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Issue with while loops and freepie ?
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 8:28 am
by nalfein
Hi everyone
I'm currently trying to get a while loop to work correctly in freepie in order to calibrate one of my controller with that little example script :
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global calibrating
def whileLoopTest():
global calibrating
while (calibrating):
diagnostics.watch("looping")
if mouse.leftButton:
calibrating = False
diagnostics.watch("done")
if starting:
calibrating = False
whileLoopTest()
The problem is that freepie doesn't seem to be able to get out of that loop no matter the keypress or mouse button I put as the condition. Does anyone knows where is my error or thats simply a freepie bug ?
Thanks a lot !
Re: Issue with while loops and freepie ?
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 12:11 pm
by zelmon64
Hi. If you place diagnostics.watch(mouse.leftButton) in the while loop you can see that it doesn't get updated. The following behaves like a while loop:
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global calibrating
if starting:
calibrating = True
if calibrating:
diagnostics.watch("looping")
if mouse.leftButton:
calibrating = False
else:
diagnostics.watch("done")
Re: Issue with while loops and freepie ?
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 10:01 am
by nalfein
Thanks for the answer zelmon ! It looks like the code is working as I wanted
I have a last question for you if you don't mind : Once I did the calibration code, I would like to move precisely move my mouse according to the calibration. However if I use this code:
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if keyboard.getPressed(Key.L):
mouse.deltaX = -(80)
The mouse movement isn't the same than if I press "L" 8 times
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if keyboard.getPressed(Key.L):
mouse.deltaX = -(10)
Is there a way to also fix that problem ?
Thanks !
Re: Issue with while loops and freepie ?
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 10:42 am
by zelmon64
Are you certain you get different results? I just ran a script only containing the following and as best as I can tell, pressing L eight times moved the mouse the same amount as pressing K once. I'm guessing there's something else in your script effecting it.
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if keyboard.getPressed(Key.K):
mouse.deltaX = -(80)
if keyboard.getPressed(Key.L):
mouse.deltaX = -(10)
Re: Issue with while loops and freepie ?
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 3:26 pm
by nalfein
Well I still have the same issue with (almost) the same exact code. I made a video (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J1bXQa ... e=youtu.be) so you can see that the mouse is definitely off his original position. I will try on my desktop once I get home but I'm pretty sure the same problem will occur. My guess (if the problem isn't my setup) is that keyboard.getPressed(Key.L) last more than one iteration of the code (because freepie refresh rate must be pretty high) and thus the mouse will move more that it suppose to.
Any though ?
Re: Issue with while loops and freepie ?
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 3:16 am
by zelmon64
I tried it your way with the following script but had no discrepancy between the two as can be seen in the video below. Is it possible you have another program running that interferes with the mouse like to smooth its motion? I know logitech do something like that for the scroll wheel. keyboard.getPressed should only fire once per key press as that is it's purpose.
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if keyboard.getPressed(Key.K):
mouse.deltaX = -(80)
if keyboard.getPressed(Key.L):
mouse.deltaX = (10)
[youtube-hd]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-1gbuH ... e=youtu.be[/youtube-hd]
Re: Issue with while loops and freepie ?
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 7:42 pm
by nalfein
Damn, even on my desktop I have the same result ... Well, I will perform a fresh install and use it with my old ps2 mouse to try it again to be sure. Will update when I get home again. Thanks for your help Zelmon!
Re: Issue with while loops and freepie ?
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2016 3:01 am
by zelmon64
nalfein wrote:Damn, even on my desktop I have the same result ... Well, I will perform a fresh install and use it with my old ps2 mouse to try it again to be sure. Will update when I get home again. Thanks for your help Zelmon!
Unfortunately I doubt having a different mouse plugged in would effect it.
I had a thought about using a for loop instead. This works for me:
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if keyboard.getPressed(Key.L):
mouse.deltaX = (10)
if keyboard.getPressed(Key.K):
for i in range(8):
mouse.deltaX = -(10)
[On a side note, any idea why my vid would have been flagged as violating youtube's guidelines? After appealing they put it back up but I can't figure out why they thought it might be violating something in the first place. Thanks]
Re: Issue with while loops and freepie ?
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2016 12:02 pm
by FrenchyKiel
hi fyi i have read that on Microsoft site
"Relative mouse motion is subject to the effects of the mouse speed and the two-mouse threshold values. A user sets these three values with the Pointer Speed slider of the Control Panel's Mouse Properties sheet. You can obtain and set these values using the SystemParametersInfo function.
The system applies two tests to the specified relative mouse movement. If the specified distance along either the x or y axis is greater than the first mouse threshold value, and the mouse speed is not zero, the system doubles the distance. If the specified distance along either the x or y axis is greater than the second mouse threshold value, and the mouse speed is equal to two, the system doubles the distance that resulted from applying the first threshold test. It is thus possible for the system to multiply specified relative mouse movement along the x or y axis by up to four times."
Re: Issue with while loops and freepie ?
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2016 1:28 pm
by nalfein
FOUND IT ! Thanks @FrenchyKiel for the hint
In mouse properties, pointer options, there is an option called : "Enhance pointer precision" . Once I disabled that s**t, it started to work as it was in @Zelmon64 video. Should we put this in the freepie wiki ? It could (perhap) help others users who are trying to debug their script.
edit : Damn after a while, the issue started to occur again.. Will look into what @FrenchyKiel posted. Thanks for the for loop idea zelmon but I still have the same problem.