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bombcar

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Bored at work idea - "macro builder"
« on: March 25, 2010, 03:01:59 pm »
It would seem that it wouldn't be that hard to make a web-based (flash based?) application that would allow you to click boxes in a grid, and then when done it would output a macro that would Designate those boxes for digging.

Then you could sit at work designing fortresses and later output them as a macro and load them up into a world.

I think someone may have done something similar via a spreadsheet for a previous version.
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Re: Bored at work idea - "macro builder"
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2010, 04:55:12 pm »
Quote from: bombcar on March 25, 2010, 03:01:59 pm
I think someone may have done something similar via a spreadsheet for a previous version.
That would be Quickfort.
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Re: Bored at work idea - "macro builder"
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2010, 05:26:36 pm »
Yep, Quickfort. I think it even takes some weird spreadsheet format, so you could make macros at work without your boss getting suspicious!

It'll need to be updated or remade for the new version, though. If you know a thing or two about coding and simulated keyboard input, feel free to give it a shot. (Or, even better, if you wait until somebody finds the memory location for designations - keyboard inputs are notoriously prone to failed inputs screwing up the whole bleedin' macro.)
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Re: Bored at work idea - "macro builder"
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2010, 05:34:07 pm »
It won't need to be updated unless the build, designate, building options, or stockpiles menus get their hotkeys changed. And even then it'd be a simple change of 4 characters.
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Re: Bored at work idea - "macro builder"
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2010, 06:02:47 pm »
Did QuickFort output AutoHotKey macros? Because the d# versions support more general macros built into DF itself, like this one I made for bedroom towers:

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Heck of a beast, eh?
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Re: Bored at work idea - "macro builder"
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2010, 06:14:15 pm »
Quote from: bombcar on March 25, 2010, 06:02:47 pm
Did QuickFort output AutoHotKey macros?
no, it comes with a AutoHotKey version, though. Quickfort takes a .csv (i think) file and designates where to dig/build using that after you pick where the upper left corner will be.
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Re: Bored at work idea - "macro builder"
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2010, 06:18:53 pm »
Ah, but I am relegated to a Mac. ;)
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Re: Bored at work idea - "macro builder"
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2010, 06:21:21 pm »
Quote from: bombcar on March 25, 2010, 06:18:53 pm
Ah, but I am relegated to a Mac. ;)
OpenOffice?
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Re: Bored at work idea - "macro builder"
« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2010, 06:46:48 pm »
How does QuickFort interact with DF? Does it use a macro? Send keystrokes?
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Re: Bored at work idea - "macro builder"
« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2010, 06:53:15 pm »
Quote from: bombcar on March 25, 2010, 06:46:48 pm
How does QuickFort interact with DF? Does it use a macro? Send keystrokes?
i don't know, but it probably sends keystrokes.
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Re: Bored at work idea - "macro builder"
« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2010, 07:05:08 pm »
Quickfort is an AutoHotKey script (the .exe is just the compiled script), so it sends keystrokes. It was made before macros were introduced into the 40d# builds.

Quote from: Aklyon on March 25, 2010, 06:21:21 pm
Quote from: bombcar on March 25, 2010, 06:18:53 pm
Ah, but I am relegated to a Mac. ;)
OpenOffice?
AutoHotKey itself is windows only.
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Re: Bored at work idea - "macro builder"
« Reply #11 on: March 25, 2010, 07:10:13 pm »
Quote from: Elvang on March 25, 2010, 07:05:08 pm
Quickfort is an AutoHotKey script (the .exe is just the compiled script), so it sends keystrokes. It was made before macros were introduced into the 40d# builds.

Quote from: Aklyon on March 25, 2010, 06:21:21 pm
Quote from: bombcar on March 25, 2010, 06:18:53 pm
Ah, but I am relegated to a Mac. ;)
OpenOffice?
AutoHotKey itself is windows only.
oh, I thought he was talking about the .csv part. oops.
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