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Vallz
Profile Joined March 2011
41 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-27 16:32:58
February 27 2013 16:28 GMT
#21
As far as I know Warden does not care if you read the process memory from Sc2 (since already some acknowledged tools uses it), might aswell find the memory address which indicates that you're ingame(fully in the game), that way you can do it much cleaner.


tehemperorer
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States2183 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-27 16:49:25
February 27 2013 16:44 GMT
#22
Hey Zamiel, cool work... I refactored it a little for you according to my own little professional guidelines I do have a few questions though, if you don't mind!
1. Why the multiple s = reader.readLine();? You have 3, which means I think that only the last readLine() is actually stored. Wasn't sure if you were trying to do a StringBuilder.append kinda thing or not
2. You spawn a lot of threads, not sure if it's necessary... Main is a thread, then you invoke an anonymous Runnable (another thread), which then spawns a new thread every time Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command) is read. Check back over those!
3. There are other ways of course to do things. One of which could be taking a few command line arg into main and using those as the values that drive the program.

Here is the refactored code!
+ Show Spoiler +

/* Created by Zamiel on Feb. 26, 2013 */

import javax.swing.*;
import java.io.*;

public class SC2GameStartSwitcher {
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
//Create and set up the window.
JFrame frame = new JFrame("StarCraft II Automatic Game Start Switcher");
JLabel label = new JLabel("Detecting SC2 game starts. Feel free to minimize this window.");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(label);
frame.setSize(500,100);
frame.setVisible(true);
}

public static int getStartModule() { // returns 0 if not in a game, 1 if in a game
String s = getValue("reg query HKCU\\Software\\Razer\\Starcraft2 /v StartModule");
if (s.contains("0x1")){
return 1;
} else if (s.contains("0x0")){
return 0;
} else {
return -1;
}
}

public static int getAPMValue() {
String[] splits = getValue("reg query HKCU\\Software\\Razer\\Starcraft2 /v APMValue").split(" ");
return Integer.parseInt(splits[12]);
}

public static Process execute(String command){
try {
return Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
return null;
}
}

public static String getValue(String regValue){
try {
Process p = execute(regValue);
p.waitFor();
java.io.InputStream is = p.getInputStream();
java.io.BufferedReader reader = new java.io.BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
String s = null;
s = reader.readLine();
s = reader.readLine();
s = reader.readLine();
is.close();
return s;
} catch (Exception e){
return null;
}
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
int gameState = 0;

//Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
//creating and showing this application's GUI.
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGUI();
}
});

while (true) { // run forever
try {
Thread.sleep(10); // pause for 10 milliseconds
}
catch (InterruptedException E) {
Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
}
switch (gameState){
case 0: // not in a game
if (getStartModule() == 1) { // we are now loading the game
gameState = 1;
}
if (getAPMValue() != 1000) { // set the current APM to an arbitrary value so that we can detect a change once the game starts
execute("reg add HKCU\\Software\\Razer\\Starcraft2 /v APMValue /d 1000 /f");
}
case 1:
if (getAPMValue() != 1000) { // the APM has changed which means that loading is done
execute("wscript activateSC2.vbs");
gameState = 2;
}
case 2: // we are playing a game
if (getStartModule() == 0) { // we have left the game
gameState = 0;
}
}
}
}
}


EDIT: aww, all formatting was lost!
Knowing is half the battle... the other half is lasers.
ACrow
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany6583 Posts
February 27 2013 16:53 GMT
#23
I'm confused, the standard behavior of the game is to come to foreground when loading starts?
Is this just to shave off the approx. 10secs of loading screen?
Anyhow, if this helps people, props to you, nice that you're trying to help out!
Get off my lawn, young punks
Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4139 Posts
February 27 2013 16:59 GMT
#24
I dont think we need this in HotS. Everything is silent during the matchmaking and after you found an opponont the loading screen make a loud music like a shock for my ears, is just too loud for me.
Grubby | ToD | Moon | Lyn | Sky
ECA.BruTATroN
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States282 Posts
February 27 2013 17:04 GMT
#25
or you can just turn on sounds for sc2 in windows..
http://www.twitch.tv/brutatron
skeldark
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany2223 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-27 17:19:35
February 27 2013 17:07 GMT
#26
It does break the TOS!
The TOS dont talk about Ram or registry. It says you are not allowed to collect information about the game.
So it makes no diffrence if you read the ram, read the registry, open the sc2 folder, install the game or play the game.
Its all against the TOS.
TLDR: Blizzard TOS is not worth the bytes it is saved in.

btw you dont have to watch for a change in the apm entry (if you really do that)
there is an "ingame" entry in the reg folder.

Save gaming: kill esport
Godwrath
Profile Joined August 2012
Spain10142 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-27 17:10:14
February 27 2013 17:09 GMT
#27
I don't know, the game always had tabbed in automatically when it starts loading. Only reason to use this program is if you actually tab out outside the loading, or for some people it doesn't work the same way it does for me ?
Zamiel
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States211 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-28 06:31:58
February 27 2013 19:07 GMT
#28
tehemperorer, I appreciate the suggestions, but as you can see from a few posts back, I've already completely rewritten the program in C#, which has subsequently made it a lot cleaner. (I haven't updated the OP yet. I guess I'll do that now.)

All of the other posts contain criticisms or questions that are already addressed earlier in the thread.
"Mech is at the store buying groceries and you attack him at home. You burn his house down. And then he comes home and puts out the fire, and then you burn down the grocery store so he can't buy more groceries."
tehemperorer
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States2183 Posts
February 27 2013 19:37 GMT
#29
On February 28 2013 04:07 Zamiel wrote:
tehemperorer, I appreciate the suggestions, but as you can see from a few posts back, I've already completely rewritten the program in C#, which has subsequently made it a lot cleaner. (I haven't updated the OP yet. I guess I'll do that now.

All of the other posts contain criticisms or questions that are already addressed earlier in the thread.

Cool man!
Knowing is half the battle... the other half is lasers.
Zamiel
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States211 Posts
February 28 2013 06:29 GMT
#30
Ok, I updated the OP with the C# code and uploaded a new executable to mega.

I didn't bother to make a GUI for it, since its not really necessary, and well, I don't know how. =p

Enjoy!
"Mech is at the store buying groceries and you attack him at home. You burn his house down. And then he comes home and puts out the fire, and then you burn down the grocery store so he can't buy more groceries."
Snoodles
Profile Joined March 2012
401 Posts
February 28 2013 06:52 GMT
#31
This used to bug the hell out of me. My problems were solved when I got a 2nd and 3rd monitor. I have one dedicated to sc2 and browse between games or play streams or open build order guides on the other two.
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