The video game Diablo 3 is a great game, however due to its extremely vibrant and chaotic particle effects during fights it can become very difficult to see the mouse cursor.

So I’ve written a quick script for Windows users to turn on mouse cursor trails in Diablo 3. It will automatically disable the trails when you exit the game. I’ve found it helps *a lot* in being able to keep track of the cursor.

No need to download anything so no keyloggers or malware here. And it doesn’t touch Diablo what-so-ever, so no chance of being banned.

Instructions

1. Copy the script code below into a new Notepad file. Save it as Mouse Cursor Changer.ps1. You can save it to any location, but I suggest just putting it in to your Diablo folder just so its always there.
   
   ############################################################################## # Mouse Cursor Changer # # Changes the mouse cursor properties on a per-application basis. # # Author: Scott Richmond (www.strichnet.com) # ############################################################################## # SETTINGS: $TrailsOnValue = 6 # A value between 2 and 15 $TrailsOffValue = 0 # 0 will disable the cursor trails # Application shortcut TARGET example: # powershell.exe -command "& 'C:\CHANGE ME!\Mouse Cursor Changer.ps1' " 'C:\CHANGE ME!\Diablo III.exe' ############################################################################## $SetMouseTrails = 0x005D # Signature for C# system call to Mouse properties: $CSharpSig = @' [DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "SystemParametersInfo")] public static extern bool SystemParametersInfo( uint uiAction, uint uiParam, uint pvParam, uint fWinIni); '@ $CursorRefresh = Add-Type -MemberDefinition $CSharpSig -Name WinAPICall -Namespace SystemParamInfo -PassThru # Call the C# method to edit Mouse properties: # More info here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724947(v=VS.85).aspx $CursorRefresh::SystemParametersInfo($SetMouseTrails, $TrailsOnValue, $null, 0) # Run the application: Start-Process -FilePath $args[0]+'-w -launch' -Wait # Disable the cursor trails: $CursorRefresh::SystemParametersInfo($SetMouseTrails, $TrailsOffValue, $null, 0)

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   ############################################################################## #                            Mouse Cursor Changer                            # #     Changes the mouse cursor properties on a per-application basis.        # # Author: Scott Richmond (www.strichnet.com)                                 # ############################################################################## # SETTINGS: $TrailsOnValue = 6 # A value between 2 and 15 $TrailsOffValue = 0 # 0 will disable the cursor trails   # Application shortcut TARGET example: #   powershell.exe -command "& 'C:\CHANGE ME!\Mouse Cursor Changer.ps1' " 'C:\CHANGE ME!\Diablo III.exe' ############################################################################## $SetMouseTrails = 0x005D   # Signature for C# system call to Mouse properties: $CSharpSig = @' [DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "SystemParametersInfo")] public static extern bool SystemParametersInfo(                  uint uiAction,                  uint uiParam,                  uint pvParam,                  uint fWinIni); '@ $CursorRefresh = Add-Type -MemberDefinition $CSharpSig -Name WinAPICall -Namespace SystemParamInfo -PassThru   # Call the C# method to edit Mouse properties: # More info here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724947(v=VS.85).aspx $CursorRefresh::SystemParametersInfo($SetMouseTrails, $TrailsOnValue, $null, 0)   # Run the application: Start-Process -FilePath $args[0]+'-w -launch' -Wait   # Disable the cursor trails: $CursorRefresh::SystemParametersInfo($SetMouseTrails, $TrailsOffValue, $null, 0)

2. Right-click Diablo3.exe and select Create Shortcut.
3. Right-click the new shortcut and select Properties.
4. In the Target field, paste in the following line replacing the directory paths with your own:
   
   Shell

   powershell.exe -command "& 'C:\CHANGE ME!\Mouse Cursor Changer.ps1' " 'C:\CHANGE ME!\Diablo III.exe'

   1	powershell.exe -command "& 'C:\CHANGE ME!\Mouse Cursor Changer.ps1' " 'C:\CHANGE ME!\Diablo III.exe'

5. That’s it! You can move the shortcut to your desktop or anywhere else.