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m.a@stars wrote on Fri, 21 January 2011 12:14

Interesting! Why aren't you using the "next" button and the "enter" key, I wonder?

I would love to be able to play entirely by keyboard. Is there a way to use keyboard for Queue detail? I use keyboard as much as I can, but have not discovered way of detailing the number of ships to build. My humble obeisance before a master

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neilhoward wrote on Tue, 25 January 2011 17:29

[email m.a@stars[/email] wrote on Fri, 21 January 2011 12:14]Interesting! Why aren't you using the "next" button and the "enter" key, I wonder? I would love to be able to play entirely by keyboard. Is there a way to use keyboard for Queue detail? I use keyboard as much as I can, but have not discovered way of detailing the number of ships to build. My humble obeisance before a master

with regard to using automation,
keyboard entry recording is better, as it could be used by most other users... but when I did this it was a first idea and I just clicked away in record mode. Also keyboard entries are easier when editing the script, than mouse coordinates.

the number of ships to build is done by having the input boxes with user entry stored into variables. This comes in my next video, the input boxes.

I will post the entire routine, in text, that I used to do the part of the demo video that does the ship building. This includes the input boxes and the loops to do repeats. Just don't anyone try to run it on your screen as the coordinates will likely be different. lol
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WinWait, Stars!,
IfWinNotActive, Stars!, , WinActivate, Stars!,
WinWaitActive, Stars!,

InputBox, shipno, ship type number, Enter number of ship type on list., , 300, 150
Sleep, 100

shipverify = %shipno%
; on my screen the first item on production list is at
; cursor position 25+16, the next item is 16 down, etc.
; item(ship) 3 would be 25 + (16*3) in making selection
shipno := 25 + (16 * shipno)


InputBox, planets, Number of Planets, Enter number of planets to queue., , 300, 150
Sleep, 100


InputBox, ships, number of shps to build, Enter number of ships to queue., , 300, 150
Sleep, 100

; on my screen 70 is the cursor row location for first planet on planet summary window
planetrow := 70

;MsgBox [, Options, Title, Text, Timeout]
MsgBox, 4, , .You entered ship type %shipverify%`n Build on %planets% planets`n %ships% ships on each planet`n Do you want to continue?`n (Press YES or NO)
IfMsgBox No
return


WinWait, Stars!,
IfWinNotActive, Stars!, , WinActivate, Stars!,
WinWaitActive, Stars!,
MouseClick, left, 225, 48
Sleep, 100
MouseClick, left, 229, 57
Sleep, 100

Loop, %planets% {

WinWait, Planet Summary Report,
IfWinNotActive, Planet Summary Report, , WinActivate, Planet Summary Report,
WinWaitActive, Planet Summary Report,

MouseClick, left, 118, planetrow
Sleep, 100
MouseClick, left, 429, planetrow
Sleep, 100

WinWait, Production Queue,
IfWinNotActive, Production Queue, , WinActivate, Production Queue,
WinWaitActive, Production Queue,

MouseClick, left, 570, 44
Sleep, 100

loop, %ships% {
; double click ships and loop until all entered for the planet
MouseClick, left, 89, %shipno%
MouseClick, left, 89, %shipno%
Sleep, 100
}
MouseClick, left, 643, 559
Sleep, 100

Sleep, 100
; increment to the next row on planet summary screen to select
; next planet, on my screen it is 17 down per planet row
planetrow := planetrow + 17

}

Sleep, 300

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[Updated on: Wed, 26 January 2011 13:04]

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neilhoward wrote on Wed, 26 January 2011 00:29

Is there a way to use keyboard for Queue detail? I use keyboard as much as I can, but have not discovered way of detailing the number of ships to build.

It can be done, though it's not so intuitive as with the mouse.

When you enter the Queue window (by hitting the 'q' key), the left-side has the focus, so you can use the Arrow keys to navigate all the items to build there.

Hit TAB once and focus shifts to the right-side, where again you can navigate thru the list with the Arrow keys.

A 2nd TAB gets the focus on the "Add" button, which you can press with either SPACE or ENTER. Repeat until done. You can also navigate the other buttons with more TABs or with the Arrow keys.

One interesting feature of the "Add" and "Remove" buttons is they can be pressed together with the "Shift" and "Ctrl" keys to work in tens and hundreds instead of single units.

And then there's the "Next" button to take you to the next planet on the list.

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BlueTurbit wrote on Wed, 26 January 2011 07:57

I did a mouse move to position mouse cursor at top of production window. Then it does a loop and moves down in increments until mouse reads the highlighted (green on my screen) color of the ship type that the down arrow key stopped on.

Why do you need the mouse for that? Can't you use TAB to select the "Add" button and then activate it with SPACE?

On a related note: I wonder if there's other software out there for this kind of key-pressing automation.

On another note: a nice app would be shifting planet routing to new hot-spots. That currently takes a lot of work.

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m.a@stars[/email] wrote on Wed, 26 January 2011 07:20] BlueTurbit wrote on Wed, 26 January 2011 07:57 I did a mouse move to position mouse cursor at top of production window. Then it does a loop and moves down in increments until mouse reads the highlighted (green on my screen) color of the ship type that the down arrow key stopped on. Why do you need the mouse for that? Can't you use TAB to select the "Add" button and then activate it with SPACE?

That's correct! Thanks. I knew there was a better way. Missed that little add button and space. Maybe battle fatigue got to me. So I'll change the mouse parts to tabs and spaces, and repost.

Well at least I learned how to detect screen colors with mouse. Now I can scan the map for MTs and purple wormhole demons.

EDIT: I changed the script and replaced the other script in my previous post. Much shorter now.

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