How to start scripting with AutoIT

[vinnie]

When it comes time for you to make your own script, you start by creating the script file. This is done by right clicking, then going to new->AutoIT V3 Script. A new file with a .AU3 extension will be created

umm.... were do i right click?

[Kelpinn]

Help with Screenshots...

I've taken some screen shots in FFXI... and when I open them they are JPG's saved in a 512 x 382 format... But on the screen the picture is 1024 x 768... Now if I wanted to calculate the proper pixel coordinates is there another way to save the screen shot

Thanks again for the help !!

[TinyTerror]

How are you taking screen shots?

The important thing here is to make sure you are saving a 1 to 1 scale BMP of the screen. JPEGs and GIFs wont work. Try FRAPS to take screenshots.

[Kelpinn]

I was using the screenshot tool inside FFXI itself... Basically using the Prtscrn button and that saves the screenshot inside of the PlayOnline module where I can send it to myself to open it inside another program... I was using Corel to open the pic and try to get the pixel coordinates.

This other program you're talking about lets me take pics inside of FFXI ?? It runs as a background application ?? Because the FFXI runs in full screen mode...

Thanks.

[Kelpinn]

Ok, here we go... I got the FRAPS program and installed it.. tried taking a screenshot with it and it seems to work fine.. Now i've tried a couple of my programs here to verify pixel coordinates as well as color... And my program doesn't seem to be flexible enough for what i need to do... Any recommendations for a program that will accurately give me coordinates as well as pixel color ??

Second part to this post.. When you guys track the coordinates of the pixels in the GetPixelColor command... are you basically tracking a letter from the beginning, then one in the middle and then one at the end How many GetPixelColor commands are necessary to get a clean picture of the words your looking for ??

Thanks !!

[Djinn]

TinyTerror said:

If your script has no errors, it will run happily in the background. You will see a little AutoIT icon in your system tray. Clicking on this icon will pause the script. Right click and uncheck pause to continue.

What happens if AutoIT refuses to unpause?

[TinyTerror]

It wont.

[Djinn]

Well that's strange..

I installed AutoIT3
I copied a script from Hzzy to a .txt and then changed it to .au3
I loaded the script.au3 with AutoIT3
I started ffxi with 800x600 resolution and compact keyboard settings
I use the macro setting Hzzy suggests
I load up on bait, equip a fishing rod, I go into first person mode
Using ffxi windower I try and unpause, nothing.

[TinyTerror]

Scripts dont pause when you first start them up. Its likely that there are errors in the script that occured during runtime. This might look like the script is paused, but its really because of an error. Are there any error windows that pop up?

[Djinn]

Eh.. guess everything worked just fine. It was the icon in the taskbar that confused me, the doodle in front of Script Paused refused to go away. Thanks though!

[weeman]

i understand wootz ;D sorry bout all the pms just one question will it work if i simply copy your spook bot you post and pasted ?

[Mit]

Can Autoit can convert other script into its script?

[musashi]

hello
i must be stupid, but i don't understand....

AutoItSetOption("SendKeyDelay", 40);
Send ("!1");

with that, nothing moves
Ihave set a basic /ma Cure <me> on my alt+1
but it doesn't work

Is it the delay?
thank you

[Yrael]

This is my first day using this program so I may or may not have this right.....but upon using a script of:

AutoItSetOption("SendKeyDelay", 40)

Func Time()
send("Hi my names joe")
EndFunc

Time()

The letters were typed extremly fast I think if I went much lower it would miss letters.
So perhaps you should increase the KeyDelay

I've also noticed that in a lot of Tiny Terror's scripts there is not only a:

AutoItSetOption("SendKeyDelay",X)

but also a:

AutoItSetOption("SendKeyDownDelay", X)

I'm not sure what these mean (Tinyterror please help!!) but maybe its part of your problem. GL ne ways.

[Yrael]

Btw musashi do you play FFXI on the diabolos server?