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How would you predict mouse position and direction? like let's say there would be a box that would try to go infront of your mouse in whatever direction it's moving.

would this be difficult? many interesting ideas stem with this in mind.

 

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Hey guys, I did some research and I've found something that does just this in another language.

I have been looking over it for a little while now and I think I get it but I don't entirely enough to know how to transfer this to autoit.

Autoit has so much potential, it has to be possible to do this right?

http://jsfiddle.net/pfyruc14/5/

 

sorry to confuse

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Check the mouse position using MouseGetPos in a loop and move the box accordingly.

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Check the mouse position using MouseGetPos in a loop and move the box accordingly.

 that is not what im trying to do, though that is necessary as part the challenge is like i said before predicting

thank you for your answer though water ; here is an example of what i mean brother --

https://jsfiddle.net/pfyruc14/34/

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Hospital,

Does this help?

#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

HotKeySet("{ESC}", "_Exit")

Global $aOldMousePos[2] = [@DesktopWidth / 2, @DesktopHeight / 2], $aMousePos[2], $iSensitivity = 3

AdlibRegister("_Mouse_Pos")

$hGUI = GUICreate("", 5, 5, -1, -1, $WS_POPUP)
GUISetBkColor(0xFF0000)
GUISetState()

While 1
    Sleep(10)
WEnd



Func _Mouse_Pos()

    $aMousePos = MouseGetPos()

    $iXdiff = $aMousePos[0] - $aOldMousePos[0]
    $iYdiff = $aMousePos[1] - $aOldMousePos[1]

    WinMove($hGUI, "", $aMousePos[0] + ($iSensitivity * $iXdiff), $aMousePos[1] + ($iSensitivity * $iYdiff))

    $aOldMousePos = $aMousePos



EndFunc



Func _Exit()
    Exit
EndFunc

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Hospital,

Does this help?

#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

HotKeySet("{ESC}", "_Exit")

Global $aOldMousePos[2] = [@DesktopWidth / 2, @DesktopHeight / 2], $aMousePos[2], $iSensitivity = 3

AdlibRegister("_Mouse_Pos")

$hGUI = GUICreate("", 5, 5, -1, -1, $WS_POPUP)
GUISetBkColor(0xFF0000)
GUISetState()

While 1
    Sleep(10)
WEnd



Func _Mouse_Pos()

    $aMousePos = MouseGetPos()

    $iXdiff = $aMousePos[0] - $aOldMousePos[0]
    $iYdiff = $aMousePos[1] - $aOldMousePos[1]

    WinMove($hGUI, "", $aMousePos[0] + ($iSensitivity * $iXdiff), $aMousePos[1] + ($iSensitivity * $iYdiff))

    $aOldMousePos = $aMousePos



EndFunc



Func _Exit()
    Exit
EndFunc

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So cool!! 

I'm definitely gonna be looking at this and coming up with all kinds of ideas.

why does the red box act so jerky as compared to the example in js though? whats the difference?

when I was looking over the code, i saw that somehow it stays a certain distance from the mouse cursor or the point

 

thank  you guys

/edit i think the reason is because that js one must be a complex verison of the example? i wonder whats so different

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I have no idea why it behaves "so jerky" compared to the js example as I did not look at the js code before writing my script - it is "all my own work". You could try reducing the Adlib time (it currently uses the default 250ms interval) which could well make the movement smoother.

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Hospital,

I have no idea why it behaves "so jerky" compared to the js example as I did not look at the js code before writing my script - it is "all my own work". You could try reducing the Adlib time (it currently uses the default 250ms interval) which could well make the movement smoother.

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like the red dot , could it be a certain distance from the mouse? 

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Expanding on M23 example, here is a little more control for fine tuning...

HotKeySet("{ESC}", "_Exit")

Global $aOldMousePos[2] = [@DesktopWidth / 2, @DesktopHeight / 2], $aMousePos[2], $iSensitivity = 3
Global $iFrequency = 10, $iTolerance = 5

AdlibRegister("_Mouse_Pos", $iFrequency)

$hGUI = GUICreate("", 5, 5, -1, -1, $WS_POPUP)
GUISetBkColor(0xFF0000)
GUISetState()

While 1
    Sleep(10)
WEnd

Func _Mouse_Pos()
    $aMousePos = MouseGetPos()

    If _ToleranceExceeded($aMousePos, $aOldMousePos) Then

        $iXdiff = $aMousePos[0] - $aOldMousePos[0]
        $iYdiff = $aMousePos[1] - $aOldMousePos[1]

        WinMove($hGUI, "", $aMousePos[0] + ($iSensitivity * $iXdiff), $aMousePos[1] + ($iSensitivity * $iYdiff))

        $aOldMousePos = $aMousePos
    EndIf
EndFunc   ;==>_Mouse_Pos

Func _ToleranceExceeded(ByRef $m1, ByRef $m2)
    If Abs($m1[0] - $m2[0]) >= $iTolerance Or Abs($m1[1] - $m2[1]) >= $iTolerance Then
        Return True
    EndIf
    Return False
EndFunc   ;==>_ToleranceExceeded

Func _Exit()
    Exit
EndFunc   ;==>_Exit

 

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Hospital,

And if you want the dot at a fixed distance from the mouse, you can do something like this:

#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

HotKeySet("{ESC}", "_Exit")

Global $aOldMousePos[2] = [@DesktopWidth / 2, @DesktopHeight / 2], $aMousePos[2], $iOffsetDist = 20

AdlibRegister("_Mouse_Pos", 50)

$hGUI = GUICreate("", 5, 5, -1, -1, $WS_POPUP)
GUISetBkColor(0xFF0000)
GUISetState()

While 1
    Sleep(10)
WEnd



Func _Mouse_Pos()

    $aMousePos = MouseGetPos()


    $iXdiff = $aMousePos[0] - $aOldMousePos[0]
    Select
        Case $iXdiff = 0
            $iXOffset = 0
        Case $iXdiff > 0
            $iXOffset = $iOffsetDist

        Case $iXdiff < 0
            $iXOffset = -$iOffsetDist

    EndSelect



    $iYdiff = $aMousePos[1] - $aOldMousePos[1]
    Select
        Case $iYdiff = 0
            $iYOffset = 0
        Case $iYdiff > 0
            $iYOffset = $iOffsetDist

        Case $iYdiff < 0
            $iYOffset = -$iOffsetDist

    EndSelect



    WinMove($hGUI, "", $aMousePos[0] + $iXOffset, $aMousePos[1] + $iYOffset)

    $aOldMousePos = $aMousePos



EndFunc



Func _Exit()
    Exit
EndFunc

I increased the frequency of the Adlib call and it is now much smoother.

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Been trying to improve this a bit but it's doing my head in now.

In the below code, the diagonal movement is great, but the horizontal and vertical are lousy.

If you uncomment the block then the vertical and horizontal are great but the diagonal is lousy.

#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

HotKeySet("{ESC}", "_Exit")
Global $aOldMousePos[2] = [@DesktopWidth / 2, @DesktopHeight / 2], $aMousePos[2], $iOffsetDist = 100
Global $iFrequency = 10, $iTolerance = 15
AdlibRegister("_Mouse_Pos", $iFrequency)

$hGUI = GUICreate("", 5, 5, -1, -1, $WS_POPUP, $WS_EX_TOPMOST)
GUISetBkColor(0xFF0000)
GUISetState()

While 1
    Sleep(10)
WEnd



Func _Mouse_Pos()

    Local  $iXOffset
    Local  $iYOffset
    ;Local Static $aOldMousePos = MouseGetPos()
    Local  $iXdiff
    Local  $iYdiff
    $aMousePos = MouseGetPos()

    $xTolExceeded = _XToleranceExceeded($aMousePos, $aOldMousePos)
    $yTolExceeded = _YToleranceExceeded($aMousePos, $aOldMousePos)


    If $xTolExceeded Then
        $iXdiff = $aMousePos[0] - $aOldMousePos[0]

        Select
            Case $iXdiff = 0
                $iXOffset = 0
            Case $iXdiff > 0
                $iXOffset = $iOffsetDist

            Case $iXdiff < 0
                $iXOffset = -$iOffsetDist

        EndSelect
    EndIf


    If $yTolExceeded Then
        $iYdiff = $aMousePos[1] - $aOldMousePos[1]

        Select
            Case $iYdiff = 0
                $iYOffset = 0
            Case $iYdiff > 0
                $iYOffset = $iOffsetDist

            Case $iYdiff < 0
                $iYOffset = -$iOffsetDist

        EndSelect
    EndIf

    If $xTolExceeded And $yTolExceeded Then
        WinMove($hGUI, "", $aMousePos[0] + $iXOffset, $aMousePos[1] + $iYOffset)
        $aOldMousePos = $aMousePos
        Return
    EndIf
    #cs
    If $xTolExceeded Then
        WinMove($hGUI, "", $aOldMousePos[0] + $iXOffset, $aMousePos[1] + $iYOffset)
        $aOldMousePos = $aMousePos
        Return
    EndIf
    If $yTolExceeded Then
        WinMove($hGUI, "", $aMousePos[0] + $iXOffset, $aOldMousePos[1] + $iYOffset)
        $aOldMousePos = $aMousePos
        Return
    EndIf
    #ce
EndFunc   ;==>_Mouse_Pos

Func _XToleranceExceeded(ByRef $m1, ByRef $m2)
    If (Abs($m1[0] - $m2[0]) >= $iTolerance) Then
        Return True
    EndIf
    Return False
EndFunc   ;==>_XToleranceExceeded

Func _YToleranceExceeded(ByRef $m1, ByRef $m2)
    If (Abs($m1[1] - $m2[1]) >= $iTolerance) Then
        Return True
    EndIf
    Return False
EndFunc   ;==>_YToleranceExceeded

Func _ToleranceExceeded(ByRef $m1, ByRef $m2)
    If (Abs($m1[0] - $m2[0]) >= $iTolerance) Or (Abs($m1[1] - $m2[1]) >= $iTolerance) Then
        Return True
    EndIf
    Return False
EndFunc   ;==>_ToleranceExceeded

Func _Exit()
    Exit
EndFunc   ;==>_Exit

 

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Here is an example using a line to indicate mouse direction.

#include <WinAPI.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

Opt("MouseCoordMode", 1) ;1=absolute, 0=relative, 2=client
HotKeySet("{ESC}", "Terminate")
Global $hDC, $hPen, $o_Orig
$hDC = _WinAPI_GetWindowDC(0) ; DC of entire screen (desktop)
$hPen = _WinAPI_CreatePen($PS_SOLID, 2, 0xFF)
$o_Orig = _WinAPI_SelectObject($hDC, $hPen)

Local $exit = 1
While $exit
    Sleep(10)
    _MouseDirection()
WEnd

; clear resources
_WinAPI_SelectObject($hDC, $o_Orig)
_WinAPI_DeleteObject($hPen)
_WinAPI_ReleaseDC(0, $hDC)


Func _MouseDirection()
    Local Static $iOldX = 0, $iOldY = 0

    Local $Pi = 4 * ATan(1), $iLength, $aPos
    $aPos = MouseGetPos()
    While (Abs($iOldX - $aPos[0]) > 0) Or (Abs($iOldY - $aPos[1]) > 0)
        $aPos = MouseGetPos()
        $iGradient = ATan(($aPos[1] - $iOldY) / ($aPos[0] - $iOldX))

        $iLength = Sqrt(($aPos[1] - $iOldY) ^ 2 + ($aPos[0] - $iOldX) ^ 2); <--- Length varies with speed of mouse movement.
        ; Or
        ;$iLength = 40 ;                                                  <--- Direction line has fixed length.

        If $iLength < 40 Then $iLength = 40 ; <--- Direction line has minimum length.
        If (($aPos[0] - $iOldX) < 0) And (Abs($aPos[1] - $iOldY) < 2) Then ; X neg, Y = 0
            _WinAPI_DrawLine($hDC, $aPos[0], $aPos[1], $aPos[0] - $iLength, $aPos[1])
        ElseIf (Abs($aPos[0] - $iOldX) < 2) And (($aPos[1] - $iOldY) < 0) Then ; X= 0, Y neg
            _WinAPI_DrawLine($hDC, $aPos[0], $aPos[1], $aPos[0], $aPos[1] - $iLength)
        ElseIf (Abs($aPos[0] - $iOldX) < 2) And (($aPos[1] - $iOldY) > 0) Then ; X= 0, Y pos
            _WinAPI_DrawLine($hDC, $aPos[0], $aPos[1], $aPos[0], $aPos[1] + $iLength)
        ElseIf (($aPos[0] - $iOldX) < 0) And (($aPos[1] - $iOldY) > 0) Then ; X neg, Y pos
            _WinAPI_DrawLine($hDC, $aPos[0], $aPos[1], $aPos[0] - Cos($iGradient) * $iLength, $aPos[1] - Sin($iGradient) * $iLength)
        ElseIf (($aPos[0] - $iOldX) < 0) And (($aPos[1] - $iOldY) < 0) Then ; X neg, Y neg
            _WinAPI_DrawLine($hDC, $aPos[0], $aPos[1], $aPos[0] - Cos($iGradient) * $iLength, $aPos[1] - Sin($iGradient) * $iLength)
        Else
            _WinAPI_DrawLine($hDC, $aPos[0], $aPos[1], $aPos[0] + Cos($iGradient) * $iLength, $aPos[1] + Sin($iGradient) * $iLength)
        EndIf
        If $iOldX <> $aPos[0] Or $iOldY <> $aPos[1] Then
            $iOldX = $aPos[0]
            $iOldY = $aPos[1]
        EndIf
        Sleep(50)
        _WinAPI_RedrawWindow("", 0, 0, $RDW_INVALIDATE + $RDW_ALLCHILDREN)
    WEnd
    Return
EndFunc   ;==>_MouseDirection

Func Terminate()
    $exit = 0
EndFunc   ;==>Terminate

 

Edited by Malkey
Removed "(($aPos[0] - $iOldX) > 0) And (($aPos[1] - $iOldY) > 0)"
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Malkey,

I am afraid that does not work for me. I have to correct the Else case for what looks like an extraneous line and then I get a single red line which vanishes as soon as I move the mouse.

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GUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUI
GUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable frames
GUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView items
GUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeView
Marquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIs
NoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxes
Notify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the display
Scrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single command
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Toast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area

 

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