In flash games there are cursors (doh). But these cursors are drawn in different shapes or form . For example in the game Johnny Rocketfingers 2 the cursor is cigar. And so:

1. Start new document
2. Make 2 layers. The first one name ,,show cursor'' (on the image is pokaji-show) and the second ,,hide cursor'' (skrii-hide) and put them like is shown on the image.

3. Now click the ,,show cursor'' layer and with the pen tool or with whatever you want draw your cursor.

4. Right-click on the cursor you made and convert to symbol movie clip

Ok click the cursor and tap F9 for the actions panel where you should put this actionscript code:
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
startDrag(this, true)
}

6. Now click the ,,hide cursor'' layer and tap F9 again and put this script
Mouse.hide();

this code will hide the real cursor

Congratulations you have created your cursor! Now tap Ctrl+Enter to see your cursor.


Tut by The_Manipulator. Sorry if there are spelling errors

Good tutorial, it should help newbies.

Also, a note of my own; increasing the frame rate of the animation makes the cursor move more smoothly.

This is pretty much overdone but thanks for submitting! Do you maybe know a way to get it your windows cursor?

Yeah,
I've been trying to find a way to make a cursor in flash and put it in the format to use as a cursor in windows.I havn't so far good tutorial but another way is make a movieclip Draw cursor Add actionscript and then your done

I can't see why you would want a windows cursor as the cursor in flash which would essentially replace the already existing, real, windows cursor that the user is using to begin with.

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Yeah,
I've been trying to find a way to make a cursor in flash and put it in the format to use as a cursor in windows.I havn't so far good tutorial but another way is make a movieclip Draw cursor Add actionscript and then your done

Nah I think its more easy with layers. Some people mess up without them and why you need windows cursor?

you know you can just look under help in flash and there is a tutorial for this.
lazy people.

[SIZE="1"]Creating a custom mouse pointer
A standard mouse pointer is the operating system's on-screen representation of the position of the user's mouse. By replacing the standard pointer with one you design in Flash, you can integrate the user's mouse movement within the SWF file more closely. The sample in this section uses a custom pointer that looks like a large arrow. The power of this feature, however, is your ability to make the custom pointer look like anything--for example, a football to be carried to the goal line or a swatch of fabric pulled over a chair to change its color....

lots of shit.....

For more information about the methods of the Mouse class, see Mouse in the ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference.

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but good tutorial.

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I can't see why you would want a windows cursor as the cursor in flash which would essentially replace the already existing, real, windows cursor that the user is using to begin with.

I think what he means is "is there a way to make your custom cursor in flash usable for all around windows, not just in the movie"

I'm a bit noobish at scripting and this really helped