Simple Script Question

[Rob]

I'm just messing around with AutoIt, and I'm wanting to make a simple, configurable script that presses a button on the keyboard over and over until stopped. This is what I have so far:

Config.ini

;jump button

[Jump]

jump=a

test.au3

sleep(5000)

AutoItSetOption("SendKeyDelay", 50)

$vjump = IniRead("config.ini","Jump","jump","jump not found")

send($vjump)

What I'm wanting to do is make the delay itself configurable. This script will actually serve a purpose by leveling up a jumping skill in Morrowind. I know it's not required and I could just test to see how long it takes to click on the window, but I want to do it for the knowledge itself. This is how I thought it would be done.

Config.ini

;delay to start script

[Delay]

delay=sleep(10000)

test.au3

AutoItSetOption("SendKeyDelay", 50)

$vsleep = IniRead("config.ini","Delay","delay","delay not found")

$vjump = IniRead("config.ini","Jump","jump","jump not found")

send($vjump)

It immediately presses the button and closes. I'm obviously doing it wrong.

Also, how do I get the script to repeat itself until it's manually stopped? I downloaded this a while back but am just now playing with it so forgive my lack of knowledge.

Edited January 20, 2004 by Rob

[Jos]

config.INI:

[Jump]
jump=a
[Delay]
delay=10000

Script:

; set hotkey so when pause is pressed the script will stop
hotkeyset("{Pause}","StopExec")
AutoItSetOption("SendKeyDelay", 50)

While 1
   $vsleep = IniRead("config.ini","Delay","delay",1000)
   $vjump = IniRead("config.ini","Jump","jump","")
   send($vjump)    ; send chars defined in INI
   sleep($vsleep)  ; sleep amount of msec defined in INI
wend

Func StopExec()
   $mrc=Msgbox(4,"Cancel Execution?","You pressed PAUSE. Do you want to cancel the Program?")
   if $mrc = 6 then Exit
EndFunc

Edited January 20, 2004 by JdeB

[Rob]

hotkeyset("{Pause}","StopExec")

I get an error saying uknown function name. It's probably something I'm doing wrong.

[Jos]

rob,

Are you running ver 3.0.85 or better ?

if you are then pls sent me your script and i will have a look....

Jos

[Rob]

I wasn't aware AutoIt was updated so often. I fixed it. Thanks a lot!

[scriptkitty]

If you want to start and stop your script, you can modify something like this:

$x=2
hotkeyset("{Pause}","Stop")
hotkeyset("^!g","Start")

While 2
If $x=1 Then send("a"); put what ever you want in this section.
sleep(1000);1 second pause between sending
Wend

Func Stop()
$x=2
EndFunc

Func Start()
$x=1
EndFunc

Try this out for size, change hotkeys acordingly

$x=2
hotkeyset("{Pause}","Stop")
hotkeyset("^!g","Start"); Starts on Ctrl+Alt+g

$vsleep = IniRead("config.ini","Delay","delay",1000)
$vjump = IniRead("config.ini","Jump","jump","")

While 1
If $x=1 Then 
  send($vjump)   ; send chars defined in INI
  sleep(1)           ; Just incase $vsleep is not defined
  sleep($vsleep)  ; sleep amount of msec defined in INI
EndIf
Wend

Func Stop()
$x=2
EndFunc

Func Start()
$x=1
EndFunc

[scriptkitty]

After thinking about it, Pause would be a nice key to toggle starting and stoping the macro. So here is a version that uses Pause to actually pause it, and Ctrl+Alt+e to exit

Note, uses your Ini file.

$x=2
hotkeyset("{Pause}","Start"); Initially this will start the macro
hotkeyset("!^e","exit1"); this exits the macro from memory

$vsleep = IniRead("config.ini","Delay","delay",1000)
$vjump = IniRead("config.ini","Jump","jump","")

While 1
If $x=1 Then
 send($vjump)  ; send chars defined in INI
 sleep(1)          ; Just incase $vsleep is not defined
 sleep($vsleep) ; sleep amount of msec defined in INI
EndIf
Wend

Func Stop()
$x=2
hotkeyset("{Pause}","Start"); changes to make Pause start macro
EndFunc

Func Start()
$x=1
hotkeyset("{Pause}","Stop"); changes to make Pause stop macro
EndFunc

Func exit1()
Exit(1)
EndFunc

[Rob]

Hey thanks a lot for the help. I have a new problem however. This is probably just something I need to deal with in the the Morrowind tech forum. However, when I run the script in the game, it doesn't seem to respond correctly. It will run perfectly outside of the game, but whenever I load the script and start it outside of the game, it won't jump (press E) but it will continue to hit E inside of the game console. Whenever I start the script and load it inside the game, it won't even type in the console. It seems like that game isn't responding to the external program. It's weird because it's just pressing E over and over again. Again, this may not be able to be answered in this forum.

[scriptkitty]

Try removing the exit one, the "E" might be getting captured or such. It shouldn't but...

Morrowwind might not like macros, if it is a online game. So you might not get much support.

$x=2
hotkeyset("{Pause}","Start"); Initially this will start the macro
;hotkeyset("!^e","exit1"); this exits the macro from memory
; the semicolon commented out the exit part.

$vsleep = IniRead("config.ini","Delay","delay",1000)
$vjump = IniRead("config.ini","Jump","jump","")

While 1
If $x=1 Then
send($vjump); send chars defined in INI
sleep(1)        ; Just incase $vsleep is not defined
sleep($vsleep); sleep amount of msec defined in INI
EndIf
Wend

Func Stop()
$x=2
hotkeyset("{Pause}","Start"); changes to make Pause start macro
EndFunc

Func Start()
$x=1
hotkeyset("{Pause}","Stop"); changes to make Pause stop macro
EndFunc

Func exit1()
Exit(1)
EndFunc

edit...also what Windows version, and DirectX version?

Edited January 21, 2004 by scriptkitty

[CyberSlug]

Scriptkitty is probably on the right track asking about DirectX version.

However, I wonder if such games have bot-prevention mechanisms? Maybe increasing the delay to a human-producable value and adding on something like Random(100,200) for randomness would help.