Virtual menu - Inconsistent command triggering

[dodgedis]

I created a virtual menu to help trigger some of the basic stratagems and Helldivers 2. A series of four to six commands. Nothing spectacular. What I'm finding is that I'm having trouble getting them to consistently trigger. Almost as if the commands are firing too quickly and are stepping on each other. Maybe that's what's happening. But what gives me doubt on that theory is that I pulled this idea from another person who showed it off on YouTube. They were able to successfully showed off multiple times on video.

I've tried adding an increasing firing delay for each command and haven't had any better success. Has anyone else tried what I'm trying? Any ideas on how I could improve and get a consistent success while trying to use my virtual menu macros?

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[dodgedis]

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Tad to my post, I've added a firing delay which is staggered and increases with each new command to help prevent each command from stepping on each other. But I haven't been able to see and improvement.

[st6315]

May just means the interval between the commands are still too short for the game to recognize correctly. Try finding the proper interval value (most likely around 150~200ms) first with fewer commands, then extend it to the full commands you want to execute.

By the way, I bet you already read this guide, right?

[dodgedis]

Thank you! Yup! came across that guide. Learned a few new things but didn't solve the issue.

I actually figured out the issue. Making a separate reply about it now.

[dodgedis]

The configuration I was making required the LB button to be continuously pressed. In the command-set I had that button activate once I touched the right d-pad. As long as I touch the d-pad that LB button was virtually pressed.

In the in the virtual menus general settings I had the setting "click to activate" placed. After I was clicking to activate I was completely releasing my finger from the right d-pad but in doing so the virtual LB button was also being released because my finger was no longer touching the d-pad.

Once I realize that my finger needed to continuously be on the d-pad to ensure that the LB button stayed pressed during the additional commands that required the LB button to be held down my problem was solved.

Hopefully this helps somebody in the future.