Some bot development related questions.

[Mikanor]

Yes, i am trying to develop yet another space mission bot. I found that using the SendMessage function you can simulate fire, movement in an inactive window (not minimized). Unfortunately, the selection and activation of the missions still require window to be active. Also, all image search libraries that i found, require window to be not overridden by other windows.

A question for those who are already worked in such things. How secure SendMessage function is? Should I use instead the function SendInput, which is related to the screen instead of a window.

P.S. Bot will use the Python language with pywin32 extension. And yes - it will be free and most likely open-source. Not because I do not like money, but because in my country PayPal does not accept transfers. SADFACE here.

[Mikanor]

During development, there was one not settled the question - how to catch the start of the mission. Search for the current time has not made much success. Any advice?