Trying to pinpoint 4 coordinates out of a region - iphone

Question

I created a simple macro for Piano Tiles 2 just to see if I could automate it indefinitely.
My code here:
search = true
region = {100, 500, 500, 1}
while search do
findColorTap(0, 1, region);
findColorTap(258, 1, region);
findColorTap(16758018, 1, region);
usleep(5000)
end
Works for all three tiles.
--0 being jet black notes
--258 being hold notes which have a smaller "hitbox"
--16758018 being extra notes which have an even small "hitbox"
Currently the script will check every color on the screen in a 1pixel horizontal line from start to finish (100->500), and when it returns with the color I need, it will tap that pixel once.
I'm curious how to take just 4 points from the region and check those just the same.
I'm also curious if the above is possible, would Lua be able to compile the script faster or slower than checking the region.
My thoughts would be that once findColorTap returns the value I need. The other checks are essentially wasting valuable time. But, I also know that the more intricate the code gets, the harder my phone has to work to process these commands.
I have tried:
Example 1
check = true
while check do
note1 = getColor(80,500)
note2 = getColor(240,500)
note3 = getColor(400,500)
note4 = getColor(560,500)
end
while check do
if note1 == 0 then
tap(80,500)
elseif note1 == 258 then
tap(80,500)
elseif note1 == 16758018 then
tap(80,500)
else
end
end
This ends up either not reading any notes at all or when it does catch it falls out of sync with the game.
Example 2
function fct(startX, maxX, y, increment)
for x=startX,maxX,160 do
check=getColor(x,y)
if check == 0 then
return(x)
end
tap(x,y)
end
end
v = true
repeat
fct(80,560,500) until
v == false
This one was checking correctly and much faster, but was tapping in the wrong locations.

Answer 1

The other checks are essentially wasting valuable time. But, I also know that the more intricate the code gets, the harder my phone has to work to process these commands.
The "other checks" you're calling are vastly more intricate than anything in your code.
You don't need to worry about how many lines of code you have, you need to worry about computationally expensive ones being executed a lot.
would Lua be able to compile the script faster or slower than checking the region.
You mean run faster. Compiling is done once on startup, and doesn't affect run speed.
And yes, it will be faster to check 4 pixels than hundreds of pixels.
I have tried
Saying what you've tried does us no good unless you tell us why it didn't work.
while check do
note1 = getColor(80,500)
note2 = getColor(240,500)
note3 = getColor(400,500)
note4 = getColor(560,500)
end
while check do
if note1 == 0 then
tap(80,500)
elseif note1 == 258 then
tap(80,500)
elseif note1 == 16758018 then
tap(80,500)
else
end
end
end
This looks like it will never leave the first loop (unless you're setting check inside getColor).
Also, every branch in the second loop produces the exactly same tap.
It's hard to tell what you're asking, but if the goal is to check the color at specified locations, then tap at another specified location depending on the color you found, you could do something like this:
-- which points to check
points = {
{ x= 80, y=500 },
{ x=240, y=500 },
{ x=400, y=500 },
{ x=560, y=500 },
}
-- map a found color to a resulting tap point
tapPoints = {
[0] = { x=80, y=500 }, -- these
[258] = { x=80, y=500 }, -- should
[16758018] = { x=80, y=500 }, -- be different!
}
while check do
for checkPoint in ipairs(points) do
local note = getColor(checkPoint.x, checkPoint.y)
local tapPoint = tapPoints[note]
tap(tapPoint.x, tapPoint.y)
end
end