keyclone v1.3c - hotstrings, extended keys, and more

[keyclone]

I have updated the main page for keyclone for the new version, v1.3c

some of the improvements with this version:

* improved (hopefully fixed) alt/ctrl/shift keys
* hotstrings
* limited extended keyboard support
* mapped mouse clicks (with scaling)
* more right-click menu options
* absolute name matching for auto-add
* upgraded setup dialog

i will also be updating the page (about time) to include some explaination on how to use hotstrings.

the mouse click mapping should be good to go... depending on the game (you can get mouse click info in numerous ways). if its not working, let me know. also, you can selectively remove one clone from receiving mouse clicks.

download and play... feedback is welcome.. just tell me what more you need.

edit: update from v1.3b to v1.3c

[Runiat]

First off let me just congratulate you on the improvements you've made to this. I've still got more hardware than CD-keys, but as soon as I decide to 3 or 4-box you'll be going to the pub yet again.

Now I do have a few questions (or, if the answer is negative, requests):

1) How well does this program work with other games? In specifics I'm thinking of lotro, World of Conflict beta, WAR beta, and WAR gold. Oh and both betas we're talking about open ones as I didn't get in the closed for either one :'(

2) How's it holding up in Vista? All I'm looking for as for stability is that it's better than the OS, which shouldn't be hard to achieve. Now that my harddrive isn't working I'm considering to switch away from Vista, but XP is too expensive and Linux too different to borther with before DX10 is out.

3) "Extended keyboard support" = ?
Non-English characters or programmable keys? If programmable; X-keys, ZBoard, or G15?
Oh and I'd love to know what the hotstrings are, too, so if you could copy-paste it when you've written it?

[keyclone]

re: other games
it is programmed to work with general windows applications. now, if the game in question is actively trying to discourage such behavior, i'm not trying to defeat their efforts.

as such, it works with shadowbane, wow, and eq2 (with inner space)... that i have heard of. if anyone has validated it with other games, hopefully they will be kind enough to share.

re: vista
as i don't have vista, and have no current plans to upgrade my hardware in order to run vista, i am unable to verify it myself. i have been told it works by people running vista, but that's all i have.

re: extended keyboard
as in programmable keyboards. if they can issue any combination of keys, keyclone should pick it up. i was in vent with someone that had a logitech G15 and he said keyclone was picking up his G keys. It wasn't assigning 'G1'.. but it was getting the 'LSHIFT+A' he associated with it. obviously i haven't tested keyclone with all the keyboards out there, nor i have tried the x-keys style yet (need a special USB hook as far as i understand.. it's on the list)

re: hotstrings
check this thread for a discussion
http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums2/v...ight=hotstring

[zanthor]

On vista the mouse clicks broadcast actually moves the mouse... so after I click in my main window it ZIPS to the 2nd and then 3rd and leaves all 3 toons facing a VERY random direction.

[keyclone]

whoa.. that's.. unexpected.

nice to see the guys in Redmond are still doing quality work. I have no idea why they would force the mouse move when a mouse click is pushed to a window. brilliant.

sorry about that, zanthor, and thanks for letting me know.. i'll see if i can do anything about it

[Notes]

Love it, keep up the good work 8)

[Hypermoo]

I'm running 3 versions of WoW on XP. There are a few things that aren't working for me.

1. I have my mount command tied to Left Ctrl + G. However, when I press that, only the character in the active window mounts. Not getting anything on the other two.

2. Round robin appears to cycle through more than just my three WoWs. Lets say I have Silence tied to the '=' key. If I spam the button enough, all 3 will cast it, but I have to hit it a lot more than 3 times.

3. Not getting my mouse clicks. My hearth stone is in the same location in all 3 character's bags. Right or Left clicking has no effect. After enabling mouse clicking and clicking something, and then trying to select another window, my non-main's views spin all over the place.

Sorry if I misunderstood how any of these are supposed to function, but that's what I'm getting so far.

Otherwise it's great. New setup is nice, and everything else works well from what I can tell.

[Fog]

Yeah, my alt, ctrl and shift still aint working either, even though I'm only using one computer and XP.

[keyclone]

re: LCtrl+G for mount
for grins, try making a keymap and add LCtrl+G with the string 'mount', save it under some name, then try right-click/load keymap on each of the clones. once the keymap is on every clone, try doing a LCtrl+G from any of them.

re: round robin not passing keys
very odd. i didn't check that as i wasn't working that area. i'll look into it

re: mouse clicks
mouse clicks across machines not working? i think i know what's causing that one... (runs off to code...)

[keyclone]

Fog, try using them with a keymap.

i was focused on the keymaps/hotstrings all weekend and didn't look back at the 'normal' key stuff. i think i've got a handle on it and will look into it tonight