DCS keeps losing keybindings

[Gil80]

I have Warthog HOTAS + Cougar MFDs and every week or so, I have to rebind many keys.

Has anyone experienced that?

 

[TKhaos]

I have, sometimes after a patch and sometimes randomly so just keep a back up of the Saved Games folder, could just back up the Input/Config folder but I saved my settings per aircraft in the InputUserProfiles folder as well so could do that as well if you save settings manually. I actually back up the entire Saved Games folder, whith the acception of Mods.

I can't remember the name but many people use a small program to handle keybindings so they aren't lost during patch updates, I'm sure someone will post the name of it.

[Tom Kazansky]

4 hours ago, Gil80 said:

I have Warthog HOTAS + Cougar MFDs and every week or so, I have to rebind many keys.

Has anyone experienced that?

 

even when the DCS keybinds seem to be gone, sometimes (btw. every time I saw them gone) they are still there as a file with the old ID in its name. Only the USB ID of your input device may have changed.

here is a thread with some answers and the solution for those cases:

 

[Gil80]

16 hours ago, TKhaos said:

I have, sometimes after a patch and sometimes randomly so just keep a back up of the Saved Games folder, could just back up the Input/Config folder but I saved my settings per aircraft in the InputUserProfiles folder as well so could do that as well if you save settings manually. I actually back up the entire Saved Games folder, whith the acception of Mods.

I can't remember the name but many people use a small program to handle keybindings so they aren't lost during patch updates, I'm sure someone will post the name of it.

What I found to be common among losing keybinds, is that it mostly happens with keybinds that have a modifier in them.

 

[TKhaos]

7 hours ago, Gil80 said:

What I found to be common among losing keybinds, is that it mostly happens with keybinds that have a modifier in them.

I noticed that as well, quite often when it did happen the default controls would work but nothing that was bound using a modifier.

[Tom Kazansky]

interesting. in the case of lost keybinds with modifiers, is the "modifiers.lua" file still there and does it show some odd entries (i.e. do the ID's in the modifier.lua fit to the ID's of the input devices?

(path e.g. C:\Users\{username}\Saved Games\DCS\Config\Input\A-10C\modifiers.lua

["JOY_BTN4"] = {
        ["device"] = "LEFT VPC Throttle MT-50CM3 {D74506E0-DD2F-11ed-8004-444553540000}",
        ["key"] = "JOY_BTN4",
        ["switch"] = false,

matches:

C:\Users\{username}\Saved Games\DCS\Config\Input\A-10C\joystick\LEFT VPC Throttle MT-50CM3 {D74506E0-DD2F-11ed-8004-444553540000}.diff

)

[Devrim]

For a test or working on any mod or something, sometimes I run DCS without any HOTAS connected.

Later, when I run DCS with my HOTAS, I see that DCS doesn't recall the modifier. I have to set modifier again. (No problem with keybindings).

[Tom Kazansky]

1 hour ago, Devrim said:

For a test or working on any mod or something, sometimes I run DCS without any HOTAS connected.

Later, when I run DCS with my HOTAS, I see that DCS doesn't recall the modifier. I have to set modifier again. (No problem with keybindings).

That's exactly the case I am curious about. (Edit:) next time, could you please check whether the modifiers.lua of that module shows any entries (odd or correct ones as I described in my last post above yours)?

Edited November 14, 2024 by Tom Kazansky

[silverdevil]

On 11/12/2024 at 12:07 PM, Gil80 said:

I have Warthog HOTAS + Cougar MFDs and every week or so, I have to rebind many keys.

Has anyone experienced that?

 

i use a utility called DCS Update Witching Utility by Bailey (DCS v2.7.7.15038). there are several buttons that backup inputs and configs as a zip.

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3315428/

it works with the latest DCS version.

Edited November 17, 2024 by silverdevil

[sleighzy]

Random question, do you use the clickable cockpit mod?

[Gil80]

10 hours ago, sleighzy said:

Random question, do you use the clickable cockpit mod?

I play the F18, so yes.

[MAXsenna]

15 minutes ago, Gil80 said:

I play the F18, so yes. 

Mod = modification ≠ module. 

He's asking if you use the "Ckickable Cockpit Mod", a modification that enables a clickable cockpit in FC modules, which often gives strange problems in various parts of the game. 

Cheers! 

On 11/12/2024 at 7:27 PM, TKhaos said:

I have, sometimes after a patch and sometimes randomly so just keep a back up of the Saved Games folder, could just back up the Input/Config folder but I saved my settings per aircraft in the InputUserProfiles folder as well so could do that as well if you save settings manually. I actually back up the entire Saved Games folder, whith the acception of Mods.

I can't remember the name but many people use a small program to handle keybindings so they aren't lost during patch updates, I'm sure someone will post the name of it.

You thinking about Quaggles? 

[TKhaos]

5 hours ago, MAXsenna said:

You thinking about Quaggles?

I remember you posting about it before so downloaded it but never got round to trying it

Probably a newer version by now so will downloaded it again now you reminded me.

[MAXsenna]

I remember you posting about it before so downloaded it but never got round to trying it
Probably a newer version by now so will downloaded it again now you reminded me.

Needs to be applied after every update, (mod manager obviously), and sometimes it breaks, after an update. But our friend Quaggles fixed in less than an hour last time!

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[Gil80]

8 hours ago, MAXsenna said:

Mod = modification ≠ module. 

He's asking if you use the "Ckickable Cockpit Mod", a modification that enables a clickable cockpit in FC modules, which often gives strange problems in various parts of the game. 

Cheers! 

You thinking about Quaggles? 

oh, I wasn't aware of such mod. I thought that by clickable, it means all the buttons are clickable in the cockpit.

 

[MAXsenna]

oh, I wasn't aware of such mod. I thought that by clickable, it means all the buttons are clickable in the cockpit.
 

Yeah, that's what I thought. Pretty sure you can rule it out if you've never heard of it though!

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[Gil80]

Anyway, I still get this issue. Even when I stopped launching the game while my HOTAS is disconnected.

I keep losing keybinds to FLIR and LTD/R for example on the F18.