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AndaleTheGreat
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:03 am    Post subject: Joystick buttons Reply with quote
I just really really wanna be able to set a hotkey for a joystick button, mostly to create a turbo. I think I could set the button to press a key that is mapped in my emulator to that buttons place but I apparently (according to the help file) cannot use 2 joystick buttons at once as a hotkey so i'd have to either sacrifice a second button or reach for the keyboard everytime.

So, yah. more joystick function maybe
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AndaleTheGreat
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:48 am    Post subject: even more confused Reply with quote
see, this is what i don't get. is it really that hard to send a button press relayed falsely as an existing joystick?

also, I wonder if anyone can find a way around a small issue.
my idea is simple:
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1joy3::send {z down}{z up}
1joy7::send {z down}{z up}(then i repeat this about thirty times)
return
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The current failure is these 'z's just add up and keep pressing until they've run out, i wondered if i could shorten the time but i seem to be misunderstanding the format for placing the sleep command.

how can i set it to keep doing that only while the button is pressed, i can't seem to get the loop command to work for me and i think the answer lies there. I've used these scripts for a long time now, my first one was for starcraft Smile but i can't believe how hard it is to just make a repeated button press.
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Krogdor



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Code:
1joy7::
JoyUp:=False
Loop,
{
Send {z down}
Sleep 50 ;milliseconds, increase/decrease as desired
Send {z up}
Sleep 50 ;milliseconds, increase/decrease as desired
If (JoyUp = True)
  Break
}
Return

1joy7 up::JoyUp:=True

Question

Quote:
is it really that hard to send a button press relayed falsely as an existing joystick?
Don't really know what you're trying to say here...

Quote:
I just really really wanna be able to set a hotkey for a joystick button, mostly to create a turbo.
Also don't know what you're trying to say here, since you demonstrate in your next post how to use a joystick button as a hotkey..
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engunneer



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
there is no built-in way to simulate joystick input with AHK. You can try to interface PPJoy with AHK, as linked from the joystick help page.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:19 am    Post subject: Re: even more confused Reply with quote
AndaleTheGreat wrote:
...but i seem to be misunderstanding the format for placing the sleep command.

...well I can't see what you tried, but this don't currently work...

Code:
1joy3::send {z down}{sleep 119}{z up}

...well it works but not as "Sleep"...(again I said that DON'T work {as in it don't Sleep/delay the script, it presses the computer's Sleep button 119 times})...

AndaleTheGreat wrote:
how can i set it to keep doing that only while the button is pressed

..."keep doing" = Loop (or SetTimer)..."only while the button is pressed" = GetKeyState...

AndaleTheGreat wrote:
...i can't seem to get the loop command to work for me

...you should've posted exactly how you tried to get loop to work...

Note I don't have a Joystick to test with...but...try this...

Code:
;//*** NOTE *** for multi-line hotkeys put the 1st line BELOW the hotkey label AND put return after the last line that should be part of that hotkey...
1joy3::
Send, {z Down}
;//*** NOTE *** this is where you Sleep if needed...(it's commented out right now)...
;//Sleep, 119
Send, {z Up}
return

;//*** NOTE *** again...multi-line hotkey = 1st line below hotkey label...plus return at end...
1joy7::
;//*** NOTE *** "keep doing" = Loop
Loop {
   ;//*** NOTE *** if you want 1joy7 to always do what 1joy3 does (but faster, looped), then you can Gosub & not have to copy the code here
   Gosub, 1joy3
   if (!GetKeyState(A_ThisHotkey)) {
      break
   }
}
return


...also if you really want 1joy7 to modify other keys, like 1joy3, try this...

Code:
1joy3::
Loop {
   Send, {z Down}
   ;//*** NOTE *** this is where you Sleep if needed...(it's commented out right now)...
   ;//Sleep, 119
   Send, {z Up}
   if (!GetKeyState("1joy7")) {
      break
   }
}
return
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AndaleTheGreat
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 3:17 pm    Post subject: Re: even more confused Reply with quote
Firstly, thanks everybody. Way more response than I expected and very quickly, from now on I'll try better to be more detailed and clear.

Krogdor wrote:
*CODE REMOVED*
Quote:
is it really that hard to send a button press relayed falsely as an existing joystick?
Don't really know what you're trying to say here...


Ok, sorry, your code had no repeat to it, I couldn't tell you why. I tried a few changes but none of them worked.
I meant what 'engunneer' says above. The program won't send joystick presses, ie; z::send {1joy3}. Sorry, the way i said it was dumb.

Krogdor wrote:
Quote:
I just really really wanna be able to set a hotkey for a joystick button, mostly to create a turbo.
Also don't know what you're trying to say here, since you demonstrate in your next post how to use a joystick button as a hotkey..


Same complaint as the first, poorly worded, I meant as the response to a hotkey.


Anonymous wrote:
Quote:
...but i seem to be misunderstanding the format for placing the sleep command.

...well I can't see what you tried, but this don't currently work...

Code:
1joy3::send {z down}{sleep 119}{z up}

...well it works but not as "Sleep"...(again I said that DON'T work {as in it don't Sleep/delay the script, it presses the computer's Sleep button 119 times})...

Yeah, I basically tried that, jamming sleep in random places, even on the next line, it would just end up sending the text repeatedly.

Anonymous wrote:

Quote:
how can i set it to keep doing that only while the button is pressed

..."keep doing" = Loop (or SetTimer)..."only while the button is pressed" = GetKeyState...

Note I don't have a Joystick to test with...but...try this...

Code:
;//*** NOTE *** for multi-line hotkeys put the 1st line BELOW the hotkey label AND put return after the last line that should be part of that hotkey...
1joy3::
Send, {z Down}
;//*** NOTE *** this is where you Sleep if needed...(it's commented out right now)...
;//Sleep, 119
Send, {z Up}
return

;//*** NOTE *** again...multi-line hotkey = 1st line below hotkey label...plus return at end...
1joy7::
;//*** NOTE *** "keep doing" = Loop
Loop {
   ;//*** NOTE *** if you want 1joy7 to always do what 1joy3 does (but faster, looped), then you can Gosub & not have to copy the code here
   Gosub, 1joy3
   if (!GetKeyState(A_ThisHotkey)) {
      break
   }
}
return


Even without a joystick you not only got it right but fantastically right. I kept trying with loop but the formats kept seeming to not work. I'll have to reread the help file, work on some simple stuff. I learned alot of these commands in qbasic and have a tendency to fall back to their formats which don't work here.
Thanks everyone!
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AndaleTheGreat
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 3:46 pm    Post subject: "1 more thing" as grandpa would say Reply with quote
as it's for a video game there were some considerations to make.

Code:
;//*** NOTE *** for multi-line hotkeys put the 1st line BELOW the hotkey label AND put return after the

last line that should be part of that hotkey...
1joy3::
Send, {z Down}
;//*** NOTE *** this is where you Sleep if needed...(it's commented out right now)...
;//Sleep, 10
Loop {
   if (!GetKeyState("1joy3")) {
      break
   }
}
Send, {z Up}
return

;//*** NOTE *** again...multi-line hotkey = 1st line below hotkey label...plus return at end...
1joy7::
;//*** NOTE *** "keep doing" = Loop
Loop {
   ;//*** NOTE *** if you want 1joy7 to always do what 1joy3 does (but faster, looped), then you can

Gosub & not have to copy the code here
   Gosub, 1joy3
   if (!GetKeyState(A_ThisHotkey)) {
      break
   }
}
return

added a loop to keep it pressing 'x' until i let go. (btw, 1joy3 is the x button)
needed this for several games that require holing a button, but also because i'm playing legend of dragoon and holding 'x' passes the text by faster.
I don't think there's anything else to do for it really.
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