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[SolSavant]

Hello,
Is there a way to move the mouse a predefined distance and direction by pressing a key? I've heard you can move it to a predefined location on the screen (maybe you can mention what that's called so I can read about it too) but what I'm after has nothing to do with the location. Rather, I want to be able to specify a distance and direction (like a vector)from wherever it happens to be when the key is pressed.
Thanks, Steve

[Krogdor]

Use the relative option on the MouseMove command.
For example:
MouseMove, 5,5,,R
will move the mouse 5 units up and 5 units to the right from the current psition.

[SolSavant]

Thank you for explaining MouseMove. It's just what I needed. However, I'm having trouble with what I'm trying to use it for. The application is World of Warcraft and due to a spinal cord injury resulting in paralysis of my fingers, I have to rely on macros for many actions normally done with a mouse.

The specific move I am working on is for when a character is running and being chased by a foe. It involves the following actions which in my keyboard configuration occur by what is shown in parentheses:

Jump (press z key)
Rotate left or right while in the air (move mouse left or right)
Cast instant Fire Blast (press 7 key)

Fire Blast can only be cast while facing the target so this move enables the running character to jump, rotate in air, Fire Blast the pursuing foe, finish rotating, land, and contiue running -- all without losing forward momentum.

After testing MouseMove a few times, I found that a horizontal mouse movement of 800 results in 180 degrees of rotation during a jump.

I first created the following macro to see if the jump, half rotation and Fire Blast would take place:

F2::
Send {z}
MouseMove, -800, 0,, R
Send {7}

This worked great but of course the character ended up running towards the foe since the rotation was only 180 degrees. The problem I've run into is getting the remaning 180 degrees rotation and not losing the Fire Blast. I can either get the 180 and the blast or 360 and no blast but I haven't been able to get both. I think the problem may be due to the fact that the rotation is almost instantaneous and therefore the Fire Blast doesn't happen. I've tried several different combinations but nothing works (below).

Any suggestions would be great.

Thanks, Steve

F2::
Send {z}
MouseMove, -800, 0,, R
Send {7}
MouseMove, -800, 0, 50, R

F2::
Send {z}
MouseMove, -800, 0,, R
Send {7}
Sleep, 300
MouseMove, -800, 0, 50, R

F2::
Send {z}
MouseMove, -800, 0,, R
Sleep, 50
Send {7}
Sleep, 1000
Send {z}
Sleep, 50
MouseMove, -800, 0,, R

[[VxE]]

You can try putting

[SolSavant]

Thanks again for the reply but I'm not quite sure what you mean. Is it simply one of the following or something different? Thanks.

Sendmode, PLAY
F2::
Send {z}
MouseMove, -800, 0,, R
Send {7}
Sleep, 300
MouseMove, -800, 0, 50, R

F2::
Sendmode, PLAY
Send {z}
MouseMove, -800, 0,, R
Send {7}
Sleep, 300
MouseMove, -800, 0, 50, R

[andrei901]

i would go with:

[SolSavant]

that did it...thanx!