Creating a simple recoil script in Python

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Recoil script

A recoil script is a program that automatically adjusts the mouse position to counteract the recoil of a weapon in a video game.

Importing libraries

To write a recoil script in Python, you will need to import the following libraries:

import win32api  # Import the win32api library to interact with the Windows API
import win32con  # Import the win32con library for Windows constants
import time  # Import the time library for timing operations

If you don't have the win32api library installed you can install it with this console command:

pip install pywin32

Configuring settings

Before you can write the recoil script, you need to configure some settings. These settings will determine how much the mouse moves each time the script is executed.

# Define constants for recoil values and delay
RECOIL_X = 0  # Horizontal recoil value
RECOIL_Y = 10  # Vertical recoil value
DELAY = 10  # Delay in milliseconds between adjustments

The DELAY constant specifies how long the script should wait between each recoil adjustment. This is important because you don't want the script to run too fast or inconsistantly.

Mouse input

Define a function for mouse movement. We'll use Windows API for this.

# Defining a function that moves the mouse according to the given x and y value
def mouse_move(x, y):
    win32api.mouse_event(win32con.MOUSEEVENTF_MOVE, x, y, 0, 0)
    print(f'Move {x}, {y}')

Writing the script

The main part of the recoil script is a loop that checks for mouse input. When the left mouse button is down, the script moves the mouse to counteract the recoil.

def main():
    print('Start')
    # The main program loop
    while True:
        # Check if the F1 key is pressed to exit the loop
        if win32api.GetAsyncKeyState(win32con.VK_F1) < 0:
            break

        # Check if the left mouse button is clicked to trigger recoil adjustment
        if win32api.GetAsyncKeyState(win32con.VK_LBUTTON) < 0:
            mouse_move(RECOIL_X, RECOIL_Y)  # Send mouse input based on recoil values

        time.sleep(DELAY / 1000)  # Delay between adjustments

    print('Exit')


# Run the main program
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

The mouse_move function takes two arguments: x and y. The x argument specifies how much the mouse should move horizontally, and the y argument specifies how much the mouse should move vertically.

The time.sleep function pauses the script for a specified amount of time. In this case, the script pauses for DELAY / 1000 milliseconds, which is equal to DELAY divided by 1000. This means that the script will wait for DELAY milliseconds before moving the mouse again.