project been upgraded form an older version of the engine?

anonymous_user_ea3cf6531 · October 11, 2016, 2:15pm

I think I did upgrade it actually.

I’m using a source build from a branch, at first it was 4.12 and I’m pretty sure I recompiled the engine and updated it to 4.12.5.

anonymous_user_e729f54e · October 11, 2016, 2:31pm

Have you tried deleting your saved and intermediate folders? As a note, you may way to make a back up of these folders in case you need any of their contents.

anonymous_user_ea3cf6531 · October 11, 2016, 3:09pm

I was going to do just that, and then I retested it and packaged the game and it all of a sudden worked.

I packaged it 3-4 times just to make sure it wasn’t a fluke.

I changed the Default Cursor to None.
I reverted ‘DefaultEditor.ini’ bDontLoadBlueprintOutsideEditor to true (default).
I reset cooked directories to nothing (i was previously making it cook everything I had in my game project).
Then I packaged it.

This obviously broke my game because I depend on loading BPs at runtime for some systems that absolutely need to be cooked in that are not referenced in my maps, but I just reverted it to test the mouse cursor with default settings.

I did that last night, and it must have cleared something, because once I restored all the settings I listed (setting Default Cursor to my widget BP, modified DefaultEditor.ini and included my whole folder to cook), it worked.

Maybe it cleaned out something from before when I packaged over it with default settings? I have no idea whatsoever. It works as intended now.

Thanks :).