So, I've spent the last few hours setting up an environment where I can mute and unmute my mic using hotkeys while doing anything, be it desktop or ingame.
Desktop was easy, using built in Windows "Keyboard Shortcut" on a .lnk shortcuts properties.
But, those shortcut keys do not register when playing a game so do not work.
AutoHotKey to the rescue! It's able to register my keystrokes and execute my background Tasks to mute/unmute my mic while inside a game.
Then it dawned on me...is this going to get me shafted in PunkBuster/Anti-Cheat enabled games?
I am clearly a legitimate user of the software - it's to allow me to mute my mic as it has no hardware in-line mute switches. I've read PBBans now only issues kicks but I do not want kicks at all.
Pretty annoyed to be fair, AutoHotkey is just a scripting platform - I could use 100s of other methods to do the same for hacking purposes but I am being penalised for it's legitimate use. Hell, even my mouse comes with macro/scripting functionality but PB is not kicking for that, is it?!
My AutoHotKey script is configured to do the following:
On Ctrl + Alt + ,
Execute MuteMic.lnk shortcut (Goes on to run a schedule task that will mute the Mic)
On Ctrl + Alt + .
Execute UnMuteMic.lnk shortcut (Goes on to run a schedule task that will un-mute the Mic)
So, what is the actual state of play with AutoHotKey and the majority of gaming servers? Will it kick me JUST for having the process running or does it monitor it's interaction with BF3? All I am doing is executing 2 shortcuts in the background. Am I okay if I am not sending any mouse/keyboard inputs or is it a total blanket "NO AUTOHOTKEY RUNNING AT ALL EVER!" affair?
Desktop was easy, using built in Windows "Keyboard Shortcut" on a .lnk shortcuts properties.
But, those shortcut keys do not register when playing a game so do not work.
AutoHotKey to the rescue! It's able to register my keystrokes and execute my background Tasks to mute/unmute my mic while inside a game.
Then it dawned on me...is this going to get me shafted in PunkBuster/Anti-Cheat enabled games?
I am clearly a legitimate user of the software - it's to allow me to mute my mic as it has no hardware in-line mute switches. I've read PBBans now only issues kicks but I do not want kicks at all.
Pretty annoyed to be fair, AutoHotkey is just a scripting platform - I could use 100s of other methods to do the same for hacking purposes but I am being penalised for it's legitimate use. Hell, even my mouse comes with macro/scripting functionality but PB is not kicking for that, is it?!
My AutoHotKey script is configured to do the following:
On Ctrl + Alt + ,
Execute MuteMic.lnk shortcut (Goes on to run a schedule task that will mute the Mic)
On Ctrl + Alt + .
Execute UnMuteMic.lnk shortcut (Goes on to run a schedule task that will un-mute the Mic)
So, what is the actual state of play with AutoHotKey and the majority of gaming servers? Will it kick me JUST for having the process running or does it monitor it's interaction with BF3? All I am doing is executing 2 shortcuts in the background. Am I okay if I am not sending any mouse/keyboard inputs or is it a total blanket "NO AUTOHOTKEY RUNNING AT ALL EVER!" affair?
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