Using a controller...

Yes, but the problem I ran into which it sounds like the OP was having is that the in game options don't allow you to assign button combinations with joysticks.

For instance, with the keyboard commands the buttons on your second power tray might be accessed with Ctrl+1. Ctrl+2, etc. So with the joystick you might want to assign the second power tray commands with the top left shoulder button (call it J5) in place of Ctrl - J5+J1, J5+J2, etc. for the second tray. But the in game options won't recognize (or wouldn't last time I attempted to use it) button combinations on the joystick for mapping purposes. I've run into this problem with a LOT of games on the PC, which is why I'm glad of Saitek's keymapping program for their joysticks.

With my controller I have the left shoulder buttons mapped as Ctrl and Alt, which gives me 23 power tray commands to work with and a jump button. In some games I've also used Ctrl+Alt+<number> for another 8 commands.

To the OP: before using a third party program, I'd check your controller's official website (if they have one) and see if they have first party mapping software.

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One problem with that: Microsoft has never released the driver for the chatpad to PC users despite great demand; It's an x-box 360 exclusive bit of hardware. And while someone somewhere has probably made an app that allows the chatpad to be used as a PC keyboard, I'm not fond of downloading unnecessary 3rd-party software when a standard keyboard and mouse still do the trick just fine.

Believe me, if I could be using that setup to play MMOs without having to track down some random app, I probably already would be.

Hmm...if you used Joy2Key, would you then be able to use the right analog stick?

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