Where do I start?

pappabear · Post by **pappabear** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 7:06 pm

I am an absolute newbie to the IS scene, but I'm trying to learn how to get up and going with IS. Currently, I can load pretty much any game that I want to, and aside from sending text commands with "type," I cannot really do much more. I'm not running WoW nor am I running EQ, basically I'm wanting to learn from the ground up to get IS to do what I want it to. However, I can't figure out from the wiki how IS interacts short of using the console, i.e., how do I get values from what's on the screen into IS so I can play with them. For example, I just dinged a level and I want to assign my accumulated points so I check to see if the "assign point" window is up, if not I open it. Once open, I assign the points. After assigning points, I want to check if there's any new gear that I can use, so I run another routine for this check that would consequently load up that jazz. I'm not looking for a ready-made package, but I do want to learn how to interact with games that don't all ready have an extension designed for it. Thanks in advance.

pappabear · Post by **pappabear** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 6:57 pm

So...do I just dump everything that I want it to do into a .txt file and then Load <txt file>??

eqjoe · Post by **eqjoe** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:53 am

Most games use an InnerSpace extension. Currently there are extensions for EQ, EQ2, Vanguard, LOTRO, EvE and WoW. Depending on the extension that you need, it would be found at one of these sites:

www.ismods.com
www.isxwow.com
www.isxgames.com
www.isxlotro.com

Bots or scripts are written in LavishScript (check out the wiki) or .NET.

-j

eqjoe · Post by **eqjoe** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:57 am

If you want to interact with games that don't have an extension, you would need to write a script (LavishScript) or possibly .NET that uses pixel recognition. That is, you would check the values of pixels on the screen at certain locations. An example of this can be found on www.ismods.com in the script development forum. (written for EvE if I remember right)

-j