just getting started: sending keystrokes

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

Hello, I am a newbie to applescripting, and am willing to learn.

Just to get me started, i wanted to know how to send keystrokes (perhaps in a loop) to a game i have (ghost recon). I would like to just press (F9) and then it would send the keystroke “w” which is move-forward in the game. then upon hitting (F9) again, or someother hotkey, the loop will break. can anyone start me off? any help or direction is appreciated. Thanks

#2

Welcome. Sorry to say that games are notoriously unscriptable and AppleScript can’t do what you want without outside help. Not a good place to start.

#3

Thanks for the tip. I would have spent days trying… Where is a good place to start? Other scripting languages? Perl? Thanks