Adding a delay between keystrokes

Khalayne

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Hello,

I have a very simple script that goes like this.

$1:: ;
send {8}
send {f}
send {-}
send {0}
send {z}

return

This basically sends 8f-0z when i press 1. I use this is a game and i think the game has a problem with recognizing that many keys sent at the same time which messes up my macro. Is there a way i can add a miniscule, say 30 ms, delay between these keys?

Like this

$1:: ;
send {8}
30 ms delay
send {f}
30 ms delay
send {-}
30 ms delay
send {0}
30 ms delay
send {z}

return

I'm totally new to scripting and any help would be most appreciated.

Thanks

- Posted 06 February 2012 - 12:48 AM

dmg

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You should read about the Sleep command:

sleep, 30

- Posted 06 February 2012 - 03:26 AM

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LyrickCZE

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It is possible it will still not be enough. Using Send and sleep was sometimes inreliable for me in busy fullscreen application (game). What helped me was this:

SetKeyDelay , 30, 30 ; first is delay between keypresses, and second is press duration

; we are using ControlSend here because Send and SendInput is not affected by SetKeyDelay.
$1::
ControlSend, , 8, A 
ControlSend, , f, A 
ControlSend, , -, A
ControlSend, , 0, A
ControlSend, , z, A

Return

References: SetKeyDelay, ControlSend

- Posted 06 February 2012 - 08:35 AM

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Khalayne

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Awesome, thanks for a quick reply!

I'll give this a shot

- Posted 06 February 2012 - 03:51 PM

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