Alternatives to Window Spy Topic is solved

[Evil-e]

I used only Window Spy for years and worked great. Couple months back swagfag, IIRC, told me about ahk.exe option. That resolved issues I had with several applications in which Window Spy would not work for me, so that was awesome

I have a game now in which neither of the following work:
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#IfWinActive Max Payne 1 - Fri Sep 19 13:41:50 2003 Build 97 ahk_class MaxPayne2
or
#IfWinActive ahk_exe MaxPayne2.exe<----------------------------------- ;corrected my initial type-0 11-11-18 @ 3:11 PM
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Am I missing something here? Is there some other way that AHK can run in this game?

<--- humbled by my ignorance, I feel it unwise to boast about my awesome beard until I have been schooled by the pros

[guest3456]

what specifically are you trying to do with your script in this game? perhaps the IfWinActive is working, but your other commands aren't.. post the full script

[swagfag]

its ahk_exe

[Evil-e]

Hey, pepes

I am unable to get any script working for this game, as neither the window spy code nor ahk.exe method will send commands to it.
I first tried the basic y::e to see if my character moves forward and he does not. BTW, I think that WASD was not well thought out
by the early designers of key mapping for games. EDSF makes more sense for optimal LH access to keys.... but I digress

I guess the question I should be asking, is if there is a way for AHK to run on ANY window that happens to be running on my PC?
I would just make sure that no applications or explorer windows were open at the time of playing this particular game.

<--- has grown a little, but I'm still not worthy

PS> I have tried windowed-mode, as some games will only respond to AHK in this way.... but no go

[CyL0N]

1. What swagfag said, ahk_exe NOT ahk.exe
,as in #IfWinActive ahk_exe MaxPayne2.exe

2.You could try y::send, {e down}

3.Putting a hotkey outside of an #IfWinActive block or not using it at all will result in a hotkey that works anywhere.

Cheers

[Evil-e]

OK...... I got it to work

@ swag & cyLON.... I had a type-0 in my initial post, as I do have #IfwinActive ahk_exe MaxPayne.exe

Max Payne launches a dialog box for initial settings & with a button to launch the game. AHK MUST be executed
after this dialog box and PRIOR to "Play" button to launch game itself. Windows will crash if ALT+TAB or CTRL+ALT+DELETE
is used to attempt access to Desktop (windowed mode can avoid this issue, but requires many steps to get back to game)

This is the code I am using (minus the WinWait & WinWaitClose options)
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#IfWinActive ahk_exe MaxPayne.exe<--------------------------------------------------------------;this works, as AHK run and inputs console code
WinWait, ahk_exe MaxPayne.exe,
WinWait, Max Payne 1 - Fri Sep 19 13:41:50 2003 Build 97 ahk_class MaxPayne2<----------;some games work with Window Spy, not this one
WinWaitClose, ahk_exe MaxPayne.exe<-----------------------------------------------------------;will not terminate AHK upon exit
WinWaitClose, Max Payne 1 - Fri Sep 19 13:41:50 2003 Build 97 ahk_class MaxPayne2
return
$F11::ExitApp<------------------------------------------------------------- ;Prior to exit game or right-click on sys tray to close AHK
return
$F3::
{
send {F12 down}
sleep, 100
send {F12 up}
sleep, 100
send {F12 down}
sleep, 100
send {F12 up}
sleep, 100
send GetAllWeapons {enter}<--------------------------------------;all this for THAT
sleep, 100
send {F12 down}
sleep, 100
send {F12 up}
sleep, 100
send {F12 down}
sleep, 100
send {F12 up}
sleep, 100
}
return
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"F12" launches console so Max can load up on all the cool weapons that normally take the entire playthrough to aquire
Beauty is, and found this out only a few minutes ago. If a save file is created after the above console code has been input, I can
then skip AHK going forward. These weapons will be available when I launch that save.

So...... after nearly 2 weeks of on /off trying to figure out all this stuff. I could have just opened the console, typed GetAllWeapons,
key ENTER and save game avoiding AHK completely. Knowing what I know now.... well, I probably would have not done anything different,
cuz I seem to like doing this---->

WinWait & WinWaitClose options will just not work, but I don't much care at this point.

Many thanks to all who contributed to my journey