PoeHUD Plugin: Flask Manager

[GameHelper]

Hello, I would like to ask you if there is possibility to set up vinktar and diamond flask for using before I click on vaalspark. I mean - I want to have active these flasks before I start vaalsparking.

Thanks for your help.

that wouldn't be possible in current scenario....
I would suggest an AHK script ( some small macro ) that click diamond,vinktar flasks then skill key ( such as 2,3 -> q )...

[exezz]

Is there any chance to find something or do you have URL for that?

[GameHelper]

Is there any chance to find something or do you have URL for that?

it's just the idea, you have to develop that....no url/link.

[exezz]

ah, im not programmator, do know how it works, eh.

[Kronix]

ah, im not programmator, do know how it works, eh.

Its really easy but first I need to know what the hotkey is for the skill you want to use, and then the # of the potions you want it to use before it uses the skill.
Basically all we're doing is telling the system that (only when the game window is open), when you press the letter Q for example, it will quickly press 1 2 Q
The only problem with this approach is if you want to type something in chat. If you typed "quick" in chat, the system would have actually typed "12quick" even though you didnt. To remedy this we can do one of two things: a) we use a hotkey that is rarely used, or a combination. My mouse has two extra buttons on the side which in AHK are interpreted as 'xbutton1' and 'xbutton2'. Therefore, I could tell AHK to use flask 1 and 2, then press Q if I'm holding 'xbutton1' and press Q, and this leaves 'xbutton1' free for other hotkeys as well opening up many options for other skill combos.
Or, b) we set AHK to pause the script when the 'Enter' key is pressed. That way, when you open the chat, the script is paused and the Q key will function normally. When you press enter again to send the message in chat, the script will then unpause and resume operation. If you try to work out exactly step-by-step what you want to achieve, macros can be pretty easy.

Now, the actual script would only be a few lines long, with the actual hotkey only being something like:

q::Send 12q

Enter::Pause

Anyways, I can help you make this script if you tell me the info I requested above, and let me know which of the approaches you'd prefer (rarely used key or combination, or the latter option). I'll post an .ahk file for you so you can just save it and run.
Also, go ahead and download Autohotkey as well.

[exezz]

Its really easy but first I need to know what the hotkey is for the skill you want to use, and then the # of the potions you want it to use before it uses the skill.
Basically all we're doing is telling the system that (only when the game window is open), when you press the letter Q for example, it will quickly press 1 2 Q
The only problem with this approach is if you want to type something in chat. If you typed "quick" in chat, the system would have actually typed "12quick" even though you didnt. To remedy this we can do one of two things: a) we use a hotkey that is rarely used, or a combination. My mouse has two extra buttons on the side which in AHK are interpreted as 'xbutton1' and 'xbutton2'. Therefore, I could tell AHK to use flask 1 and 2, then press Q if I'm holding 'xbutton1' and press Q, and this leaves 'xbutton1' free for other hotkeys as well opening up many options for other skill combos.
Or, b) we set AHK to pause the script when the 'Enter' key is pressed. That way, when you open the chat, the script is paused and the Q key will function normally. When you press enter again to send the message in chat, the script will then unpause and resume operation. If you try to work out exactly step-by-step what you want to achieve, macros can be pretty easy.

Now, the actual script would only be a few lines long, with the actual hotkey only being something like:

q::Send 12q

Enter::Pause

Anyways, I can help you make this script if you tell me the info I requested above, and let me know which of the approaches you'd prefer (rarely used key or combination, or the latter option). I'll post an .ahk file for you so you can just save it and run.
Also, go ahead and download Autohotkey as well.

Hello man,

Thank you so much for reply to my post. Yea, I rather tell you what I am using and what hotkey do I need to click before spell. I want to use diamond flask on button 3 and vessel of vinktar on button 4 before I click vaalspark.

and how you described b) version it sounds very good. I appreciate your help, Could I message you in PM?

[GameHelper]

Hello man,

Thank you so much for reply to my post. Yea, I rather tell you what I am using and what hotkey do I need to click before spell. I want to use diamond flask on button 3 and vessel of vinktar on button 4 before I click vaalspark.

and how you described b) version it sounds very good. I appreciate your help, Could I message you in PM?

does your VaalSpark have an Hotkey?

[exezz]

yes, VaalSpark is on button Q.

[misterhacker]

Zaafar,pls,can you tell me,did i need to change something in json file,if i want Dying sun to be on flask slot 4 and Atziri Promise on flask slot 5? I ask for this,because i using both flask when i play with Spectral throw,or with Kinetic blast. That both flask is on flask slot 4 and 5.

[GameHelper]

Zaafar,pls,can you tell me,did i need to change something in json file,if i want Dying sun to be on flask slot 4 and Atziri Promise on flask slot 5? I ask for this,because i using both flask when i play with Spectral throw,or with Kinetic blast. That both flask is on flask slot 4 and 5.

slot doesn't matter, put flask in any slot u want.

[misterhacker]

slot doesn't matter, put flask in any slot u want.

Ok man,you are the number one.
And last maybe stupid question,because,maybe i am pro noob,what to say.
Can you tell me,whether there is an option,to activate both flask(Dying sun and Atziri promise),before when i press for attack? I mean,i always want to active frist Dying sun and Atziri Promise,before my first attack,when i fight with Shaper or Uber atziri?


Thank you in advance for your reply

[frozzarn]

Today I encountered my fourth death using this flask manager + cports in LHC. I dont know what the problem is it just feel sooo much slower than the ahk from badplayer which is unfortunatly 32bit.

First rip:
Settings: Exit at 35%HP, 2k max life, capped resists.
Death: Killed by running with bleed effect in curel dried lake.
Dno how he failed to exit by bleed would have been time to manually esc exit but I believed he would do it automagicly.

Secon rip:
Settings: exit @ 40%, 2,5k max life, capped resists.
Death: Opening a xoph breach in cruel dried lake which caused huge fps drops but there still would have been time to manually exit after being below ~20% for seconds before actual death.

Third rip:
Settings: exit @ 40%, 2k max life (summoner), 5 cold res.
Death: fighting cruel piety when she went cold arrow form and 2 shit me, first shot brought me far below 40% but it did not exit before the second shot hit. You know the intensity she shoots with.

Fourth rip:
Settings exit @ 35%ES, 9k max es, LL support with all resists above 80%
Death: Shield charged in to a pack of tanky zombies which slowly ripped my ES away just like bleeding would and I was too scared to try to manually exit in case that I would mess something up hitting esc. But it didnt exit and I died anyhow.

I dare to say that not a single one of these deaths would have occured with badplayers ahk script which I previously have been using, I have however survived a couple of times because of successfull exit's as well using this flask manager. And the option to pop offensive flasks is awsome, along with the option to pop them on skill use.

Can I mess something up by pressing esc?
Can I mess something up by holding shift, ctrl or something alike?
Is the exit depending on the frame rates or is it checking the memory address?
Am I doing something wrong or do others experience this as well?

Great work on the plugin, I've used this for weeks!

[GameHelper]

There must be something wrong with your setup. It should exit extremely fast.
Normally I put auto exit at 20%-25% and only place I die is when someone 1 shot me. I have 9k ES. and around 100 ping/latency

That being said, I would like to know your latency/ping.
Also, Do the following experiment
-> go out of town
-> put auto-quit to 80% or something
-> turn on debug mode and try to die
-> then exit poehud and look into "autoflaskmanagerDebug.log" to see when is actual auto-quit happening?


If it's slow, I would recommend remove/delete cports.exe form poehud folder and put it into c:\windows\system32 folder and retry above experiment.




Can I mess something up by pressing esc? No. Do anything you want and it won't mess the plugin.
Can I mess something up by holding shift, ctrl or something alike? No
Is the exit depending on the frame rates or is it checking the memory address? memory address
Am I doing something wrong or do others experience this as well?you are doing something wrong

Ok man,you are the number one.
And last maybe stupid question,because,maybe i am pro noob,what to say.
Can you tell me,whether there is an option,to activate both flask(Dying sun and Atziri promise),before when i press for attack? I mean,i always want to active frist Dying sun and Atziri Promise,before my first attack,when i fight with Shaper or Uber atziri?


Thank you in advance for your reply

you can drink offensive flask on skill use.
just go to offensive flask menu and turn off ( red color normally ) drink on ES/Life
and turn on drink of skill use.

[frozzarn]

There must be something wrong with your setup. It should exit extremely fast.
Normally I put auto exit at 20%-25% and only place I die is when someone 1 shot me. I have 9k ES. and around 100 ping/latency

That being said, I would like to know your latency/ping.
Also, Do the following experiment
-> go out of town
-> put auto-quit to 80% or something
-> turn on debug mode and try to die
-> then exit poehud and look into "autoflaskmanagerDebug.log" to see when is actual auto-quit happening?


If it's slow, I would recommend remove/delete cports.exe form poehud folder and put it into c:\windows\system32 folder and retry above experiment.




Can I mess something up by pressing esc? No. Do anything you want and it won't mess the plugin.
Can I mess something up by holding shift, ctrl or something alike? No
Is the exit depending on the frame rates or is it checking the memory address? memory address
Am I doing something wrong or do others experience this as well?you are doing something wrong

Thanks for getting back to me @zaafar

I've spent some minutes this morning testing with debugging enabled. Set it to quit at 8x% life and went to dried lake testing with white mobs just outside. It was just as fast as I belive the earlier mentioned AHK script was.

Ping is stable in the range between 40-55 ping in "normal situations", however I have noticed it approaching 2-300 in stressfull situations now whilst testing.
FYI specs: 250/250mbit, gtx 1080, 2600k@stock, 1440p monitor

As I can remember I have stuttered in most situations where I have died ( except the piety one ), this might be connected to the latency.

I will continue investigating with debugging and report back if/when I find something usefull.

Edit:
I did some reading about this and concluded that lockstepping networking mode (which prevents desyncs) causes heavy load to the server which in turn spikes the latency and causes stuttering/lags.

I'm currently trying out predictive mode again for the first time since forever and actuly belive I just survived because of it.
Exit set @ 35% and debugLog shows 4 (sucessfull) tries to exit the game at 26,3% health the same second.

I was ready to sacrifise this character for the sake of testing but I actuly belive that this was it, If I had entered this fight with lockstep I strongly that belive this would have been my fifth rip. I witnessed no increase in latency nor experienced any stutter before this exit.

[GameHelper]

I did some reading about this and concluded that lockstepping networking mode (which prevents desyncs) causes heavy load to the server which in turn spikes the latency and causes stuttering/lags.

I'm currently trying out predictive mode again for the first time since forever and actuly belive I just survived because of it.
Exit set @ 35% and debugLog shows 4 (sucessfull) tries to exit the game at 26,3% health the same second.

I was ready to sacrifise this character for the sake of testing but I actuly belive that this was it, If I had entered this fight with lockstep I strongly that belive this would have been my fifth rip. I witnessed no increase in latency nor experienced any stutter before this exit.

-> yes, I play in predictive mode too.
-> Well, if plugin is trying to exit the game 4 times then it's not the plugin that isn't fast. and it's 26.3% cuz it's not even a second, it's 10 - 100 miliseond interval.

cool, i will add that in my FAQs to use predictive mode.
happy gamming.