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I have been reading over MSI's code but I have no idea what averagePixelShift. Could someone please explain exactly how it works?

function MSI_IsAnimating(Anim: TAnimation): Boolean;
var
  avg: integer;
begin
  with Anim do
  begin
    avg := averagePixelShift(pixelBox, interval, maxTime);
    result := inRange(avg, minPixelShift, maxPixelShift);
    MSI_SubDebug('Average pixel shift: ' + intToStr(avg));

    if (result) then
      MSI_SubDebug('Player animation: ' + anim.name);
  end;
end;  

^ Taken from MSI if someone wants to reference it.

{*******************************************************************************
function PixelShift(B: TBox; Time: Integer): Integer;
By: marpis
Description: Calculates how many pixels change in box B during time T.
Date: Nov. 29, 2009
*******************************************************************************}

So what this would do is it would count how many pixels have changed in the box that you set in the time that you set. Used to detect movement in mining,woodcutting ect

im guessing by how it is used there, it calculates an average pixel shift. so it checks pixels at intervals until the max time is reached. it then calculates a average with the results. inrange checks if the average result given by averagepixelshift is in range of maybe the script's values. (minPixelShift, maxPixelShift)

Moved to scripting help

As your player does various activities, or moves around in RS, your characters pixel turn on/off or "shifts". That function determines how many pixels are being turned on or off during a set amount of time in a given box.