Conflicting Input Bindings for the Spitfire LF Mk. IX // CW

[durp]

Posting this here as this issue still persists, there is another thread from June this year but doesn't seem to attrackt much staff attention:

 

Since I just bought it and ran into that issue 2 days later.... I file a bugreport.

 

I bound the controls on a server where I started with the CW version, all fine all good. If you restart DCS and then pick the non CW version all binds are gone (not recognized, files remain untouched!) Not the most thrilling thing to see, paricularly since there are naming issues with prefixing space symbols for VKB devices since the last update (DCS 2.7.8.16140)

 

How to "fix"(workaround) it? restart DCS, reconnect to the server, pick the CW, enter the game, then swap it with the non CW variant.
The thread I linked adds also some details about it. (It might be the other way around for you, I configured the controls using the CW version spawn)

It all boils down to the config folder SpitfireLFMkIX vs SpitfireLFMkIXCW

I used a symbolid link for that.. I had a setup CW profile and needed the regular version as well, yours might be the other way around 
(and adjust the path...)

mklink /D "C:\Users\...whatever..your..username..is\Saved Games\DCS\Config\Input\SpitfireLFMkIX" "C:\Users\...whatever..your..username..is\Saved Games\DCS\Config\Input\SpitfireLFMkIXCW"

There are also simpler workarounds available by just copying the folder, but this safes me from having 2 different profiles which I cannot pick during gameplay and have to relay on the particular order what plane I pick first (good luck on a server without the CW version)

replay: not needed, also not reliable.

 

Edited December 5, 2021 by durp
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[Art-J]

6 hours ago, durp said:

There are also simpler workarounds available by just copying the folder, but this safes me from having 2 different profiles which I cannot pick during gameplay and have to relay on the particular order what plane I pick first (good luck on a server without the CW version)

Doesn't the two folder method work in MP, though? Just curious. I don't play MP, but in SP my controls always load correctly no matter if the first mission after launching DCS is with CW or non-CW Spit. Granted, If I wanted to change some assignment in both planes, I would have to do it in one, exit the game and copy-paste the "good" folder content to the "bad" one, but once you've got your controls sorted for good you rarely (if ever) change them anyway, do you?

[durp]

With the two folder method you mean a copy so you have 'SpitfireLFMkIX' and 'SpitfireLFMkIXCW' in your config/input folder? 
I didn't test that but I am pretty sure it works too. The symlink I did is basically doing the same, except it keeps the references to the other files, so whatever profile is getting written, they wind up in the same file. 

It makes sense to separate the profiles for each plane, as they do have different characteristics. All that is missing is the actual implementation (...) or a working implementation, it's partly there...otherwise this wouldn't happen.