FFXIV Better Autokey

For all your background afking needs. Put FFXIV on a submonitor and afk while doing something else.

Caveats

In order to be fully automatic while doing other things in the background, FFXIV needs to be in windowed mode on your display #2

Setup

Currently for Windows only due to background keystroke working for win32

• Python LATEST recommended: 3.8+ (https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/)
• Manage Python Versions On Windows Reference: (https://changhsinlee.com/windows-py-launcher/)

Check PATH during installation

How To Run

Run/double-click cmd.bat

Commands

Key

Description: key [KEY] [INTERVAL]

Primarily for afking or background afking

Example:

# Press c for opening and closing character menu every 60.5 seconds
(BetterAutoKey) key c 60.5
Interval: [60.5] in secs
> Pressing c <wait.(60.5)>
...

# Map each key to a specific interval
(BetterAutoKey) key 1,2 2.5,3
Interval: [2.5, 3.0] in secs
> Pressing 1 <wait.(2.5)>
> Pressing 2 <wait.(3.0)>

Craft

Description: craft [OPT:list] [macro_name] [OPT:amt] [OPT:repair=true|afk=true|pot=0|food=0]

Background automated crafting

Adding/Deleting macros:

• Make a new one word file to macros/ folder with the example template below:

KEY 1
/ac Reflect <wait.3>
/ac Manipulation <wait.2>
/ac "Waste Not" <wait.2>
/ac Innovation <wait.2>

KEY 2
/ac "Preparatory Touch" <wait.3>
/ac "Preparatory Touch" <wait.3>
/ac "Groundwork" <wait.3>

Command Examples:

(BetterAutoKey) craft list
['4star.txt', 'dura40.txt', 'test.txt']

(BetterAutoKey) craft dura35
>>> Press CTRL+C to quit.
>>> Amount not specified, running until CTRL+C is pressed.
>>> Using macro: dura40
...

(BetterAutoKey) craft dura35 12
>>> Press CTRL+C to quit.
>>> Amount specified: 12 crafts.
>>> Using macro: dura40
...

(BetterAutoKey) craft dura35 12 repair=true
>>> Press CTRL+C to quit.
> Options selected: repair
>>> Repair Key: 3
>>> Craft Item Key: 4
>>> Using macro: dura40
...

# food=15 means that you have 15 minutes remaining on your current food buff
# food=0 means you have no food buff on, and apply it before crafting
(BetterAutoKey) craft dura35 12 food=15
>>> Press CTRL+C to quit.
> Options selected: repair
>>> Repair Key: 3
>>> Craft Item Key: 4
>>> Using macro: dura40
...

Config

Adjusting sleeps Timers:

There are 3 sleep steps during a craft:

• prestart: Sleep after selecting the Synthesize button, before starting the craft
• poststep: Sleep added to after final due to speed of next key press
• postfinish: Sleep added after finishing the craft due to speed of next key press

Examples:

(BetterAutoKey) config sleeps prestart 1.5
> Config set: prestart to 1.5.
> Wrote new config to .craft_config.json.

Adjusting buttons:

• repair: The key for your repair menu (default is hotbar key '4')
• craft_item: The key for the item you are crafting (default is hotbar key '5')

Examples:

(BetterAutoKey) config buttons repair 2
...
(BetterAutoKey) config buttons craft_item 3
...

Adjusting repair Settings:

• threshold Repair has a threshold setting for how many crafts finished before starting to repair

Examples:

(BetterAutoKey) config repair threshold 91
...

Development

Vim pyright environment access (no pywinauto intellisense, but better than nothing):

• Linux venv: . ./run linux
  • pip install -r linux_requirements.txt