How to make routines skip key presses while an anti-cheat game runs

Add an If with Protected game running in front of any Press keys step. When a game with anti-cheat such as Easy Anti-Cheat, BattlEye or Vanguard is running, the routine shows a notification instead of sending keys, and runs normally the rest of the time.

Steps

1. 1

   Start from your usual trigger

   For example a Hotkey that presses a shortcut in a desktop app.

2. 2

   Check game-safe

   Add an If with Protected game running. Turn on its option to only count the game when it's the app in front, if keys to background apps are fine for you.

3. 3

   Skip and say so

   In the If branch, add Show notification with "Skipped: a protected game is running".

4. 4

   Send the keys otherwise

   Put Press keys in the Else branch, with the target app picked.

Tips

• Game-safe never opens the game's process or reads its memory; the check reads KeyRoutines' own status, so it costs nothing.
• While a protected game runs, hotkeys that need keyboard monitoring (sequences, hold, double tap, mouse buttons) pause; plain shortcuts like Ctrl+Alt+M keep working.