ISBoxer - OK to send multiple keys at same time?

[kate]

Thank you for the in-depth responses to this, and hopefully those answers will help other people.

A couple of things I noted: I can't send [, shift+[, ctrl+[ and alt+[ at the same time - the same key but with different modifiers. I can send [\.+ however, and it works fine. Additionally, I notice if I send more than 3 keys the client tends to omit many of them or behave erratically. So, the way I handled this is I just added another 2 steps - step 1 just sends "assist me" and the actual key pressed, step 2 sends 3 keys, step 3 sends those keys with shift, and so on, as needed. Everything fires off just fine now, and it's easy to manage.

The only question I have is about press/release - are we sure that's legit? For some reason, I vaguely recall someone somewhere (helpful, right?) saying that up/down having different actions was verboten, but I can't honestly remember where. But, since I'm a total spazz and don't mind mashing keys, I just made each step for my set-up fire on release. I'm sure it is totally cool, but it never hurts to get maximum clarity.

For what it's worth, I have this set up on my system now and it is glorious. It's really going to open up the door now for me to really enjoy mixed class teams that previously were very frustrating for me.

[MiRai]

A couple of things I noted: I can't send [, shift+[, ctrl+[ and alt+[ at the same time - the same key but with different modifiers.

If you hold down CTRL, ALT, SHIFT, and [ at the same time... how do think the game sees it?

[kate]

If you hold down CTRL, ALT, SHIFT, and [ at the same time... how do think the game sees it?

I hadn't realized until that point that ISBoxer was sending exactly the same information and in exactly the same way and at exactly the same time as my keyboard if I were to have it send multiple keys in one step - for some reason I imagined it might be sending a stream of keystrokes, so it might have been as if someone were very quickly changing the modifier keys they were holding down while spamming [ or something like that. Possibly silly, but I try not to take things like that for granted. Better to ask and learn something than just assume and remain in ignorance, I say.

Edited for clarity.

[Ualaa]

Thank you for the in-depth responses to this, and hopefully those answers will help other people.

A couple of things I noted: I can't send [, shift+[, ctrl+[ and alt+[ at the same time - the same key but with different modifiers. I can send [\.+ however, and it works fine. Additionally, I notice if I send more than 3 keys the client tends to omit many of them or behave erratically. So, the way I handled this is I just added another 2 steps - step 1 just sends "assist me" and the actual key pressed, step 2 sends 3 keys, step 3 sends those keys with shift, and so on, as needed. Everything fires off just fine now, and it's easy to manage.

The only question I have is about press/release - are we sure that's legit? For some reason, I vaguely recall someone somewhere (helpful, right?) saying that up/down having different actions was verboten, but I can't honestly remember where. But, since I'm a total spazz and don't mind mashing keys, I just made each step for my set-up fire on release. I'm sure it is totally cool, but it never hurts to get maximum clarity.

For what it's worth, I have this set up on my system now and it is glorious. It's really going to open up the door now for me to really enjoy mixed class teams that previously were very frustrating for me.

I would generally make a mapped key.
It will output whatever you want, to whatever targets.

My approach is something like this:

Mapped Key A
No Hotkey
Sends this keybind to WoW
Target: Current Window

Another mapped key
Has a Hotkey
Do Mapped Key Action > Mapped Key A > In Whatever Keymap > Target: (An ATG with three toons in it)
Do Mapped Key Action > Mapped Key B > In Whatever Keymap > Target: (An ATG with three toons in it)
Etc...





Blizzard has not explicitly allowed actions on press and release.
However, the functionality exists for addons to use, because Blizzard has included that ability in their Keyboard API.

The option to use that feature is only there because Blizzard put it there.
If they decide against it in the future, they can remove it from the Keyboard API.

Numerous (not sure how many, but would guess thousands) of players use addons and/or software that does things on press and/or on release.
Blizzard has had zero issues with any of that.