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I have this code:

[AylinCE]

Instead of imagining pressing the key,
It is better to give the keypress.
Of course, you specify the pressure removal interval.

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Thank you for your help, AylinCE. I really appreciate it.

It seems that the keys are still not getting sent. I am not sure why.

EDIT: I can see that the keys are being sent when I execute the script, but I need them to execute inside of my assembly script once the proper conditions are met after the compare. They keys are not getting pressed once the code jumps to this area in the game.

Thanks.

[ParkourPenguin]

{$lua} blocks are executed when the script is enabled/disabled. They won't run at runtime (e.g. inside injected code).

{$luacode} is probably what you're looking for.
https://forum.cheatengine.org/viewtopic.php?t=618134

If it slows down your game (definitely shouldn't call sleep), doing it asynchronously might help:

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Thank you, ParkourPenguin. I really appreciate your help with this.

What you are saying makes a lot of sense based on what I am experiencing.

I tried using luacode, but the keys still do not seem to be getting sent to the target process.

I even tried incorporating both, doKeyPress and keyDown methods, and also even tried removing the timer. Nothing seems to be working.

Thanks.

[ParkourPenguin]

In the janky experimentation I'm doing, I guess createTimer might need to be called from the main thread.

Using events like DB suggested in that linked topic would likely be better. Maybe something like this:

[Dark Byte]

keypress only works on the foreground process

what you can try first before you code too much is to use a timer that presses the keys every 5 seconds

then swap to the game and see if the keys get handled

if not, then it's using a special kind of keyhandling and you have to find out another way to make the game see the keys

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Thank you, guys. I really appreciate your help with this.

@ParkourPenguin - The most recent script that you provided is still not passing keys to the target process. I cannot even begin to guess why, since I do not understand 95% of it.

@DB - My understanding of lua is very basic, but when experimenting yesterday, I was able to get the script to pass keys to the target process by incorporating a timer, but it just kept going and going, and I could not stop it. Unfortunately, based on what you guys have told me, I suspect that the keys are just getting sent, regardless of what is happening with the assembly in my script, so rendering it all useless anyway.

I am really surprised that a simple solution does not seem to exist for this.

Thanks.

[Dark Byte]

If keypress works then it's simple

your luacode is likely in the same thread that handles keypresses, but doKeyPress releases the key before it continues, so when your luacode returns the keys are up, so the game doesn't see it

use keyDown and keyUp

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Thanks, DB.

Your script is working, sometimes. It is really bizarre.

Similar to the other scripts, the game is slowing down when the luacode is supposed to be executing, so I know that something is happening, which is good. The problem is, it does not always do that for some reason, as if the luacode is not executing. Nothing ever happens when the game does not slow down.

The game does not slow down when using ParkourPenguin's timer createTimer(1, function(), but nothing ever happens when using that. I have tried many different things, but nothing works.

The only time that the game will actually execute the script properly, and function as intended, is if I remove focus from the target, and then move back to the target to put it in focus. But it only works the first time. After that, nothing...unless I remove focus from the target and bring it back into focus again.

The target always slows to a crawl when the code functions properly. It has never happened at full speed.

Also, the only key that seems to work is (69), which is keyboard input for 'E'. The other key (22531) is for controller triangle button...and I have never gotten it to work, no matter what I do. I have changed the game controller settings from keyboard only, controller only and the swap between controller and keyboard option.

I do not think that this is going to work. I understand if you guys do not want to bother more with it. I appreciate all of your help, regardless.

Thanks.

EDIT: I wanted to give ParkourPenguin's most recent script another chance, since I did not test it out enough. It seems to work as intended, but similar to above, it only seems to work when I change focus from the target and bring it back. Similarly, only the keyboard key (69) works, and it only works once. It does not slow the game down, though.

EDIT2: Since I could not get this to work the easy way, I just went ahead and used assembly for everything and made my injections where the game code sends those inputs. It is not ideal, and I would prefer an easier, universal approach, so if anyone else decides to respond to this thread, I will be glad to try something else.

Thanks.

[AylinCE]

Let's continue this.
1) Are you sure you are using the correct number for keypress? (22531)
Here are some recommendations;

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Thanks, AylinCE. It is good to try to expand on this, so I appreciate your help with it.

[AylinCE]

It's good to see that the topic isn't bogged down.
I hope you have more options for solution.

Note: Do not turn now for the answer. If there is a solution, you will reply when you update it. I don't want to bother you unnecessarily.
Regards, master.

[panraven]

My try.
The game is Eternium
https://pastebin.com/SNdLhKAm (copy and paste into address-list panel) UPDATED: add Foreground Process check.
It use a global memory which will be write 1 in native code when cooldown reach, then the lua timer reset it to 0 and doKeyPress.
The Timer creation script is enclosed in a 'synchronize' function, so that the script still work in case the script memory record has been set to async executed (may be by accident).

The skill key is [up] for the mage's [immolate] skill.
It seems the inject point of the code only bind to this specific skill.

The timer interval is 60ms, not sure how responsive in other game, but ok for this game.

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