How to change the cursor in Unity!
In this tutorial we will have a close look at the mouse. How to hide and show the cursor, and how to change the cursor sprite from a script.

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Script:

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using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class Gem : MonoBehaviour
{

    public Texture2D cursorArrow;
    public Texture2D cursorPickaxe;

    void Start()
    {
        // Cursor.visible = false;
        Cursor.SetCursor(cursorArrow, Vector2.zero, CursorMode.ForceSoftware);
    }

    void OnMouseEnter()
    {
        Cursor.SetCursor(cursorPickaxe, Vector2.zero, CursorMode.ForceSoftware);
    }

    void OnMouseExit()
    {
        Cursor.SetCursor(cursorArrow, Vector2.zero, CursorMode.ForceSoftware);
    }

}