Making programs work together.

[ChuckDubya@gmail.com]

I'm looking to make what's basically a macro for a computer game. But
I want this "macro" to take information from the game itself, so it's
not really a macro.

How do I access the data from my game to use in a program?

[Bengt Richter]

Re: Making programs work together.

On 16 Aug 2005 22:30:51 -0700, ChuckDubya@gmai l.com wrote:
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>I'm looking to make what's basically a macro for a computer game. But
>I want this "macro" to take information from the game itself, so it's
>not really a macro.
>
>How do I access the data from my game to use in a program?
>[/color]
How do I access the data behind your question?

Regards,
Bengt Richter

[ChuckDubya@gmail.com]

Re: Making programs work together.

Example: I'm driving a car in a game and I hit an oil slick so instead
of me having to lift off the throttle button on the keyboard, I want to
make a program to disengage the throttle as long as I'm on that oil
slick. Does that clear anything up?

[Peter Otten]

Re: Making programs work together.

ChuckDubya@gmai l.com wrote:
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> Example: I'm driving a car in a game and I hit an oil slick so instead
> of me having to lift off the throttle button on the keyboard, I want to
> make a program to disengage the throttle as long as I'm on that oil
> slick. Does that clear anything up?[/color]

Yes. Here's how to do it:

import random
import time

class Car:
def throttle(self, on):
if on:
print "full throttle"
else:
print "on that oil slick again"


class ThatOilSlick:
def __contains__(se lf, item):
return random.random() < .7

class Game:
def __init__(self):
self.car = Car()
self.thatOilSli ck = ThatOilSlick()
def play(self):
while True:
self.car.thrott le(self.car in self.thatOilSli ck)
time.sleep(.2)

if __name__ == "__main__":
Game().play()

:-)

Look here for further information:

https://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Peter

[Dennis Lee Bieber]

Re: Making programs work together.

On 16 Aug 2005 23:24:13 -0700, ChuckDubya@gmai l.com declaimed the
following in comp.lang.pytho n:
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> Example: I'm driving a car in a game and I hit an oil slick so instead
> of me having to lift off the throttle button on the keyboard, I want to
> make a program to disengage the throttle as long as I'm on that oil
> slick. Does that clear anything up?[/color]

The main question is: do you have access to the game INTERNAL
DATA... IE, how do you know you hit an oil slick -- what data is
available from the game that tells you it is an oil slick?

If all you have to go by is a visual image showing your car skidding
sideways, you have entered the realm of visual recognition AI -- and
most experiments in that realm still need cleanly defined road markings,
they don't handle shiny dark spots covering the road.
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[Magnus Lycka]

Re: Making programs work together.

ChuckDubya@gmai l.com wrote:[color=blue]
> I'm looking to make what's basically a macro for a computer game. But
> I want this "macro" to take information from the game itself, so it's
> not really a macro.[/color]

That's exactly a macro as the term is used in e.g. MS Office macros
written in VBA etc. Do you have access to the source code for the game?

[John Machin]

Re: Making programs work together.

ChuckDubya@gmai l.com wrote:[color=blue]
> Example: I'm driving a car in a game and I hit an oil slick so instead
> of me having to lift off the throttle button on the keyboard, I want to
> make a program to disengage the throttle as long as I'm on that oil
> slick. Does that clear anything up?
>[/color]

Yes.