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I was exhausted from hours of fruitless endeavor. I apologize for my berserk fit of mild irony (he said ironically). Anyway, to hell with Saitek software. I have traded in Joy2Mouse--mouse emulation was lagging--for Joy2Key, a tiny program with responsive and perfectly smooth mouse emulation, plus the capacity to program multiple virtual joysticks easily, so easy even a knothead like me can do it, making the button mapping possibilities huge. I am programming my control system to work in different modes, a combat mode with all weapons armed, flight controls necessary for combat, and a flight mode--no weapons armed, buttons mapped for engines, brakes, lights, etc. It's totally fantastic. I recommend it to everyone everywhere.