How to turn holding down a key into rapid presses?

[taltamir]

I need a software that will send multiple continuous button presses when I am holding down a keyboard key (for example, space bar) or I am seriously gonna get RSI.

Anyone knows of a program that does that?

 

[GoodRevrnd]

Auto Hotkey

 

[DeadFred]

Would that work with single shot or burst weapons on BF3? And if so would that be considered a cheat?

Like the OP who is worried about RSI, those weapons require too much button pressing for an old man like myself and cause me pain with any extended use.

 

[taltamir]

Auto Hotkey

It took a lot of research (including using an undocumented method of sending keystroke) but I managed to make a script that works for RPG maker games.

#MaxThreadsPerHotkey 3
F4::			; tilde is the hotkey
SetKeyDelay ,10,10
#MaxThreadsPerHotkey 1
if KeepWinZRunning	; This means an underlying thread is already running the loop below.
{
    KeepWinZRunning := false  ; Signal that thread's loop to stop.
    return  ; End this thread so that the one underneath will resume and see the change made by the line above.
}
; Otherwise:
KeepWinZRunning := true
Loop    
{
	; The next four lines are the action you want to repeat (update them to suit your preferences):
	Send, {Space}
	Sleep 50
	; But leave the rest below unchanged.
	if not KeepWinZRunning  ; The user signaled the loop to stop by pressing space again.
        	break  ; Break out of this loop.
}
KeepWinZRunning := false  ; Reset in preparation for the next press of this hotkey.
return