Xpadder config

Regarding the third jump, the timing on it is somewhat strict, meaning you might be able to do it using the game pad with some practice. Unless of course it's just not going in the direction you're pointing on your pad. I got mine to work just fine by mapping the d-pad on my controller to the respective arrow keys.

Yeah, you're probably right that it's a timing issue and that with more practice I will be able to pull it off consistently. Like I mentioned, it's the same when I use the keyboard, so I figured it was just me. I have the arrow keys mapped to the d-pad as well. Normally I wouldn't mind using the analog stick, especially since the game automatically sets it and unlike the buttons, there's no way to disable it. And it would free up the d-pad to be mapped to other buttons. But another issue I have is that when I try to jump down from platform to platform with the analog stick, my character just jumps straight up. It works fine with the d-pad though, so I always use that.

I've been using xpadder for a while and I fixed this since i used it on my aran, what u need to do is on the key you have assigned ( in my case ctrl).
Go to advance tab at the bottom right corner there go to the turbo tab and enable it, i have it a .10 sec.

I've been trying this out for a little awhile and it has been working 100% of the time, so looks like this fixed that issue. Thanks

You can fix the glide issue if you assign jump to a trigger if your gamepad have one.

Are you referring to the shoulder buttons? Like L1/L2/R1/R2? If so, I tried them, but the glide still hardly ever works. Jumping is really awkward with those buttons anyway