Recently I, and a few of my friends, have been in close competition on Facebook’s “Addicted to Scrubs” trivia game. Usually I was 2nd or 3rd in our group because I did not have the free time (or desire to waste it all on silly trivia games). Recently this has changed due to a simple, compact macro creation program that I stumbled upon after some searching.
After trying several macro programs, the best one that I could find to replicate mouse clicks was Macro Recorder 4.1, by JitBit. Macro Recorder 4.1 allows you to record unlimited macros during their 28 day evaluation period. The only drawback to the evaluation is that only the first 20 commands of a given recorded macro can be compiled to an .exe while using the trial. None the less, I was able to run my macro which had far more than 20 commands by simply clicking the play all button when I was finished building the macro.
Here are the step by step instructions:
1. Download JitBit’s Macro Recorder 4.1 Demo from their website and run the .msi installer.
2. Open the trivia game on Facebook.
3. Click “Start Recording” in Macro Recorder 4.1.
4. Return to the trivia game, and begin clicking while moving the mouse up and down over the answers. (This is so that the macro will not be limited to clicking only one answer choice)
5. After about 60-80 seconds of clicking press SCROLL LOCK to end the recording.
6. Return to Macro Recorder 4.1 and click on the top row where it shows your recordings.
7. Click the INSERT REPEAT X TIMES button, and when prompted type in the number of times for the macro to repeat itself (The max is 999999).
8. Next, click on the row furthest down where your movements are displayed.
9. After this click on the INSERT END REPEAT button.
10. Last click on the Play All button on the top task bar and watch your creation rack up the points.
Note:
I have only used this for the “Addicted to Scrubs” trivia questions, yet there is no reason it wouldn’t work on any other web-based trivia game in which you click the answers. Also note that this macro only replicated your mouse clicks, in effect, it is clicking all over the screen in the area where the answers are displayed. Because most of these trivia games are php based and the window side changed to accommodate longer questions, added pictures, ect.. it may take some fine-tuning to get your macro to where it doesn’t click something it shouldn’t (such as a link navigating away from the page)
While Macro Recorder 4.1 is relatively cheat at $39.99, if you are going to use it for a few simple tasks the demo version is powerful enough.
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