UPDATED-STATEMENT: 20181102@112800@SUN Post created
UPDATED-STATEMENT: 20181104@133200@TUE Suggested pre-requisite code that worked only for a short while
UPDATED-STATEMENT: 20190101@184318@TUE Pre-requisite code no longer works in csgo anymore and never had with kf2 so I need help with another solution as to why it doesn't work perhaps an update happened preventing it from working for csgo


win10_v1803.17134.345_home

autohotkeyahk_v1.1.30.00

How to hold w when holding XButton1 on Logitech G502 using AutoHotKey? Problem is when holding the key with the script below it just sends a single output and not producing typical Windows-behavior which is really holding it (see below for example). Keep in mind that just because i'm intentionally using this for the purpose of playing fps games, but globally remapping it is much easier than including every game I so happen to play to be part of changing the LogitechG502's control buttons.

I think it's cool to move forward in-game while grabbing hot cheetos with my other hand

Would suggestions here make games wanna change?

Are games becoming dependent to knowing what their users are keystroking?

PROBLEM

• I don't have a way to remap XButton1 on my LogitechG502 to replicate holding w
  
  
  
  
  • ahk-while command works but doesn't behave properly and acts as a press-release-press-release really fast even when slowed down using ahk-sleep
  
  
  • see below for solution on setting up several ahk-commands to remap LogitechG502's XButton1 to w to move forward while ingame
  
  
  
  

SOLUTION

• None-so-far
  
  
  
  
  • Code suggested by user3419297 no longer works after a csgo update that was relevant to this very post
  
  
  
  

SAMPLE

• Notworking: XButton1::SendInput, w ; mouse advanced button back as holding forward in-game
  
  
  
  
  • Holding for 3-sec, XButton1 (w/ script above) gives me: w
    
  
  
  • Holding for 3-sec, w gives me: wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
    
  
  
  
  


• Worksbutimproperuseoftoggle (or fast repetition of pressing down W):
  
  
  
  
  • doesn't replicate holding w properly as this method is way faster of a repeat even when slowed down by ahk-sleep
  
  
  
  

$XButton1::

       while GetKeyState("XButton1", "P")

       Send w

       return

• Workbutnotanymore
  
  
  
  
  • This pre-requisite code doesn't work anymore after 2-months of usage and perhaps that may be due to a csgo update as I don't have another fps shooter to test it with
  
  
  
  

#NoEnv

#SingleInstance Force

#InstallKeybdHook

#InstallMouseHook

#UseHook

#If WinActive ahk_exe csgo.exe || WinActive ahk_exe game2.exe || WinActive ahk_exe  game3.exe

    XButton1::w

#IfWinActive

This should work:

; maximum number of hotkeys that can be pressed within 2 seconds (default rate of hotkey activations)

; without triggering a warning dialog:

#MaxHotkeysPerInterval 10000



$XButton1::

while GetKeyState("XButton1", "P")

{

    Send w

    Sleep 20 ; ms or more if you  want to reduce the frequency of the send command 

}

return

Untested.

https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/While.htm

https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/_MaxHotkeysPerInterval.htm

Try also the remapping:

#NoEnv

#SingleInstance Force

#InstallKeybdHook

#InstallMouseHook

#UseHook



#IfWinActive Title of my game



    XButton1::w



#IfWinActive

Replace Title of my game with the exact title of the game window as shown in Window Spy.

https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/_IfWinActive.htm

EDIT:

You can use the #If- or the #IfWinActive- directive to create context-sensitive hotkeys for more than one applications/windows:

#If WinActive("Title of my game1") || WinActive("Title of my game2") ; "||" means "OR"



    XButton1::w

    XButton2::x



#If WinActive("Title of my game3")  



    XButton1::a

    XButton2::b



#If  ; turn off context sensitivity



; In all other applications/windows you can make XButton1 and XButton2 to do something else, e.g.:



XButton1:: Send ^c  ; copy

XButton2:: Send ^v  ; paste

https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/_If.htm