PixelSearch is behaving unexpectedly Topic is solved

[astute65_aardvark20]

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e::
    PixelSearch,,, 1075, 495, 1076, 496, 0x9d6346, Fast RGB
        If ErrorLevel {
            Send, {e}
        } Else {
            Send, {f}
        }
Return

If I press "e" in BioShock Infinite, it can bring up a little loot menu if I have a lootable object highlighted.

If the loot menu is not visible, I want to send "e" (Use). If it is visible, I want to send "Enter" (Take All Loot).

Everything else is working okay, except when the loot menu is visible, pressing "e" sends "x" (Switch Weapon) instead!

Anybody ever seen something like this happen?

[mikeyww]

You may want to use the dollar prefix.

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Moved to the v1 section. @astute65_aardvark20, please note that the main section of the forum is now for AHK v2 and there is now a separate section for v1.

[astute65_aardvark20]

You may want to use the dollar prefix.

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$e::
    PixelSearch,,, 1075, 495, 1076, 496, 0x9d6346, Fast RGB
        If ErrorLevel {
            Send, {e}
        } Else {
            Send, {f}
        }
Return

I haven't used dollar sign in so long I forgot how it works, but I assume it is supposed to look like the above code?

Moved to the v1 section. @astute65_aardvark20, please note that the main section of the forum is now for AHK v2 and there is now a separate section for v1.

Sorry!

[mikeyww]

Worth a shot. You can always try it, right? Do a test.

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#Requires AutoHotkey v1.1.33

$e::
If True
     Send e
Else Send f
Return

[astute65_aardvark20]

Unfortunately it is still sending "x". I really don't know how it is doing this since there are no functions with that key in the script.

[astute65_aardvark20]

What's really strange is that I can put any random hex code in the ColorID and the game will still detect "x" being pressed when the loot menu is open...

[astute65_aardvark20]

Okay this is a weird one. I will have to add additional info.

I am using a macro mouse (Corsair Scimitar) and in the software (iCUE) I have set Side Button 6 to mimic the keyboard key "e". It should, for all intents and purposes, act exactly like the keyboard key.

Using the modified code, if the loot menu is not open, Side Button 6 sends "e", as intended. If the loot menu is open, the Side Button 6 triggers weapon switching by sending "x".

However, when the loot menu is open and I press the "e" key on my keyboard, "Enter" is sent and I gather the loot, as intended.

So I guess that AHK is interpreting Side Button 6 as something else when the ColorID is detected...

[astute65_aardvark20]

Okay, this is not AHK that is doing this.

I got rid of the AHK code, and went into iCUE and set Side Button 6 (SB6) to send "Enter", wait 100ms, and then send "e".

So the first time I highlight a lootable object, I press SB6, it sends "Enter", which does nothing, then "e" which opens the loot menu.

Once in the loot menu, I press SB6 again, and it does the same thing except this time the "Enter" takes the loot and the menu closes, and then it send "e", which does nothing.

Except that pressing SB6 in the loot menu takes the loot and then causes the weapon to switch!

I opened Notepad to tested the hotkey out and it is not sending "x" in there. So I'm betting it's the game engine that's to blame.

[mikeyww]

Yep, it's likely to be your mouse software or your game. It's not AHK.