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    Pl45m4
    wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 09:54 last edited by Pl45m4 8 Apr 2020, 10:14
    #12

    I've never heard that AI or bots in games need to take control of keyboard or mouse... In most cases, you can bypass it and make direct inputs...
    What should your 5s-click trigger? What do you want to achieve?

    EDIT:

    Is it for a bot in your game or 3rd party software and you want to write a bot in Qt? (my suggestion above only works, if you have full access to the code, which isn't the case when you are not using your own game...)


    If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.

    ~E. W. Dijkstra

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      4 Aug 2020, 09:54

      I've never heard that AI or bots in games need to take control of keyboard or mouse... In most cases, you can bypass it and make direct inputs...
      What should your 5s-click trigger? What do you want to achieve?

      EDIT:

      Is it for a bot in your game or 3rd party software and you want to write a bot in Qt? (my suggestion above only works, if you have full access to the code, which isn't the case when you are not using your own game...)

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      rktech
      wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 17:35 last edited by
      #13

      @Pl45m4 said in Click and hold LMB:

      I've never heard that AI or bots in games need to take control of keyboard or mouse... In most cases, you can bypass it and make direct inputs...
      What should your 5s-click trigger? What do you want to achieve?

      EDIT:

      Is it for a bot in your game or 3rd party software and you want to write a bot in Qt? (my suggestion above only works, if you have full access to the code, which isn't the case when you are not using your own game...)

      Of course it's not my own game.

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      • R rktech
        4 Aug 2020, 17:35

        @Pl45m4 said in Click and hold LMB:

        I've never heard that AI or bots in games need to take control of keyboard or mouse... In most cases, you can bypass it and make direct inputs...
        What should your 5s-click trigger? What do you want to achieve?

        EDIT:

        Is it for a bot in your game or 3rd party software and you want to write a bot in Qt? (my suggestion above only works, if you have full access to the code, which isn't the case when you are not using your own game...)

        Of course it's not my own game.

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        fcarney
        wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 17:44 last edited by
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        @rktech Where does the requirement that it must be C++ and Qt come from?

        C++ is a perfectly valid school of magic.

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        • M mrjj
          3 Aug 2020, 19:06

          @rktech
          So you try to do that to OTHER application correct ?

          so while you can do that internal in Qt app like

           QMouseEvent *mEvnPress = new QMouseEvent(QEvent::MouseButtonPress, QPoint(10, 10), Qt::LeftButton,
                                                       Qt::LeftButton, Qt::NoModifier);
              QMouseEvent *mEvnRelease = new QMouseEvent(QEvent::MouseButtonRelease, QPoint(10, 10),
                                                         Qt::LeftButton, Qt::LeftButton, Qt::NoModifier);
              QCoreApplication::sendEvent(pWidget, mEvnPress);
          
              QTimer::singleShot( 5000, [pWidget, mEvnRelease]() {
                  QCoreApplication::sendEvent(pWidget, mEvnRelease);
              });
          

          It wont work for outside.

          You must use native OS calls to do that.

          Is this on windows only ?
          or you need to work on linux / macos too ?

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          rktech
          wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 17:45 last edited by
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          @mrjj said in Click and hold LMB:

          @rktech
          So you try to do that to OTHER application correct ?

          so while you can do that internal in Qt app like

           QMouseEvent *mEvnPress = new QMouseEvent(QEvent::MouseButtonPress, QPoint(10, 10), Qt::LeftButton,
                                                       Qt::LeftButton, Qt::NoModifier);
              QMouseEvent *mEvnRelease = new QMouseEvent(QEvent::MouseButtonRelease, QPoint(10, 10),
                                                         Qt::LeftButton, Qt::LeftButton, Qt::NoModifier);
              QCoreApplication::sendEvent(pWidget, mEvnPress);
          
              QTimer::singleShot( 5000, [pWidget, mEvnRelease]() {
                  QCoreApplication::sendEvent(pWidget, mEvnRelease);
              });
          

          It wont work for outside.

          You must use native OS calls to do that.

          Is this on windows only ?
          or you need to work on linux / macos too ?

          use of undeclared identifier 'pWidget'

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          • F fcarney
            4 Aug 2020, 17:44

            @rktech Where does the requirement that it must be C++ and Qt come from?

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            rktech
            wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 17:46 last edited by
            #16

            @fcarney It is not a requirement, but I want some high-level language.

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            • R rktech
              4 Aug 2020, 17:46

              @fcarney It is not a requirement, but I want some high-level language.

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              fcarney
              wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 17:53 last edited by
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              @rktech said in Click and hold LMB:

              It is not a requirement, but I want some high-level language.

              I have used that python library I pointed to you. I have automated games at home and applications at work with that library. It has functions to find the process, interface to widgets if available, it also has raw clicks based upon position. It already has all the function calls figured out for the windows platform. It is also extremely easy to use compared to a C++ solution. You most likely will not find a widget set in a game. Since they are rendering to opengl or directx. So raw clicks is your best bet.

              If you pursue a C++ solution you will have to either find an automation library or dig through the windows api to find the calls to do click events or key events.

              You could create a python based qt application and use that automation library for the backend portion of the app.

              C++ is a perfectly valid school of magic.

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              • F fcarney
                4 Aug 2020, 17:53

                @rktech said in Click and hold LMB:

                It is not a requirement, but I want some high-level language.

                I have used that python library I pointed to you. I have automated games at home and applications at work with that library. It has functions to find the process, interface to widgets if available, it also has raw clicks based upon position. It already has all the function calls figured out for the windows platform. It is also extremely easy to use compared to a C++ solution. You most likely will not find a widget set in a game. Since they are rendering to opengl or directx. So raw clicks is your best bet.

                If you pursue a C++ solution you will have to either find an automation library or dig through the windows api to find the calls to do click events or key events.

                You could create a python based qt application and use that automation library for the backend portion of the app.

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                rktech
                wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 17:54 last edited by
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                @fcarney The problem is, that I don't know Python.

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                • R rktech
                  4 Aug 2020, 17:54

                  @fcarney The problem is, that I don't know Python.

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                  SGaist
                  Lifetime Qt Champion
                  wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 17:55 last edited by
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                  @rktech said in Click and hold LMB:

                  @fcarney The problem is, that I don't know Python.

                  It's maybe a good time to learn :-)

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                  Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                  • S SGaist
                    4 Aug 2020, 17:55

                    @rktech said in Click and hold LMB:

                    @fcarney The problem is, that I don't know Python.

                    It's maybe a good time to learn :-)

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                    rktech
                    wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 17:58 last edited by
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                    @SGaist said in Click and hold LMB:

                    It's maybe a good time to learn :-)

                    I don't like the syntax, that's the problem.

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                    • R rktech
                      4 Aug 2020, 17:45

                      @mrjj said in Click and hold LMB:

                      @rktech
                      So you try to do that to OTHER application correct ?

                      so while you can do that internal in Qt app like

                       QMouseEvent *mEvnPress = new QMouseEvent(QEvent::MouseButtonPress, QPoint(10, 10), Qt::LeftButton,
                                                                   Qt::LeftButton, Qt::NoModifier);
                          QMouseEvent *mEvnRelease = new QMouseEvent(QEvent::MouseButtonRelease, QPoint(10, 10),
                                                                     Qt::LeftButton, Qt::LeftButton, Qt::NoModifier);
                          QCoreApplication::sendEvent(pWidget, mEvnPress);
                      
                          QTimer::singleShot( 5000, [pWidget, mEvnRelease]() {
                              QCoreApplication::sendEvent(pWidget, mEvnRelease);
                          });
                      

                      It wont work for outside.

                      You must use native OS calls to do that.

                      Is this on windows only ?
                      or you need to work on linux / macos too ?

                      use of undeclared identifier 'pWidget'

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                      mrjj
                      Lifetime Qt Champion
                      wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 19:07 last edited by
                      #21

                      @rktech
                      hi
                      pWidget is the widget you want to "hold"
                      but its for inside Qt app so i guess its uninteresting.

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                      • R rktech
                        4 Aug 2020, 17:58

                        @SGaist said in Click and hold LMB:

                        It's maybe a good time to learn :-)

                        I don't like the syntax, that's the problem.

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                        mrjj
                        Lifetime Qt Champion
                        wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 19:10 last edited by
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                        @rktech

                        • I don't like the syntax, that's the problem.

                        Well I don't like python syntax either but it really beats hands down the
                        syntax you will be looking at using native API to send external events to the game app.

                        So if provides the features you want to bot the app,
                        it might end up be less ugly code in python than using c++ and windows api :)

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