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lordmarcus1st



Joined: 30 Jun 2008
Posts: 2
PostPosted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:49 pm    Post subject: Toggle key hold down on and off Reply with quote
Here is an example of what I would like to do:

When I press the key XButton1 it will hold down key w until I press XButton1 again.
Basically I want this for an fps so when I press XButton1 it will make me move forward until I press XButton1 again. Another thing which could be useful if it’s not too hard to do is if w or s is pressed while auto run is toggled then it will stop the auto run.

Here is what I have come up with so fare but it doesn't work.

XButton1::Send {w down}
loop
{
if XButton1
{
send, {w UP}
}
}
return

Any help would be appreciated.
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quicktest



Joined: 30 Jul 2004
Posts: 42
PostPosted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
See if this helps:

Code:


W_DOWN = 0

XButton1::
If W_DOWN = 0
{
  Send {w down}
  W_DOWN = 1
}
Else
{
  Send {w up}
  W_DOWN = 0
}
return


I'm sure there were much more elegant solutions given by the experts on this board before. Try do a search on toggling hotkey.
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lordmarcus1st



Joined: 30 Jun 2008
Posts: 2
PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
A friend of mine helped me work it out! Smile
Heres the working code.

Code:
XButton1::
Loop
{
Send {w down}
Sleep, 100
GetKeyState, state, XButton1, P
if state = D
  {
  Send {w up}
  break
  }
}
return
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not tested (in a game), but looks good...

Code:
XButton1::
;//*** NOTE *** moved out of Loop, unless game really needs to keep receiving down events...
Send, {w down}
stoprunning=
;//*** NOTE *** wait for release of this hotkey before Loop starts...
KeyWait, %A_ThisHotkey%
Loop {
   ;//*** NOTE *** testing in Notepad doesn't show w-flood, so Tooltip for debugging...
   ;//Tooltip, loop(%A_Index%)
   if (stoprunning || GetKeyState(A_ThisHotkey, "P")) {
      Send {w up}
      break
   }
   Sleep, 19
}
return

~w::stoprunning=1
~s::stoprunning=1

...I should stop there, but here's another version using KeyWait instead of Sleep...

Code:
XButton1::
;//*** NOTE *** moved out of Loop, unless game really needs to keep receiving down events...
Send, {w down}
stoprunning=
;//*** NOTE *** wait for release of this hotkey before Loop starts...
KeyWait, %A_ThisHotkey%
Loop {
   ;//*** NOTE *** testing in Notepad doesn't show w-flood, so Tooltip for debugging...
   ;//Tooltip, loop(%A_Index%)
   ;//*** NOTE *** using KeyWait, if you're "Sleeping" anyway, might as well wait for something...
   KeyWait, %A_ThisHotkey%, D T.019
   if (stoprunning || !errorlevel) {
      Send {w up}
      break
   }
}
return

~w::stoprunning=1
~s::stoprunning=1

...remember to move Send, {w down} back inside the Loop, if your game needs it (of course test without moving it 1st)...
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