Keyboard Bindings and JS Buttons stopped responding

In addition to the comms bug I reported under general questions,

all of a sudden some of my commands stopped responding.

View Center mapped to button 3

wheel brakes mapped to B

zoom in mapped to LShift+Z

zoom out mapped to LShift+X

nose wheel steering mapped to button 9.

They show good in controls page, but when I tried to taxi my Hornet

to the catapult, I ended up driving right off the side of the ship (Theodore Roosevelt)

I couldn't steer and I couldn't stop.

After that, I didn't bother to try anything else.

My stick is a Thrustmaster T Flight HOTAS X. :helpsmilie:

dcs.log

Have you checked that your keyboard Caps Lock was not ON?

Yes I did. The only other thing I can think of is a USB port problem, but it's not all bindings

that are affected. Just the ones I mentioned. I'll check that anyway.

I have tried clearing and re-setting the bindings, but no luck. I did cleanup and repair

several times. BTW, this is a new install just last week.

That's weird.

Can you please send me your config files? They are located here:

C:\Users\***\Saved Games\DCS\Config\Input\**aircraft_name**\keyboard

Remember, it's not just the keyboard. The JS buttons as well.

T.Flight Hotas X {5617F830-6572-11ea-8003-444553540000}.diff.lua

Keyboard.diff.lua

JS= Joystick then? I didn't know what you meant by JS.

Sure, you can also send me your joystick config files.

By the way, you might want to check that your DCS has the focus. When this issue happens to you: press Escape or Pause to see if you can Pause the game.

I sent the JS config in the last post.

Yes I can esc. and pause. I obviously can type on the KB without any problems.

Other JS functions work as well, like hat switch for views and axis commands.

I don't see any issue with your bindings, indeed.

It's no USB issue since you're able to pause the game when this happens.

I see one last possibility: you may have some modifier goofing around, tansforming your "LShift+Z" into some "Win+LShift+Z" or "JOY_BTN2+LShift+Z".

Can you send your modifiers.lua file?

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

Ah Ha, no modifier file where you told me to look.

What now?

Interesting. It seems that your C:\Users\***\Saved Games\DCS\Config\Input\ contains files it shouldn't, and does not contain files it should...

These 4 files should be in their parent folder /Config/:

• authdata.bin
  
• imgui.ini
  
• network.vault
  
• options.lua
  

And your /Input/ folder is supposed to hold these 3 files:

• aircraft.lua
  
• modifiers.lua
  
• unit.lua
  

Let us clean the mess:

1. Rename your C:\Users\***\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta folder (you're on open beta, right?) into DCS.openbeta.bak

2. Launch the game and wait for the main menu to show up

3. Quit the game

4. Copy your whole C:\Users\***\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta.bak\Config\Input\ folder.

5. Paste this folder into C:\Users\***\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Config\ and accept files to be replaced.

6. Launch the game and test if it's any better.

Note that your graphic/audio/misc settings will be reset in the process, but you should be able to retrieve them from the DCS.openbeta.bak folder, no worries.

Thanks. I know it's getting late in France, so I'll do what you asked and will continue this conversation tomorrow. Sweet dreams. :D

Thank you! :)

I did as you suggested and these files are not in the input folder.

aircraft.lua

modifiers.lua

unit.lua

I did it twice with the same result.

This isn't right: you still have an Input folder in your Input folder. Not sure if you followed my guidelines properly, unless these three files are created only when you change bindings inside the game.

This below is what you're supposed to have, respectively in your /Config/ and in your /Config/Input/ folders. I hope it helps.

Here, take these three files and paste them in your /Config/Input/ folder.

aircraft.lua

modifiers.lua

unit.lua

Thanks for the missing files. I was wondering why I had an input folder in my input folder.

I followed your instructions and even did it twice just to be sure.

I just did a fresh install 4 days ago. I've heard that 2.5.6 is buggy so

anything is possible. Attached is the input folder in the input folder.

Several other missions were working just fine so,

I made a new practice mission and deleted the other one. That file was f....d up.

I have another practice mission on the PG map that has other issues.

The comms are messed up like I said in my other post and my wingmen

and a couple of E-2's took over 30 minutes to launch.

I took off from the carrier near Khasab and flew to Dubai. The comms menu

wouldn't come up while in the air so I couldn't call inbound.

I landed at Dubai and was able to refuel but the comms never said taxi to parking.

It was stuck in arrival. About 5 minutes after taking off I hear my flight

call wheels up. 34 minutes after I left the carrier.

Again, while in the air, I couldn't bring up comms.

By the time I got back, the ship was clear and I landed.

There were no problems with KB & JS controls, just the comms and the flight

tying up the ship for 34 minutes. I think I'll delete that one too.

I really appreciate you taking the time to help me with all of this.

I owe you one. :beer: :drunk:

How does this look?

That's better. Are the bindings listed below working now?

all of a sudden some of my commands stopped responding.

View Center mapped to button 3

wheel brakes mapped to B

zoom in mapped to LShift+Z

zoom out mapped to LShift+X

nose wheel steering mapped to button 9.

Yes the bindings are there, thanks.

I re-flew the same mission as described above and the comms

were almost 100%. The only issue was after landing at Dubai.

There was no "taxi to parking area" message. I had to stop and

re-start the engine to get taxi and take off instructions. A minor detail.

The wingmen and AI planes still took 34 minutes to leave the ship.

What good is a wingman who is 34 minutes behind you. :D

It's probably an issue with this particular mission. I made another

similar one and the flight took off right behind me.

I think I'm good to go.

Thanks again for your invaluable help.

Here is the mission.

SC Test 1.miz

You're welcome, rayrayblues! I'm glad i could help.

You can send me a PM with your mission file (.miz), I'll see what's wrong with it.