[EM] Key injection not recognized *Fixed*

[ellishawn]

I have made a control panel for Evochron Mercs with a program called Touch-control and a iPad. It uses AutoHotKey scripts to inject keys into the host PC from the network. It works with several games I have just like typing keys on the keyboard.

When I'm at the Windows desktop, I can use it and see the keys appearing in a notepad program or whatever. However, in Evochron, it does not recognize the keys I press even in the "configure keys" screen if I go in there to set a key, it does not see the Touch-control keypresses.

Can anyone shed any light on how Evochron get's it's keypresses and how that might not be working with this or what I might do to get it to work? This works with every other game I have tried it with, so I'm surprised to see it breaking with Evochron Mercenaries.

If we can get it working, I will post some pics and the config files for others to use a cool iPad-based control panel with Evochron!

[Edited on 1-11-2012 by Vice]

[Vice]

Interesting, I haven't used or tested the program myself, so I'm not sure how it feeds out signal data. The game uses the 'scancode' method of key input, a pretty standard DirectX/DInput input system. It'd be a bit surprising if such a program couldn't support scancodes (especially if it's geared toward supporting games on Windows), perhaps it has an option menu that lets you select different key input modes?

[ellishawn]

Actually, I just figured it out, it turns out I had to use "Send, {h down} Send, {h, up}" instead of just "Send, {h}" like my other games, I think it has to do with DirectInput because this is one of the methods suggested in the FAQ of AutoHotKey.

As promised, I will post my config and pics shortly as soon as I fix the rest of the commands on the touch interface.

[Edited on 1-8-2012 by ellishawn]

[49rTbird]

ellishawn, Welcome to the forum and the Sim. Have fun and hope to see you in Multi-Player sometime.