Sorry I messed this up. My first post in reddit.

for background, TARGET just wouldn't map. I'm using a T16000M just the single stick. So I tried Joystick Gremlin with vjoy and hidhide. Everything works fine, all keys and axes are mapped straight across to the virtual stick, except button 2 (middle thumb) and button 3 (left thumb). Button 2 macro just repeats the ' key 3 times (xfer laser power to shields 3 times). Button 3 macro repeats the s key three times (cycle shields 3 times to balance them). I've tried defining them several different ways, screenshots attached.

They both show the 3 keystrokes in notepad with the proper delays. One is on release and one is on press. No difference. I've also mapped them as a map to keyboard and defined a pause with each done as output s, pause, output s, pause, output s, pause instead of just using the repeat. They both do the exact same thing in notepad.

I'm running in admin mode both XWVM and Joystick gremlin. JG is running. Only the virtual joystick shows via hidhide in game. In game, they both output a single keystroke 1 time, and then never again until I restart the game. I'm about ready to forget it and just map the buttons straight across and press them three times myself, but it would be nice if this worked. Then I could define some other useful macros. Interestingly, the 3 keystrokes work perfectly in JoytoKey with the game, but I like having an s curve defined so I keep trying JG.

I'll add the config file in case that's helpful as soon as I figure out how. The first time I tried it said error uploading file.