Gw2 Chat Code Buddy

1. Introduction
2. Guide
3. Create the .exe yourself
4. Known Problems
5. Created using
6. Donations
7. Changelog

Introduction

You got (good) Raid Experience but you can't get into a raid group because you don't have enough Legendary Insights? 😔
You already killed a Raid Boss but you don't have the Kill Proofs anymore? 😣
You are just lazy and don't want to carry your LIs/LDs and KPs around with you and/or are too lazy to spam it? 😏

Then Gw2ChatCodeBuddy is what you need. It calculates the Chat Code for a certain amount of LIs, LDs, KPs or any other item chatcode, copies it to the clipboard and emulates the key strokes "enter" and "left control" + "v" to post it. You can assign different amounts of LIs/LDs, KPs or any other item chatcode to the Hotkeys F1-F11 (or even to any other key).

I'm currently learning Python and i wanted to do a script which may be useful for some people. :)
I use PyInstaller to pack the script into an executable. So you only have 1 file which you can easily use.

Download newest release here

Guide

YouTube Video on how to use :)

1. Download the latest release from here (as .exe)
2. Start Gw2ChatCodeBuddy.exe
3. Choose which button to assign
4. Choose LI/LD, any W1-W7 Boss Kill Proof, Fractal 100cm Kill Proof or paste codes from the wiki
5. Choose amount
6. Press "g" and enter to start (you can't use the console until you press P to pause the hotkeys)
7. Click into Guild Wars 2
8. Press the assigned hotkeys to post the dedicated chat code into the chat / P to pause hotkeys
9. ...
10. Profit?

You can now save your assignmends to a .config file by writing s and load them by writing g. By doing that, you can skip the steips 3. to 5. the next time you use it :)

Notes:

• make sure you are in the right chat and that your chatbox isn't currently open

Create the .exe yourself

YouTube Tutorial :)

1. Install Python 3.7
2. Download Project as Zip
3. Extract the Zip
4. Inside Project Folder open Powershell as Admin
5. Run following commands:
   5.1 pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt
   5.2 pyinstaller .\Gw2ChatCodeBuddy.py --clean --onefile
6. Your exe is now in the folder dist

Known Problems

"The chatbox is only kind of blinking, but nothing gets pasted"

Try to start Gw2ChatCodeBuddy.exe as administrator and try again. If it still doesn't work, try to increase the latency. Feel free to contact me, if you still have this problem, or if it could be resolved by following these steps.

"api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing"

Install windows updates. you can also get the needed .dll with an update from here:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2999226/update-for-universal-c-runtime-in-windows
tested on fresh installed win7 & 10

Created using

PyInstaller - to create executable

globalhotkeys.py I forged it from mdavey and improved it (it works now also great with python 3) ;)

key_define.py I've found it on stackoverflow and made it PEP8 compliant

Donations

As i got asked a few times, you can donate via PayPal or BuyMeACoffee to me. I've spend much of my spare time to create and update this program. Don't feel urged to donate, kind comments pay off even as much.

Changelog

V5.2 released (30.10.2020)

• fixed W6 Qadim kill proof (thanks to SanderWasser, Heycate, TanguyMrtn and Griftnix)!!
• various code improvements and beautifications

V5.1 released (13.06.2019) Thanks to Keldorb for the Pull Request!

• added Wing 7 KPs

V5.0 released (01.06.2019) Thanks for more than 2.000 downloads! :)

• custom hotkeys! Choose now between 57 possible hotkeys!
• option to remove a hotkey assignmend (e.g. if the hotkey can't be used)
• chat "blinking" fix option (only few users had this problem)
• reduced size by more than 30% (by adjusting import statements)
• temporarly save clipboard before activating hotkeys and restoring it afterwards
• more return options
• many bug fixes, code improvements and text changes

V4.5 released (30.04.2019)

• massive code improvements
• bug fixes (largos kp)
• New Feature: save / load your button assignmends to/from a .config file
• New Feature: past chatcodes (custom (8)) from the wiki

V4.1 released (02.04.2019) Thanks to gespriella for pointing out

• Added different Twin Largos KPs

V4.0 released (15.11.2018) Thanks to Keldorb and ArisenDrake for their Pull requests!

• added W6 Kill Proofs
• added Legendary Divinations

V3.7 released (05.04.2018)

• added missing W5 KP
• added Fractal 100 CM KP

V3.5 released (03.04.2018)

• added W5 Kill Proofs :)

V3.1 released (01.11.2017) Thanks to Friteusenfett for the Feedback :)

• changed escort kill proof
• fixed typo

V3.0 released (26.10.2017)

• implemented KP Chat Codes for each W1-W4 boss :)
• added f10+f11 as hotkeys
• code improvements
• added 32bit Version

V2.1 released (24.10.2017)

• choose to add li to f1-f9
• exception if offline or blocked by firewall while looking for update

V2.0 released (23.10.2017)

• removed time based spam
• added hotkey "F1" to post and "Q" to quit

V1.2 released (20.10.2017) # I had to take a ~2month break because of studying

• bug fix
• small improvement

V1.1 released (10.08.2017)

• automatically check for new version

V1.0 released (09.08.2017)