Seeking an AHK toggle script that only fires one hotkey at a time

Lazy Macros
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Howdy all!
In the past I found an AutoHotKey script which allowed me to toggle spamming 1, 2, and 3. If 1 was running and I hit 2, 1 would stop running, so that only one hotkey would be spamming at any one time. I liked this for switching between ST and AOE etc.
Would anybody have a script like this that I could pinch?
I fear my brain is too small and smooth to figure one out myself, heh.

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Hey, did you manage to find an AHK script anywhere or do you still need one?

There are some good ones here that were made by someone in the community: https://github.com/SiderealDay/AutoHotKey/blob/master/README.md

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Hello,

Thanks for these they are a massive help.

I wonder if I may pick your brain on this as I too and not too smart when it comes to these scripts.

I also suffer from mild Carpal Tunnel so I rely a bit on these to not have to spam buttons too much.

I rn with 3 hunters, just for fun and farming but I have to manually “spam” my buttons to get the key to broadcast across all the WoW windows, in my script it looks like this:

~1::
KeyWait 1
IfWinActive, World of Warcraft
{
ControlSend,, {1}, ahk_id %wowid1%
ControlSend,, {1}, ahk_id %wowid2%
ControlSend,, {1}, ahk_id %wowid3%
ControlSend,, {1}, ahk_id %wowid4%
ControlSend,, {1}, ahk_id %wowid5%
Return
}

I saw and am now using the key hold script and it is amazing when I play on just one hunter, but is it possible to use the key hold across all the WoW windows?

This is what I would really appreciate some help with as I cannot see if it is possible.

For Reference here is the script:

#IfWinActive, World of Warcraft	;; enabled only in WoW

$1::
While GetKeyState("1", "P") {
	Send, {Blind}{1}	;; blind mode to send modifiers
	Sleep, 150
}
return
#IfWinActive	;; disable WoW context sensitivity


^PgDn::Suspend	;; Ctrl + PageDown to suspend script (if you want to chat)
^PgUp::Reload	;; Ctrl + PageUP to reload script
^End::ExitApp	;; Ctrl + End to terminate script
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Those are fantastic, thank you very much for the help!

5

A problem I’m encountering with the github toggle macros is that, say 1 is currently spamming, I have to hit 2 once to stop spamming 1, and then hit 2 again to start spamming 2. Is there any way I could make hitting 2 once both stop spamming 1 and start spamming 2, and vice versa?

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@tachi

If you are using the Toggle_Classic_2Key i think this should do it for you, just replace the 1 & 2 sections in the script with this:

$1::
Toggle1 := !Toggle1
if(Toggle2 = 1){
	Toggle2 = 0
	}
While Toggle1 {
    Send, {Blind}{0}	;; blind mode to send modifiers
    Sleep, 150
}
return

$2::
Toggle2 := !Toggle2
if(Toggle1 = 1){
	Toggle1 = 0
	}
While Toggle2 {
    Send, {Blind}{=}	;; blind mode to send modifiers
    Sleep, 150
}
return

If you are using the Toggle_Modular_2Key replace the Label sections with this:

LabelA:
If (ToggleB = 1){
	ToggleB = 0
}
If(ToggleA) {
	ToggleA := 0
	Progress, Off
	SetTimer, SpamKeyA, Off
	SetTimer, SpamKeyB, Off
} Else {
	ToggleA := 1
	;; PROGRESS WINDOW
	Progress, M B1 X1325 Y675 C1 W75 ZH-5 ZX0 ZY0 FM0 FS25 WM1 WS600 CT40FF06 CW000000, ON1,,ON1,Verdana
	SetTimer, SpamKeyB, Off
	SetTimer, SpamKeyA, %DelayA%
}
return

LabelB:
If (ToggleA = 1){
	ToggleA = 0
}
If(ToggleB) {
	ToggleB := 0
	Progress, Off
	SetTimer, SpamKeyA, Off
	SetTimer, SpamKeyB, Off
} Else {
	ToggleB := 1
	;; PROGRESS WINDOW
	Progress, M B1 X1325 Y675 C1 W75 ZH-5 ZX0 ZY0 FM0 FS25 WM1 WS600 CT40FF06 CW000000, ON2,,ON2,Verdana
	SetTimer, SpamKeyA, Off
	SetTimer, SpamKeyB, %DelayB%
}
return

If you are using another could you give me the name or post the script here so I can take a better look?

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Hi Tolv, I dont have any experience playing more than one character at a time so im not sure if I can be much help. My AHK knowledge is pretty limited to but ill do my best.

I think it could be done with some combination of what you were using in the past and now, maybe something like:

$1::
While GetKeyState("1", "P") {
    ControlSend,, {1}, ahk_id %wowid1%
    ControlSend,, {1}, ahk_id %wowid2%
    ControlSend,, {1}, ahk_id %wowid3%
    ControlSend,, {1}, ahk_id %wowid4%
    ControlSend,, {1}, ahk_id %wowid5%
    Sleep, 150
}

Im not sure if the {Blind} function works with ControlSend, some documentation states that it doesnt but I have seen posts with people using it. Give this a try to send modifiers such as Shift and Control:

$1::
While GetKeyState("1", "P") {
    ControlSend,, {Blind}1, ahk_id %wowid1%
    ControlSend,, {Blind}1, ahk_id %wowid2%
    ControlSend,, {Blind}1, ahk_id %wowid3%
    ControlSend,, {Blind}1, ahk_id %wowid4%
    ControlSend,, {Blind}1, ahk_id %wowid5%
    Sleep, 150
}

If the {Blind} doesnt work you could try hard coding some modifiers into it, here is a list of key modifiers and what might work.

Key modifiers:
< & > denote if the left or right modifier will be pressed, eg <! is left shift

  • = Shift
    ^ = Ctrl
    ! = Alt
$1::
While GetKeyState("<!1", "P") {
    ControlSend,, {<!1}, ahk_id %wowid1%
    ControlSend,, {<!1}, ahk_id %wowid2%
    ControlSend,, {<!1}, ahk_id %wowid3%
    ControlSend,, {<!1}, ahk_id %wowid4%
    ControlSend,, {<!1}, ahk_id %wowid5%
    Sleep, 150
}

Like I say though I dont know if any of this will actually work its just a guess. If it doesnt I think you would be better off either opening a new thread on the forum or opening one on the AHK forums.

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Hi Hippo,

Thank you very much for the detailed description and some possible solutions. I really do appreciate your time.

I’ll give those a try when I get home from work later, otherwise yes, I will open a new thread for it :slight_smile:

Appreciate it and thanks again to you all, these macros and support from you guys and girls are always top-notch.

Have a great day ahead.

Tolv

EDIT:

I tried them and they both didn’t work BUT I decided to change it a bit to match my own script and replaced the “$” with a “~” and now it works really well but sometimes stops working on wowid1, but will tweak it a bit and see.

You’re an absolute legend, thanks for your help, now the wife won’t kill me for spamming my buttons on my keyboard to broadcast. hahaha :smiley:

This is what I used and it works like a charm:

WinGet, wowid, List, World of Warcraft

    ~1::
    While GetKeyState("1", "P") {
        ControlSend,, {1}, ahk_id %wowid1%
        ControlSend,, {1}, ahk_id %wowid2%
        ControlSend,, {1}, ahk_id %wowid3%
        ControlSend,, {1}, ahk_id %wowid4%
        ControlSend,, {1}, ahk_id %wowid5%
        Sleep, 150
    }
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That worked perfectly, thank you very much!