Compairing PixelGetColor using If will only detect black or not black

[Zachlr]

I am trying to make a simple bot that beeps when a certain pixel changes color, such as watching a health bar to alert you when it is low. So far my code looks like this:

$pos = MouseGetPos()

$desired_color = PixelGetColor($pos[0], $pos[1])

ToolTip("Watching: "& $pos[0] & $pos[1], $pos[0], $pos[1], "Information", 1, 1)

Sleep(5000)

ToolTip("For the color: "& $desired_color, $pos[0], $pos[1], "Information", 1, 1)

Sleep(5000)

ToolTip("", $pos[0], $pos[1], "", 0, 1)

While 1

$actual_color = PixelGetColor($pos[0], $pos[1])

If Not $actual_color = $desired_color Then

Beep(400, 500)

EndIf

ToolTip("Color: "& $actual_color, $pos[0], $pos[1], "Information", 1, 1) ;(line 13) this line was added only to make sure the color value did in fact change

Sleep(50)

Wend

What I can conclude is that it will only compare black vs not black. So say I put my cursor on a white explorer window, if I move the window so that the watched pixel is at a yellow icon, it will not beep. However, when I slide a black icon under the watched pixel, it will beep. It seems as though 0 is the only value not equal to any other color value, but I know it isn't by using line 13 of my script. I guess I could use pixel checksum, but I'd rather not unless I have to. And because as far as I can tell, there is no reason why this should not be working.

I'm rather new to AutoIt3 scripting, so it could easily be something obvious.

Thanks,

Zach

[Richard Robertson]

Try using a message box to check the actual contents of the variables, so that you can see if they are even being picked up correctly.

[Zachlr]

Why would variables show up differently in a message box than in a tool tip? The variables are showing up correctly in both the message box and the tooltip. I tried it and it does the same thing both ways.