1.5.8.12265 Cannot Export Control Profiles

[Why485]

Starting with the 1.5.8 openbeta, when I try to export my controls, no new file is created.

 

For example:

 

1. Go to Settings > Controls > Select an aircraft
   
2. Click on any of the cells under a column that represents a controller (e.g. Keyboard, Saitek Pro Flight X-55 Rhino Stick, etc)
   
3. Click Save Profile As
   
4. Save a file with any name
   

 

After doing this, I never see a new file created. Right now I'm trying to export my Harrier controls from 1.5.8 to the just released 2.2, but I cannot export the controls. It doesn't seem to matter which module I try to do this with. It is not unique to the Harrier.

 

It also doesn't seem to matter where I try to save the file, nor does the name of the file itself. (For the record, I usually put it under Saved Games\DCS\Saved Controls.) I've tried putting it in different folders in Saved Games, and even on different hard drives.

 

Running as administrator made no difference either.

[Art-J]

Just curious - any particular reason why You want to do it using "save as" method instead of just copying relevant folders from 1.5.8 to 2.2 as most of us do?

[Why485]

Doing it this way just seems like the more "official" and supported way to do these kinds of things.

 

I'm always going back and forth between different builds of DCS, so I find it easier having a common directory where I dump control setups and then loading them when compared to manually moving files around.

[Art-J]

Fair enough. Though I might argue that in both methods the net effect is the same, i.e. same strings of characters end up in relevant .lua files anyway.

 

I'm always going back and forth between different builds of DCS, so I find it easier having a common directory where I dump control setups and then loading them when compared to manually moving files around.

 

Oh, so do I, but my backed-up common directory is "Config/Input" one, which I copy between my three installs when needed :D. I find it way faster with less mouse clicking than the official method.

 

I do agree however, that copy method isn't good and simple when moving install to another computer, this is the case (albeit a rare one I'd say) where exporting/importing should be safer and faster. And if it doesn't work, as you noticed in the first place, that's certainly something to report.