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Lai32290
Lai32290

Reputation: 8578

How use Python to simulate keybaord click to control game?

I'm trying to create a python script to automate a game.

I already tried these libs:

My code is like this:

from directkeys import PressKey, ReleaseKey, W
import time

print("Script is gonna start in 5 seconds")
time.sleep(5)

PressKey(W)
time.sleep(10)
ReleaseKey(W)
print("Script finished")

I tested this script at notepad, it's working pretty well, but it's not working in the game at all.

I thought it was because of need to be direct input, but I think ctypes is already sending input as direct input.

How can I automate the game using python?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 6903

Answers (2)

AsianCawFee
AsianCawFee

Reputation: 1

What I did was to make sure it was running either the script or the IDE in Administrator mode. For some reason, games I wrote scripts for like Black Desert Online or CSGO only detect key presses when I am running it in Administrator.

Upvotes: 0

J0hn
J0hn

Reputation: 580

I'm going to elevate my comment to an answer since I believe it's what you're looking for.

The W is not the proper input for the PressKey and ReleaseKey functions. They're looking for hex code input. You can find the proper hex codes here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/inputdev/virtual-key-codes

The W hex code particularly is 0x57. So replace "W" with "0x57":

from directkeys import PressKey, ReleaseKey, W
import time

print("Script is gonna start in 5 seconds")
time.sleep(5)

PressKey(0x57)
time.sleep(10)
ReleaseKey(0x57)
print("Script finished")

Upvotes: 1

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