AutoHotkey Auto Clicker

[Wictorian]

So I wrote a script in AutoHotkey that should click infinitely unless Esc is pressed but it doesn't seem to work. Can you spot the mistake?

 

My script:

 

Spoiler

BreakLoop = 0;
Loop,
{
Esc::
BreakLoop = 1;
if (BreakLoop = 1)
  break 
MouseClick, left
}

 

 

[PorkishPig]

Here's some things that went wrong:

• Calling the macro inside a loop, you can't do this.
• Setting BreakLoop to 1 immediately after beginning the loop, causing if (BreakLoop = 1) to test positive and break the loop.

You're looking for something like this:

#SingleInstance Force
#MaxThreadsPerHotkey 3

clickDelay := 5

ESC::
	Toggle := !Toggle
	While (Toggle) {
		MouseClick, Left
		Sleep clickDelay
	}
	Return

Explanation:

• Each time ESC is pressed, the script will switch Toggle to the opposite of its current value.
  Therefore, Toggle is switching between 1 when running and 0 when not running. The while loop will execute while Toggle = 1.
• clickDelay is the amount of time in ms between loops.
• #MaxThreadsPerHotkey ensures you can run the hotkey again during active execution.

 

[Wictorian]

21 hours ago, PorkishPig said:

Here's some things that went wrong:

• Calling the macro inside a loop, you can't do this.
• Setting BreakLoop to 1 immediately after beginning the loop, causing if (BreakLoop = 1) to test positive and break the loop.

You're looking for something like this:

#SingleInstance Force
#MaxThreadsPerHotkey 3

clickDelay := 5

ESC::
	Toggle := !Toggle
	While (Toggle) {
		MouseClick, Left
		Sleep clickDelay
	}
	Return

Explanation:

• Each time ESC is pressed, the script will switch Toggle to the opposite of its current value.
  Therefore, Toggle is switching between 1 when running and 0 when not running. The while loop will execute while Toggle = 1.
• clickDelay is the amount of time in ms between loops.
• #MaxThreadsPerHotkey ensures you can run the hotkey again during active execution.

 

 Btw it is not sleeping but I don't want it to anyways.

[PorkishPig]

1 hour ago, Wictorian said:

 Btw it is not sleeping but I don't want it to anyways.

clickDelay is in milliseconds, you'll need to use a value higher than 100 to see a significant difference.

[Wictorian]

1 hour ago, PorkishPig said:

clickDelay is in milliseconds, you'll need to use a value higher than 100 to see a significant difference.

Oh ok, thanks.