Background Keystroke counter

[Yukie]

Hi,

I'm using AHK for a few years for basics things like rebind, automation and such but this time i'm looking for something more specifique and couldn't find an answer myself nor by searching.

I'm looking for a script that would count the number of time i press the "space" key.
It would have to work in background.
(The objective is to know how often i press the "Space" key in a video game)

I've found this :

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Gui, Add, Text, vCount w100, Space pressed 0 times.
Gui, Show

Count := 0

~Space::   ;Default behavior is to block keystroke, ~ allows it to pass through
  Count := Count + 1
  GuiControl,,Count, H pressed %Count% times.
  KeyWait, Space  ;Wait for h to be released
return

GuiClose:
  ExitApp
return

But unfortunately it doesnt work on background.

Any help ?

Best regards,
Yukie

[BoBo]

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cnt:=0
~Space::ToolTip % cnt++    ; press Space to count
!Space::ExitApp    ; press Alt+Space to exit script & reset the tooltip

[Yukie]

Works, thx.
Not ideal tho since it follows the mouse. (And in a video game, u move the mouse fast, so it creats an angry flying tooltip moving everywhere)

Anyway to make it still work in background BUT showing in a fix place ? Or even only showing in a background GUI.

[BoBo]

Well, the easiest thing to sort this out is to check AHK's command reference (for even lazier geeks out there, clicking on a command within the forums code box ... ) to find things like this: https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands/ToolTip.htm

[Yukie]

Yeah sorry... got lazy on this one.

Managed to make it work the way i wanted in a few minutes.
Thanks for the help.

[benbrown]

Managed to make it work the way i wanted in a few minutes

Would you mind sharing your solution?