DAoC dual-boxing

Yes, that definition is for Machine #2 with my 2 scouts. The hotkey set to a macro on their hotbar with /dance. They both dance synchronously when the physical keyboard #2 is pressed.

When I mouse over, (I think) Synergy is telling each computer that the main keyboard is on Machine #1. When I press 6 from the main keyboard on the 2nd machine, Show Keystrokes says "key name = <6> virtual key code = 54 scan code = 7" but there is no action.

The hotkey definition says <SendPC Local>... my thought basically ends there, they're just not talking >.<

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Originally Posted by 'Ryjara',index.php?page=Thread&postID=32952#post32 952

When I press 6 from the main keyboard on the 2nd machine, Show Keystrokes says "key name = <6> virtual key code = 54 scan code = 7" but there is no action.

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That does not mean HKN 2 is recognizing a hotkey. If HKN recognizes that the hotkey is pressed, you will see something in the window labeled "Hotkeys pressed on this computer."

Ya, there's nothing in that section "HotKeys pressed on this computer," It's empty :(

Let me be sure I understand.

(1) You press 6 on keyboard 2. Hotkey fires on PC 2.

(2) You press 6 on keyboard 1. You see "key name = <6> virtual key code = 54 scan code = 7" on HKN 2. But hotkey doesn't fire on PC 2.

Is that right?

Do you have a hotkey defined for 6 on PC 1?

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Let me be sure I understand.

(1) You press 6 on keyboard 2. Hotkey fires on PC 2.

(2) You press 6 on keyboard 1. You see "key name = <6> virtual key code = 54 scan code = 7" on HKN 2. But hotkey doesn't fire on PC 2.

Is that right?

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Yes, that is correct :D

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Do you have a hotkey defined for 6 on PC 1?

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HKN is not loaded on PC 1. I could, however, use the Server/Client feature in HKN and do it that way, and it would work. Yes, I could do it this way, but then I have the issue of wanting to run a repeat/loop on that command through AHK and the keystrokes don't get through, possibly because of the keyboard hooks?

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Originally Posted by 'Freddie',index.php?page=Thread&postID=32956#post3 2956

What do you see in the output windows on HKN 2 when you fire the macro using Keyboard 1?

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HKN 2 has no output from anything done from PC 1 keyboard.

Here's some pics :D

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...a/diagram1.jpg
PC #2
http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...a/diagram2.jpg


^^

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HKN 2 has no output from anything done from PC 1 keyboard.

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But you see "key name = <6> virtual key code = 54 scan code = 7" when you press 6 on keyboard 1, correct?

(I'm asking to be 100% sure about this because this combination of facts seems very puzzling to me.)

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Originally Posted by 'Freddie',index.php?page=Thread&postID=32964#post3 2964

But you see "key name = <6> virtual key code = 54 scan code = 7" when you press 6 on keyboard 1, correct?

(I'm asking to be 100% sure about this because this combination of facts seems very puzzling to me.)

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:D yes, very puzzling.

You are correct. I see the keys I press (from PC 1) on PC 2's HKN window on the "Show Keystrokes" portion.

Posted by accident.

Let me ask you this. You did these two things:

1. Pressed 6 on keyboard 2 and the hotkey fired correctly.

2. Pressed 6 on keyboard 1 and saw ""key name = <6> virtual key code = 54 scan code = 7" " but the hotkey did not fire.

Here's the question: Did anything change about the computer's state or program's state in between those two actions?

For example, did you:

Change a hotkey definition?

Load a hotkey file?

Close and reopen HotkeyNet?

Is it possible that you accidentally turned off hotkeys on HotkeyNet?

Edit: Did the target windows (the game windows) close by the time you tried keyboard 1?

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Let me ask you this. You did these two things:

1. Pressed 6 on keyboard 2 and the hotkey fired correctly.

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Yes.

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2. Pressed 6 on keyboard 1 and saw ""key name = <6> virtual key code = 54 scan code = 7" " but the hotkey did not fire.

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Yes.

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Originally Posted by 'Freddie',index.php?page=Thread&postID=32968#post3 2968

Here's the question: Did anything change about the computer's state or program's state in between those two actions?

For example, did you:

Change a hotkey definition?

Load a hotkey file?

Close and reopen HotkeyNet?

Is it possible that you accidentally turned off hotkeys on HotkeyNet?

Edit: Did the target windows (the game windows) close by the time you tried keyboard 1?

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No. Only HKN is running on PC 2, to control the 2 scouts. I only have that one definition, plus the renaming definition.

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<hotkey ctrl R>
          <sendpc Local>
            <rename "Dark" "daoc1">
            <rename "Dark" "daoc2">

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Thanks for your help and attention so far :D This is exciting!

You made me so curious that I just installed Synergy and watched HotkeyNet receive keystrokes in the debugger. Then I said doh! because the explanation for the strange behavior turned out to be extremely simple. I think this new build will do what you want:

HotkeyNet build 56

Thanks for letting me know about this. This change will make HotkeyNet work better with a lot of programs, not just Synergy.

:love: :love: :love: :love: :love: OMG IT WORKS!! I'm doing a /dance just for you!! :D heheh! You're amazing!!

Freddie is da man

Just for you Freddie :love:

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...a/sshot066.jpg

I have 5 machines.
The 2 scouts are on PC 2
2 clerics on PC 1
1 sorc on PC 3
1 armswoman on PC 4
1 friar on PC 5 (ubuntu linux)

:D

I just wish DAOC allowed more than 2 clients per pc, would make my life much easier.
I dont have enough pcs to run 8 QQ

I know! That'd be even more fun >.<

5 banshees 2 druids 1 bard ftw

You guys rock! :thumbsup:

It's an honor and a privilege to crank out new bulds for you!

Couple more questions freddy.

#1 is it possible to make the tilde key (~`) functional? I cant seem to make it a hot key.
#2 I mentioned it before, but forgot what you said, are you planning on letting hot keys be more than 1 key press in the future? I.E. I hold space bar and chars keep jumping till I release it.

#3 you mentioned something about a buffer of sorts with the delay testing I was doing, did that get implemented? and if so, how did it change the way I use my macro?

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Originally Posted by 'PyrostasisTDK',index.php?page=Thread&postID=33380 #post33380

#1 is it possible to make the tilde key (~`) functional? I cant seem to make it a hot key.

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Hey Pyro. Yeah. Tilde is typed by different keys depending on Windows's language setting, so turn on "Show keystrokes" and press tilde to see the name of that key on your keyboard. On my keyboard the name is <GRAVE>. Here's a definition for my keyboard that gets triggered by the tilde key and then types a tilde.

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<Hotkey grave>
    <SendPC Local>
        <SendWin Untitled>
            <shift grave>

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#2 I mentioned it before, but forgot what you said, are you planning on letting hot keys be more than 1 key press in the future? I.E. I hold space bar and chars keep jumping till I release it.

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Yep. The schedule is the buffer next, then background WoW, then hold downs.

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#3 you mentioned something about a buffer of sorts with the delay testing I was doing, did that get implemented? and if so, how did it change the way I use my macro?

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I haven't touched it since you tested. I needed a break. :)

Why, did it turn out that SetFocusDelay isn't good enough to play with?

oh no thats fine, just wanted to make sure I was on the cutting edge of your versions

That's great. Seriously, that motivates me to work faster on it.

I'm confused about WoW. I saw a few comments on bulletin boards saying HotkeyNet doesn't send to WoW in the background, so I figured I'd have to add a ControlSend command like AutoHotKey has. But I just finished installing WoW and tried HKN's SendWinMF with it, and it seems to work fine in the background. What am I missing here?

Edit: My mistake. I can only find one comment ike that in Google, and they were talking about SendWinM before SendWinMF got added to the program.

Just activated my 3 daoc accounts so Ill be testing and most likely bugging the hell out of you.

Another thing, do you have any form of comments in your system? So like I can // key to remove it temporarily from a file? would make it so I only need one file, and I can comment my own stuff so at 4am and I get macro nuts, the following day I know what the hell I was thinking.

Excellent. I'm looking forward to getting bugged. Good or bad, feedback keeps going.

Yeah you can use // for a comment, but it has to be at the start of a line due to a bug which will be fixed in the next build.

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// ---------------------------------------
// THIS COMMENT WORKS
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<hotkey grave>
    <sendpc local>
        <sendwinMF Dark>
            <grave>  //  BUT THIS COMMENT WILL CRASH THE PROGRAM DUE TO BUG

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I just fixed that bug real quick but didn't have time to test the new build (number 57), so I put it on the site as "experimental." It should let you put // in the middle of a line.

awesome Ill test it out shortly

Hey Freddie! :love: Just wanted to say that you're awesome and I've been having tons of fun with your program since your new releases ^^

I also introduced my friends who like dual-boxing (or more!) to your program and they really love it too :D

One thing we did notice though, you know how the hotbars in daoc switch with Shift 1-10? (or whatever key modifier, like ctrl or alt)

HKN works only for the local machine <sendpc local> but it doesn't seem to do it when sending the same exact command for any of the clients <sendpc 192.168.1.101> for example, to switch the daoc hotbars.

It would look like this:

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<Hotkey numpad1>
<SendPC Local>
<SetFocusDelay 0 50>
<SendWinBackgroundDAOC daoc1>
<shift 2>
<SendWinBackgroundDAOC daoc2>
<shift 2>
<SendPC 192.168.1.25>
<SetFocusDelay 0 50>
<SendWinBackgroundDAOC daoc1>
<shift 2>
<SendWinBackgroundDAOC daoc2>
<shift 2>

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Thanks a bunch for your hard work :love:

Thanks a lot for the kind words. My current work build has changed a lot since the last public build, so instead of me looking at the problem now in the older build that you're using, I think we should wait till build 59 goes up on the site. If the problem still exists in that new build, I'll work on it.

But I'll say two things that might help. Every time somebody has told me that a command behaved differently on a local and remote machine, the reason turned out to be that the hotkey trigger included a shift, alt, or ctrl key, and they were still holding down that key when the hotkey executed, causing the games on the local machine to see something different from the games on the remote machine.

I'm having issues with this as well. I want to broadcast the command shift + 2 to my other clients/computers (to switch bars) and I can't seem to get it to work. any idea's?