Right click sometimes doesn't work for game

[scttskyler]

Hi all,

I made a script to assist me in a game, in the script, there is 4 points that should be right-clicked. However, sometimes the mouse will move, but not trigger the right-click. What could be causing this? I tried this on a regular browser window and everything seems to work fine.

Here is a snipit of the section I'm using for the right-clicks. There is more code if additional info is required:

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menuMove := 0

Ctrl & q::
{
mouseclick, right, 2141, 1178, 1, 0
menuMove := 41
}
return
Ctrl & w::
{
mouseclick, right, 2353, 1178, 1, 0
menuMove := 41
}
return
Ctrl & e::
{
mouseclick, right, 2141, 1374, 1, 0
menuMove := 41
}
return
Ctrl & r::
{
mouseclick, right, 2353, 1374, 1, 0
menuMove := 41
}

[Mod edit: moved from AHK v2 help since this is v1 code.]

[Gubna]

Games can be finnicky to get keypresses or clicks to be sent properly.

There are two methods that have worked in the past for games.

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click x y right

or

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mousemove, x, y
click right

Some trial and error with different send methods/events will help figure out if AHK works with your particular game.

[scttskyler]

I'll try it out. Question about the forum I'm in, though. I downloaded version 2 but I was moved to version 1 forum?

[scttskyler]

the mouse move then click seems to have a pretty high success rate, but it still misses sometimes. Even adding a delay of 150 with sleep doesn't help. At that point I might as well just be clicking it myself.

So what causes this to happen? Should I start testing out other sending methods?

[gregster]

Question about the forum I'm in, though. I downloaded version 2 but I was moved to version 1 forum?

Like the note says, the posted code looks like v1 code (v2 syntax is different). It would even error out on current v2. If you are running this code, you are using v1.

In v2, you wouldn't need the returns, since all hotkeys are now functions, and the braces would suffice - and the syntax for MouseClick would be different: compare MouseClick examples. In v2, there could also be a variable scope problem, assuming that the variable menuMove actually gets used for something.

Generally, in either version, I would recommend to use the ^ modifier for hotkeys involving the Ctrl key. This means: ^q:: instead of Ctrl & q::.
But all this is not specifically related to your gaming question.

[Gubna]

the mouse move then click seems to have a pretty high success rate, but it still misses sometimes. Even adding a delay of 150 with sleep doesn't help. At that point I might as well just be clicking it myself.

So what causes this to happen? Should I start testing out other sending methods?

I don't have the specific answer as to why this happens, but from experience with getting presses to work in-game you may need to try another method here. Making the keypress or button click last longer to be registered in-game may help.

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mousemove, x, y
sleep 50
Send {RButton Down}
sleep 50
Send {Rbutton Up}

[scttskyler]

Just to add to the weirdness of this, the right click does work everywhere else in the game, it only is not working properly on these specific buttons that I'm trying to click.

At this point I'm at a loss and don't know what to do to make it work. I've even isolated the code to just simply "right click" wherever I have the mouse hovering, and it still has issues. I appreciate the help.