Sending a key press that games recognize

[Lightcaster5]

I have been have some trouble making a script that will send a key press every "x" amount of seconds. The key applies to a function that I have made, a hotkey. I have been looking at some forum posts and found the DllCall() function. Is there a list of DllCall() keys. The key I want to be pressed using this DllCall() function is "f". If there is a better way to send a keystroke to a game window, use that instead, Thanks!

What I am looking for:

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#SingleInstance, Force

Run := 0

Loop
{
If (Run = 1) {
\\DllCall() that presses F\\
sleep, 5000
}
}

F8::
If (Run = 1) {
Run := 0
} Else {
Run := 1
}

[evilC]

What has DllCall got to do with sending keys?

Why not use the Send command?

Also, your code will not do anything (Apart from chewing lots of CPU doing nothing) because Run is always 0, so the Send command never gets executed

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#SingleInstance, Force
SetKeyDelay, 0, 50

Run := 0

Loop
{
   If (Run = 1) {
      Send f
      sleep, 5000
   }
}

[Lightcaster5]

That worked great! I think it had to do with the SetKeyDelay part, can you explain that a little bit more to me?

[evilC]

SetKeyDelay, 0, 50 Tells AHK to insert a 50ms sleep after pressing (But before releasing) each key.
Many games need something like that, else they do not recognize the key being pressed reliably