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I'm trying to make a script push space every 50ms but it only does it every time I press the key. I want it to loop continuously. Here is the code:
Loop
{
^p::
Send, {Space}
Sleep, 50
return
}

Answer 1

Assuming you want to start it by Ctrl+P, you simply have to put the loop inside the hotkey execution body:
^p::
loop {
Send, {Space}
Sleep, 50
}
return
Note: It's good programming style to end your hotkeys with return, but please know that this return will never be reached! (never-ending loop)
For activating and deactivating the space sending, you might want to use setTimer like:
#persistent
active := false
^p::
if(active)
setTimer, sendSpace, off
else
setTimer, sendSpace, 50
active := !active
return
sendSpace:
send {space}
return
I don't know why but it's not working. When I press it again nothing happens and it continues pressing space.
Since it's working for me, I guess your cpu/ram is to blame. I'll quote my answer from this question here: SendInput won't work at high speed :
Looks to me like an AutoHotkey bug most likely, or wrongly sent {space}s because your RAM can't handle the heavy programs well enough.
Things I can think of that you could try:
buy a better computer.
use setBatchLines, 1ms (in the very beginning of your script), making your script sleep 20ms each millisecond and therefore consuming less cpu. This might clear AutoHotkey's mind.
SetKeyDelay, 50 might also help.
Sometimes, a pressed down modifier such as ctrl or alt, slows down windows drastically. This was at least the case under Windows Vista. So you might wanna get rid of the ^ (Ctrl) and change this hotkey to a plain p:: hotkey, for example.
If this is still no option for you, you could try this:
#persistent
active := false
^p::
setTimer, sendSpace, 50
hotKey, p, stopSendSpace, ON
return
sendSpace:
send {space}
return
stopSendSpace:
setTimer, sendSpace, OFF
hotkey, p, stopSendSpace, OFF
return
This will behave like the above (activation by ctrl+p again), but the deactivation happens with P (no Ctrl), without overriding the default behaviour