Key press instead of key release

Xence · April 2015

Hi,

I was looking in the forum for a post who talk about it but i couldn't find anything recent. In ESO, the spell fires when we release the key and not when we press it. It would be faster and more dynamic if we could fire a spell by pressing the key and not releasing it. So i have several questions :

- Does an addon like this exist ?
- If not, is it possible to create it ? (Does the API allow it)
- If not, why ?

Thanks for reading

Garkin · April 2015

- No.
- No.
- Because functions you need to use are private - it means they can't be called from within addon's code. If you want to argument that there are 3rd party tools which allows using private functions, you are right. However I don't recommend using such tools...

Xence · April 2015

Ok ! Thanks ! That was precise

However I don't understand why the key press isn't the function that the game use...

Fyrakin · April 2015

Game may use and utilize anything, but that doesn't mean everything game uses is available to be used by add-ons. Add-ons may only use whatever is allowed via UI API. If there is a potential way for add-ons to intefere with the game in unwanted by design way - this will not be available to add-ons.

Xence · April 2015

I wasn't talking about that. I was saying that they choose to activate ability when we release the key and not when we press it. Choice that i don't fully understand because it reduces the dynamic in the game (even if it's by a little).

Fyrakin · April 2015

If you press more than one key, the one you realease will activate the skill. I guess that makes sense.