KeySend for Discord PTT

[CXA007]

So, I've searched around here and didn't hit on anything for the Discord PPT. Really not sure if this is the forum it belongs on as FSUIPC/WideFS works, just can't get it to control Discord PPT

Last night after Win11 forced 24H2 on my sim PC, I couldn't get a link between FSUIPC and WideFS on my secondary PC (2nd PC runs Win10)

So I updated to the latest FSUIPC and WideFS. And got everything working again. My other keysends are working fine, for OBS and vPilot.

But Discord PTT doesn't see the KeySend for F23 anymore.

I know the KeySend command is actually working because I can make OBS and vPilot see the key I want Discord to use. 

I've set everything to run as Admin but still no go.  

Anyone run in to anything like this before? 

[User]
Log=Errors+
PostKeys=Yes
KeySend1=134,16 ;Press F23 - Discord PTT
KeySend2=134,24 ;Release F23 - Discord PTT
KeySend3=135,16 ;Press F24 - vPilot PTT
KeySend4=135,24 ;Release F24 - vPilot PTT
KeySend5=133,16 ;Press F22 - OBS PTT
KeySend6=133,24 ;Release F22 - OBS PTT

 

Edited March 1 by CXA007

[CXA007]

So some more info on this... 

I installed a keyboard key press visualizer - basically a program that shows a display of keys being pressed, mostly used for video creation when your trying to show key commands.  

It doesn't show the actually keyboard inputs going active for the keys as keysend works. So I take it KeySend must be pushing commands to a virtual keyboard or something. That vPilot and OBS see. However Discord won't all of a sudden... I'd like to blame this on WIN11 24H2 update, because everything worked fine before that. But the computer with Discord is running Win10.... I did try my Win11 laptop and same issue there as well... 

[John Dowson]

Was this ever working then?

On 3/2/2025 at 9:15 PM, CXA007 said:

So I take it KeySend must be pushing commands to a virtual keyboard or something.

Keysend works via windows messages.

How are you starting the Discord PTT program? Have you tried directing the keypress to the Discord PTT program? If not, see the WideFS Technical guide from section Directing Key Strokes more precisely and onwards,

John

[CXA007]

On 3/4/2025 at 3:49 AM, John Dowson said:

Was this ever working then?

Keysend works via windows messages.

How are you starting the Discord PTT program? Have you tried directing the keypress to the Discord PTT program? If not, see the WideFS Technical guide from section Directing Key Strokes more precisely and onwards,

John

Thanks John, 

Yes it was working for a long while. I was using KeySend to send an F23 keyboard key which Discord was seeing just find. KeySend still works to vPilot PP (F24 key) and FS22 to OBS for twitch streaming. So I know it not FSUIPC/WideFS but something else. Discord forces updates weekly, so something must have changed on their end. Their Tech support is suggesting I roll back to an early version for now, but than they tell me you can't actually roll back...  🤷‍♂️

I came here to see if anyone else was having the issue. As I've tried it on 3 different PCs and its the same issue on all of them, so I was hoping it wasn't just me...  

I'm going to try and configure vJoy to pick up the KeySend and tell Discord its a joystick button that's being pressed. Maybe it will see that. 

[CXA007]

Fixed it.. until the next update LOL... But I added UseSendInput=Yes in to the config file and now things are working.. 

Never needed it before and reading the manuals, it looked to me as this was related to old voice software like RW and AVC. But seems to effect Discord now with their latest rounds of updates.

 

[John Dowson]

50 minutes ago, CXA007 said:

Fixed it.. until the next update LOL... But I added UseSendInput=Yes in to the config file and now things are working.. 

Never needed it before and reading the manuals, it looked to me as this was related to old voice software like RW and AVC. But seems to effect Discord now with their latest rounds of updates.

Ok, that is interesting. This would imply that the Discord app now uses keyboard scanning to detect keys rather than windows messages.

Thanks for the update.

John