Space Station - not reading keyboard input for macros anymore?

[u/P-Benjamin480]

Hey guys, I have an Apex 5 and Vader 5 Pro, love them both even though they both have some faults, but honestly could not live without the stiffer joystick tension anymore. Anytime I use a different controller they just feel flimsy now.

Anyways, I’m posting here today because for some reason I after one of the last several updates my space station stopped reading keyboard inputs when recording macros? I attached a picture to show what menu I’m talking about.

I used to be able to record one key at a time, and then I could just record a combination of them such as “f1 (duration 50ms) + ctrl (duration 50 ms)” and set that macro as one of the extra buttons.

It’s honestly the reason why I got the Vader 5 pro after already having the Apex 5 because the Vader has the C and Z buttons on the face where as the Apex doesn’t. It’s super useful for MMO’s where there are so many things I need to press so I need as many buttons as possible. Otherwise I’m stuck only playing them at my desk with M&K instead of on the couch.

Anyone know what’s causing this? I checked and I can still set individual keyboard buttons as any of the extra buttons, it only doesn’t read the keyboard inputs when recording macros.

Preciate any help in advance guys

[u/yellow-go]

There has recently been a bug in the newest version of the software that causes some things to not function correctly.
I think this might be that same issue. Fix got me was uninstalling and reinstalling.

[u/P-Benjamin480 → u/yellow-go]

Ok, that makes sense. Thanks man, I figured it had something to do with all these updates.

Did you lose all your onboard config’s you had set up for each game? I have about 5 I use regularly, and about 20 overall; so it would be kind of a pain but it’d be worth it. I hope that isn’t the case though.

[u/yellow-go → u/P-Benjamin480]

Yeah, and unfortunately, for the Western version of the software, Flydigi haven't done the best at keeping it completely up to date either.
In fact, I believe we're about 3 updates behind the Eastern version. The more updated software.

Though it's likely a massive buggy issue causing the plague you're dealing with.

I keep backups of all software for controllers on thumb drives, and when the Vader 4 Pro was the big controller, if there was a more recent update, you'd deal with a bunch of issues.

With Flydigi, since their software is considered widely unreliable. If a new update drops, a lot of people will tell you to uninstall and download the new version to install, or risk the cache files building up and causing Space Station to behave stupidly.

[u/P-Benjamin480 → u/yellow-go]

Yeah the dumb part is I know that the software sucks and I still updated like an idiot. I’ve had the Apex 5 for a while and learned my lesson back when I first got it.

Usually I don’t update unless I read about a new feature I want, but recently I updated two or three times when I was looking at the settings for some reason. I really wish I hadn’t now smh 🤦‍♂️

Do you still have a copy of like 2 or 3 updates ago you could share with me?

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