Code Colors

[psicrash]

Hi

Does anybody know how to send the starcraft code colors with visual basic?

I tried to use the function SendKeys, but it doesn't work.

I'm trying to make a simples program to change the color of my messages in-game without use name spoof.

Can you help me?

[lpxxfaintxx]

Way too advanced for you (advanced for me too)... is it just me or since I began making macros every noob is trying to copy me..?

[bulk_4me]

Not possible. You could try to directly edit the String Proto, but that would only work locally. To send colors to other players you need to create a custom string and use the fxn that handles that.

[indulgence]

You can't use send keys to send non printable characters.... you shouldnt use sendkeys anyway.

[SubZero]

This problem stumped me when I tried copying Drakken and Indy's colour spammers. I coded everything with sendkey then realised that it won't print colours.

But that was a LONG LONG time ago. How nostalgic.

[LCSBSSRHXXX]

Use write process memory.

[indulgence]

I guess I will clarify a bit why you shouldnt use SendKeys... then I will post a sticky...

The reason "SendKeys" should not be used in any program is two-fold:

• You can't "Direct/Control" where the KeyPress events are going to go. They will only goto the Active window - which can switch at a moments notice via another window "notifying" or an alt+tab, or a myriad of other reasons. You can "SetActiveWindow" but it can lose focus as said in the previous sentence.
• You can't send Non-Printable Characters or Unicode text... not really functional, eh?

In regards to the first I will give you a worst case scenario to explain why this is a bad thing.
say your application walks the following menus...
[File] [Edit]
[New] [Examine...]
[Exit]

and your code looks like

SendKeys {Alt+F} ' I dont know the alt char b/c im not lame and dont use sendkeys
SendKeys {N}
SendKeys {Alt+D} ' See: Above
SendKeys {X}

Now if i lost focus for the split second b/w Alt+F & N and then regain before X -- My application will exit and I will have been wtf pwnt.

Had I used SendMessage to send Menu commands to the window (.. or WM_KEYPRESS events *wink wink*) I would have been perfectly fine - as it sends to the INDIVIDUAL window -- not to whatever window wants to be active.

Reminder: this makes kittens cry. So, please, don't use SendKeys and make the kittens cry.

[lpxxfaintxx]

I guess I will clarify a bit why you shouldnt use SendKeys... then I will post a sticky...

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I'm using Sendkeys for BagFullOfSh1t and I gotta admit its pretty $hitty.. makes random terran buildings lift up... makes units go crazy..

[indulgence]

Then you are a victim of either some window momentarily getting keypress focus - or your "macro" is bad.

[LCSBSSRHXXX]

I'm using Sendkeys for BagFullOfSh1t and I gotta admit its pretty $hitty.. makes random terran buildings lift up... makes units go crazy..

Dammit just use write process memory for macros!

[lpxxfaintxx]

Too late now, almost half done with the project. Also, would anyone teach me or give me a link to a tut?

[K? Pŕo?ćtiόnŹ]

Too late now, almost half done with the project. Also, would anyone teach me or give me a link to a tut?

At least use GetActiveWindow to make sure Sc is the window with focus...

Heres some verrry old, nasty code I used a while ago to write stuffs to its buffer...

Private Sub SendChatMsg(Message As String)
Dim i As Integer
Dim address As Long
Dim Character(1 To 100) As Byte
On Error Resume Next
For i = 1 To 72
Character(i) = Asc(Mid(Message, i, 1))
If Character(i) = 0 Then Exit For
address = ColorLoc + (i - 1)
WriteProcessMemory Sc.PHandle, address, Character(i), 1&, 1&
Next i
End Sub

ColorLoc being the address of the chat buffer thingeh.

And after that was called I would SendMessage Sc.hwnd,WM_CHAR,13,0 twice.

[psicrash]

I'd already tried to use writeprocessmemory before trying to use SendKeys function, but the address memory, always changes.

[K? Pŕo?ćtiόnŹ]

I'd already tried to use writeprocessmemory before trying to use SendKeys function, but the address memory, always changes.

Find the address that holds the address of the chat buffer.

[Mr_Mooo_Cow]

I'd already tried to use writeprocessmemory before trying to use SendKeys function, but the address memory, always changes.

I've made a color spammer before and I too ran into that DMA problem with the text offset, I used a really welfare way and made my program search certain ranges for a match to the text offset, it worked but it was surely not the most efficient way.

Edit : True :( I messed up. :P

[K? Pŕo?ćtiόnŹ]

I've made a color spammer before and I too ran into that DMA problem with the text offset, I used a really welfare way and made my program search certain ranges for a match to the text offset, it worked but it was surely not the most efficient way.


I have tried this, maybe I am wrong but does the chat/text offset have a static pointer? I remember when I was messing around with it I thought I had found the pointer but it soon changed as well as the actual text offset.

How do you think Sc knows where it is?

[indulgence]

Find the offset for the dynamic pointer to the text just *ONCE* -- then do a hex search in tsearch for the value of the offset (reversed obviously)...
Ie: Text is stored at 10A4450A
Search for 0A45A410 hex