Can't set controls - resolved.

[Gadroc]

I just re-installed my pit and got hit with the bug where ok would not work once I setup my joystick. Looking in the log files I was getting the following error:

 

GUI Error: [string ".\Scripts\Input\Data.lua"]:1270: bad argument #2 to 'format' (number expected, got nil)
GUI debug.traceback: stack traceback:
[C]: ?
[C]: in function 'format'
[string ".\Scripts\Input\Data.lua"]:1270: in function 'writeForceFeedbackSettings_'
[string ".\Scripts\Input\Data.lua"]:1458: in function 'saveDeviceProfile'
[string ".\Scripts\Input\Data.lua"]:1508: in function 'saveChanges'
[string ".\MissionEditor\modules\me_options_controls..."]:93: in function 'save'
[string ".\MissionEditor\modules\me_options.lua"]:380: in function 'func'
[string "./dxgui/bind/Widget.lua"]:203: in function <[string "./dxgui/bind/Widget.lua"]:181>
[C]: in function '?'
[string ".\MissionEditor\MissionEditor.lua"]:908: in main chunk
stack traceback:
[C]: ?
[C]: in function 'format'
[string ".\Scripts\Input\Data.lua"]:1270: in function 'writeForceFeedbackSettings_'
[string ".\Scripts\Input\Data.lua"]:1458: in function 'saveDeviceProfile'
[string ".\Scripts\Input\Data.lua"]:1508: in function 'saveChanges'
[string ".\MissionEditor\modules\me_options_controls..."]:93: in function 'save'
[string ".\MissionEditor\modules\me_options.lua"]:380: in function 'func'
[string "./dxgui/bind/Widget.lua"]:203: in function <[string "./dxgui/bind/Widget.lua"]:181>
[C]: in function '?'
[string ".\MissionEditor\MissionEditor.lua"]:908: in main chunk

 

I traced the problem back to my F16 MFD's. The default profile for them are missing some default configuration for force feedback, which causes the save profile to crash.

 

To fix open "F16 MFD1.lua" and "F16 MFD2.lua" in the "DCS World\Mods\aircrafts\A-10C\Input\A-10C\joystick" folder and replace

forceFeedback = {
},

with

forceFeedback = {
trimmer = 1.000000,
shake = 0.500000,
swapAxes = false,
invertX = false,
invertY = false,
},

 

Now delete the files that begin with "F16 MFD" from your "C:\Users\<Username>\Saved Games\DCS\Config\Input\A-10C\joystick" folder. Restart DCS and you can now configure your joysticks again.

[AtaliaA1]

Rep inbound

 

+1 for that. Nice.

[slowhand]

Thx you!!!!:megalol: +1 But I'll have to owe ya. Need to spread it around.

Edited February 10, 2014 by slowhand

[EagleTwoThree]

How the f**& did you figure that out??? :huh:

 

Long story short: I configured some basic controls, then played A10C for about 10 min before deciding to get the TM MFD's. I also decided to load DCS World and access the modules through that via Steam. When I got the MFDs, I plugged them in and they were recognized in A10C. But I had a problem launching the game, so had to reinstall. Of course, that wiped my control settings, so I went back in to change them and ran in to this...

 

I found your thread after a few hours of tearing my hair out and wondering why no one else seemed to have this problem.

 

Thanks dude! :thumbup: