playsound and overlay text

[kentpachi]

I have a very simple script that first it find the image and when its found it will play a sound
this is the script

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loop
{
CoordMode, Pixel, Window
ImageSearch, FoundX, FoundY, 0, 0, 552, 70, 1.png
If ErrorLevel = 0
SoundPlay, 1.wav


}

problem is. it only play the sound after the image is gone. how do i fix this?

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OVERLAY TEXT
How do i display a overlay text on the game i play?
example. this code

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loop
{
CoordMode, Pixel, Window
ImageSearch, FoundX, FoundY, 0, 0, 552, 70, 1.png
If ErrorLevel = 0

}

after the image is found . display a overlay text or overlay image that doesnt hinder on game. textsplash hinder on clicks and not overlay display at all

[Exaskryz]

How long is the image around for? Does your 1.wav file have some silence or very low volume in the beginning? Try using a MsgBox instead of SoundPlay for testing. MsgBox should be reliably instantaneous.

(As an aside, you don't need the CoordMode inside of the Loop command; once it's set for that thread (hotkey) or in the auto-execute section, it'll persist.)

I would make a GUI. You can use the parameter "NA" or "NoActivate" to not activate the GUI when you use Gui, Show command. You can use the +AlwaysOnTop amongst the Gui options to make it sit on top of your game. You may need this option as well to make it click-through +E0x20.

[Osprey]

You can use SplashImage to display overlay text. For example:

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SplashImage, , B W200, The image was found!
Sleep, 2000
SplashImage, Off

If you want to play the sound slightly after the text is displayed, rather than slightly before, you can move your SoundPlay line to after the first SplashImage line.

[kentpachi]

You can use SplashImage to display overlay text. For example:

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SplashImage, , B W200, The image was found!
Sleep, 2000
SplashImage, Off

If you want to play the sound slightly after the text is displayed, rather than slightly before, you can move your SoundPlay line to after the first SplashImage line.

it still doesnt click through. not overlay. it still hinders my game clicks


thank you for your time bro

[kentpachi]

How long is the image around for? Does your 1.wav file have some silence or very low volume in the beginning? Try using a MsgBox instead of SoundPlay for testing. MsgBox should be reliably instantaneous.

(As an aside, you don't need the CoordMode inside of the Loop command; once it's set for that thread (hotkey) or in the auto-execute section, it'll persist.)

I would make a GUI. You can use the parameter "NA" or "NoActivate" to not activate the GUI when you use Gui, Show command. You can use the +AlwaysOnTop amongst the Gui options to make it sit on top of your game. You may need this option as well to make it click-through +E0x20.

*1.wave is 15sec. no silence in the beginning
*tried msgbox but still hinder while in-game and my clicks doesnt work inside msgbox
* remove the coordmode. thank you bro
*i have never tried GUI. can you make it please? the "click-through +E0x20" i think its the solution. sounds like thats what i need, be able to click through ahk overlays while in my game cuz msgbox.splashtext doesnt click through

Thank you for your time bro

[Exaskryz]

Are any actions occuring outside the loop after the soundplay? If you just want to soundplay, then it's fine as is. But if you have other code that you are executing when the image is found, make sure your SoundPlay is set to asynchronous. (Add ,1 after the sound file I believe.)

The point of MsgBox was just to test that AHK is responding speedily to finding the image.

Quick GUI; I suggest you play around with GUI in a separate script to get what you want.

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Gui, Add, Text,,Overlay
Gui, +AlwaysOnTop +E0x20 +LastFound
WinSet, Transparent, 255
Gui, Show, NA, OverlayTitle
return

I learned something new whipping this up for you. I've suggested using +E0x20 for years, but didn't realize (or since forgotten) that you need to make the window transparent for it to work. I did find that a minimum transparency of 255 (the highest numerical value; if it was set to 0, the window would be invisible, so a 255 makes it opaque) is necessary to make it work as a click-through. But you may still want to have it partially transparent, otherwise you wouldn't necessarily know what you're clicking on.

Close the overlay by right clicking on the window icon in the taskbar and selecting close. Otherwise, exit your script, or reload it if you tie the overlay to a hotkey.

[kentpachi]

Are any actions occuring outside the loop after the soundplay? If you just want to soundplay, then it's fine as is. But if you have other code that you are executing when the image is found, make sure your SoundPlay is set to asynchronous. (Add ,1 after the sound file I believe.)

The point of MsgBox was just to test that AHK is responding speedily to finding the image.

Quick GUI; I suggest you play around with GUI in a separate script to get what you want.

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Gui, Add, Text,,Overlay
Gui, +AlwaysOnTop +E0x20 +LastFound
WinSet, Transparent, 255
Gui, Show, NA, OverlayTitle
return

I learned something new whipping this up for you. I've suggested using +E0x20 for years, but didn't realize (or since forgotten) that you need to make the window transparent for it to work. I did find that a minimum transparency of 255 (the highest numerical value; if it was set to 0, the window would be invisible, so a 255 makes it opaque) is necessary to make it work as a click-through. But you may still want to have it partially transparent, otherwise you wouldn't necessarily know what you're clicking on.

Close the overlay by right clicking on the window icon in the taskbar and selecting close. Otherwise, exit your script, or reload it if you tie the overlay to a hotkey.

thank you