For Those That Have Switched from Win 10 to Win 11 "Recently" Because of the MS Win 10 Retirement...

[Cavemanhead]

I say "recently" because if you went to Win 11 more than say 6 mos ago, you probably had no qualms about a "new & improved" OS anyway...

So, what's been your experience?  Was the change a step backward with setting lost, unexpected crashed, slower performance from bloatware, etc... Can I keep all my joystick files or am I doomed to recreating them all?  Anything else to save?

Edited 16 hours ago by Cavemanhead

[SharpeXB]

Windows 11 apparently offers better performance with some CPUs I think many people run it here without trouble.

Redoing your control mapping is easy. Your assignments are saved here:

C:\Users\Name\Saved Games\DCS\Config\Input\Aircraft\joystick

Make sure you save a copy of your Saved Games DCS folder when you upgrade.

Go into any aircraft in your new install and assign a button for a controller, it will create a file like this:

CH FIGHTERSTICK USB  {8D539500-AD1C-11f0-8001-444553540000}.diff

The bolded text is your new hardware ID, using Explorer simply paste this onto your old files when you copy them over.

Modifiers are stored here:

C:\Users\Name\Saved Games\DCS\Config\Input\Aircraft\modifiers.lua

Replace this ID

local modifiers = {
    ["JOY_BTN16"] = {
        ["device"] = "CH PRO THROTTLE USB  {2796EE60-F354-11ef-8001-444553540000}",
        ["key"] = "JOY_BTN16",
        ["switch"] = false,

 

That's all!

[MAXsenna]

8 hours ago, Cavemanhead said:

Can I keep all my joystick files or am I doomed to recreating them all? 

Like @SharpeXB says. Yes! You can move your DCS Saved Games folder to any computer. If you have a lot of modules, and don't want the tedious job of renaming multiple peripheral files, there's a script here somewhere that will do the job for you. 

Cheers!