Midi Designer as Game Controller

Question

Question 1:

I use Midi Designer paired with Bome Midi Translator as a game controller for a flight simulator (DCS). I have a button group set up in Midi Designer so that buttons A, B, C, D (toggle, subcontrols) will reset to their default state when I push button X (momentary, supercontrol); but I need buttons A, B, C, D to reset to their default state without sending a midi message. 

In game, buttons A, B, C, D, and X are all bound to key commands. Pressing button X in game is equivalent to pressing one keyboard button, and it resets A, B, C, D. But in Midi Designer, pressing button X sends a midi/keyboard message for all five buttons (X, A, B, C, D). In short, it makes a mess of things in game.

One fix that wouldn't require a feature upgrade would be to somehow make button X send midi last (after it fires off midi for buttons A, B, C, D). Is there a way to do that? 

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Question 2: 

I have two related toggle buttons in game, one for HOVER and one for ALTITUDE. When I push HOVER in game, it always turns on ALTITUDE, but turning off HOVER in game never turns off ALTITUDE (also, turning off ALTITUDE never turns off HOVER). Presently, I can't find a way to simulate that in Midi Designer. Basically, I need a one-way "on" supercontrol (HOVER on = ALTITUDE on). Is there a way to do that?

Also, similar to question 1, if ALTITUDE is already on, turning HOVER on should not send a midi message for ALTITUDE (any midi message for ALTITUDE will toggle it in game).

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Question 3: 

Is there any way to simulate a three-position switch in Midi Designer? These are common in flight simulator control panels.

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For what it's worth, I keep thinking of how handy it would be to have the ability to write if/then/else statements for button relationships, button states, and midi sends. This would open all kinds of configuration possibilities. 

Answer 1

Here are some very simple answers: Question 1: could “send on only” do what you need? You can set it for a button group supercontrol in options. Question 2: a subcontrol will not affect a supercontrol if the supercontrol has more than one subcontrol (even if a second subcontrol is not actually used and is hidden in performance) Question 3: You could do a three-position switch with a crossfader in MD with three ticks.

Comments

Thank you for your ideas. Question 1: I tried "send on only," but had issues with buttons in MD getting out of sync with buttons in game. I did figure out a workaround, which involves radio switches as supercontrols (buttons A, B, C, D each paired with a knob and button X); this way, button X (on) would toggle off buttons A, B, C, D in MD and only send midi for button X. I hid the knobs in the pedalboard panel. Question 2: The additional hidden subcontrol helped, but I had to separate HOVER OFF/ON functionality to two buttons to keep button states synced between MD and the game. Question 3: I've yet to try the crossfader idea, but it looks promising. Thank you for the help!

Answer 2

Here are some very simple answers: Question 1: could “send on only” do what you need? You can set it for a button group supercontrol in options. Question 2: a subcontrol will not affect a supercontrol if the supercontrol has more than one subcontrol (even if a second subcontrol is not actually used and is hidden in performance) Question 3: You could do a three-position switch with a crossfader in MD with three ticks.