AutoHotKey vs Keyclone

[Madmax]

Could someone tell me the difference between ahk and kc. I have boxed 5 priest to lvl 47 with ahk, on 1 pc with 5 windows. Is ahk for 1 pc and kc for multi-hardware rig?

Thanks

[Madmax]

Whats the best software tools for a 1 pc 5 boxer?

[Diamndzngunz]

Umm keyclone by far. Its so simple to set up. AHK requires writing scripts and what not.

Keyclone FTW

[Eteocles]

Keyclone has more features, requires less work, is pausable without having to go to the tray and click to turn on/off, and better support; less work, more functionality in a nutshell. Plus it automatically passes keys and can black or whitelist them at any time through a very very simple interface to add/remove, rather than creating/editing a script and having to re-run it every single time you change it.

I used AHK for quite awhile before I finally gave in and bought Keyclone and do not regret it one bit :p I pretty much just whitelist my movement keys and autorun which i hit alot then leave it running unpaused so all 3 boomkin attack and kill things; if i need to chat or simply shift/buff with 1 druid instead of all 3, I simply push Pause, and bam, back to controlling just the front window, do what i need, then hit Pause again to reenable it, no "Is this your main wow window?" and min/maximizing required like AHK does :p

[thinus]

Keyclone has more features, requires less work, is pausable without having to go to the tray and click to turn on/off, and better support; less work, more functionality in a nutshell. Plus it automatically passes keys and can black or whitelist them at any time through a very very simple interface to add/remove, rather than creating/editing a script and having to re-run it every single time you change it.

I used AHK for quite awhile before I finally gave in and bought Keyclone and do not regret it one bit :p I pretty much just whitelist my movement keys and autorun which i hit alot then leave it running unpaused so all 3 boomkin attack and kill things; if i need to chat or simply shift/buff with 1 druid instead of all 3, I simply push Pause, and bam, back to controlling just the front window, do what i need, then hit Pause again to reenable it, no "Is this your main wow window?" and min/maximizing required like AHK does :p

Some misinformation here.

AHK can easily be enabled/disabled inside the script. I automatically disable AHK when I press "/" and I enable AHK when I press "ESC". When "ENTER" is pressed it toggles AHK on and off. This allows me to use the chat boxes like normal and I don't have to worry about pausing and unpausing.

The whole minimizing / maximizing thing is part of the script Sorn wrote. It is not necessary at all. You can easily alter the script to send keypresses to all WoW windows if a key is pressed while a WoW window is active. If this approach is taken the need to identify a main WoW window is completely unnecessary.

[Eteocles]

I dunno if it is or not but add that pause script to the AHK thread then please ;p

[thinus]

Search for my posts, I did mention it in the AHK sticky.

EDIT: My post in the AHK sticky:


I am thinking about suspending AHK using the following keys:

/ - Force disable AHK
ESC - Force enable AHK
ENTER - Toggle AHK

So basically if I hit ENTER it suspends AHK and I can type merrily and as soon as I hit ENTER or ESC it will enable AHK again.

If I start chat by typing "/" I suspend AHK and likewise hitting ENTER or ESC will enable AHK again.

Macro editing is maybe a concern. As long as I remember to hit a / though it should all be good.

Anything I am missing?



#IfWinActive, World of Warcraft
~/::Suspend, on
~escape::Suspend, off
~enter::Suspend


I will have to confirm the code with my script at home but I think it works as shown here.

[bodefeld]

Those 10 $ / 7€ I spent on Keyclone were by far the best investment I ever made for WoW. That said, I am not really qualified to compare it to AHK. What I like about Keyclone is that it is purposely kept "not so powerful", in terms of being able to script etc. Feels safer to me.
Regards.