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User:AngelRio/Flax

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Rationale

Growing flax is simple. It is one of the most basic building blocks of many construction projects. Farming it in quantities, however, present a risk to the wrist and carpal tunnel due to its repetitive nature. We plan to remedy that by using both left and right hands, and minimizing the stress on the mouse-holding hand.

This was written to remedy RSI, and not for growing flax while you are AFK. Please do not include any part of this code into fully-automated macros. Other than this restriction, please feel free to modify the code, and submit changes back. Thank you.

Instructions

  1. Load the AHK file.
  2. Position the flax menu below the TimeLoc window as shown below.
    1. Flax menu positioned below the TimeLoc window
  3. Go to overhead cartographic view (press F8 twice).
    1. Zoom in the closest level.
    2. Zoom out in 10 increments.
    3. Press Alt-L to freeze the zoom level.
  4. Start planting flax. Press the Insert key.
    1. Do not move the mouse at any time.
  5. Wait for the weeds to grow.
  6. Mouse over a flax bed and press the Delete key.
    1. Repeat for each flax bed.
    2. Do not move the mouse when until the bed has been watered, weeded or harvested.
    3. Alternatively, you can use Delete key when watering, weeding or harvesting from the left to the right, and the PageDown key when going from the right to the left.

Notes

  • Tested using 1024 x 768 resolution. If you have a different resolution, you may have to edit some of the values.

Code for AutoHotKey

PlantFlax()
{
  Loop 10
  {
    ;Wait for proper position
    Sleep, 450

    ;Put a flax seed on the ground
    Click, 503, 55
  }
}

;============================================
Delete::
MouseGetPos, MouseX, MouseY
NewMouseX := MouseX + 40
NewMouseY := MouseY

; Click on the Flax bed
Click %MouseX% %MouseY%

;Wait for the menu to show up
;Change this to a better implementation that is lag-resistant
Sleep, 500

;Click on the menu item to Water/Weed/Harvest
Click %NewMouseX% %NewMouseY%

;Finished one bed
Return

;============================================
PgDn::
MouseGetPos, MouseX, MouseY
NewMouseX := MouseX + 20
NewMouseY := MouseY

; Click on the Flax bed
Click %MouseX% %MouseY%

;Wait for the menu to show up
;Change this to a better implementation that is lag-resistant
Sleep, 500

;Click on the menu item to Water/Weed/Harvest
Click %NewMouseX% %NewMouseY%

NewMouseX := NewMouseX -60

MouseMove, %NewMouseX%, %NewMouseY%

;Finished one bed
Return

;============================================
Insert::
;Move to the right...
Click, 1024, 384

PlantFlax()

;Move down a bit...
Click, 585, 477
Sleep, 1000

;Move to the left...
Click, 0, 384

PlantFlax()

;Move to the center ready for weeding
Click, 700, 356

;End of Flax Planting
Return