Unsolved Unable to save keybinds/axis binds using the Alternative Launcher
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Hey everyone. Thanks for the responses! I just posted this before I went to bed so I will go ahead and try some of the things you guys have posted here and update y’all.
This is my first install of BMS so I have no worries/fears of losing any data.
The drive everything is installed in is just called N, there is no symbols or anything, same with BMS’ install directory in total. No ASCII characters in that or the pilot name.
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Fresh install seemed to have fixed the issue! Thanks everyone. Luckily it does not take too long to download for meNevermind… It didn’t give me an error when I tried to save a binding but instead it gave me one when I closed the launcher! And now when I open it, it gives me an error. I believe it is because my keyboard has some silly feature that allows you to use it as a “steering wheel.”
I am going to figure out how to disable that and hopefully it solves the issue
This is the error message. Is there a way to delete that line in the keyfile? I am not sure how to open them/which one I need to open? In the launcher previously, it has a separate binding column for AnnePro2 (the keyboards name), but also the keyboard column. Is there a way to remove that extra column? It does not actually work for bindings anyways, and I don’t use this keyboard’s silly axis control.
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@junkmail-numberone I think I understand the bug… to fix it, it will help me if you send the DeviceSorting.txt file contents
Probably no easy workaround… just use a different keyboard.
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@junkmail-numberone said in Unable to save keybinds/axis binds using the Alternative Launcher:
I believe it is because my keyboard has some silly feature that allows you to use it as a “steering wheel.”
Any chance of unplugging that keyboard and using a different one? Preferably your normal average keyboard?
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I did some googling and apparently this device has embedded newline chars, in its device descriptor string… which would explain the malformed key file.
I will fix AL to accommodate this… does BMS work (launch the exe directly, without going through AL)?
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@Atlas I had unplugged the keyboard and tried, however it still gives the error! I could maybe try uninstalling all its related drivers but then I would not have a keyboard haha. I did uninstall its “gamepad” capabilities, however it still gives an error.
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@airtex2019 Yes, BMS does work when directly launched, bypassing the AL.
I mentioned in the reply just before this that I had uninstalled the keyboard’s “gamepad” capabilities from my drivers, however the error persists. You definitely know much more about this than me, but I thought it was worth mentioning
Thanks everyone here for your help, and I appreciate you taking the effort to incorporate a fix for this into the AL. Awesome community.
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Sorry I did not see you asked for the DeviceSorting.txt earlier. I will look for that file now, but incase you see this relatively soon - could you tell me where it should be? I will edit this reply with the contents once I have found it.{A29304D9-0000-0000-0000-504944564944} “OBINS
AnnePro2”(The above is all the contents of the devicesorting.txt , I don’t have my webcam (using AI for headtracking which works flawlessly), gamepad, or HOTAS hooked up the last time I launched the AL so I am not sure if that would change the contents. If you need me to do so let me know!
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@junkmail-numberone
Unplug the keyboard, delete the DeviceSorting.txt file, and run the Launcher again. That should make a new txt file…
If still not working, delete the Auto.key file… I’m not sure if the game makes a new Auto.key file…Basically, I think your keyboard “polluted” some files, giving you the error. Hopefully, by deleting those files, the game will make new ones and you can use the Launcher correctly.
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@Atlas Unfortunately this did not work.
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@junkmail-numberone
One last thing to try until @airtex2019 has a fix ----Nuke it. Uninstall BMS. Delete everything. Check and delete any remnants in the registry (although this may be going overboard). Also make sure there is nothing on your PC that is related to your steering-wheel-keyboard.
Do a clean install to a different drive or a differently-named folder. Remember DO NOT plug in your keyboard at any point. I hope you have a different keyboard you can use. Hopefully a clean install will do the trick. Oh, and try to download fresh installers to rule out corrupted install files.
Good luck!
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@Atlas Hey, I hope I’m not a bother, but I was just wondering if you had anything new on this? I updated BMS to latest version now hoping that it would magically work but alas it did not
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@junkmail-numberone this is not fixed in U4, sorry
I can try to make a daily build of the Alt Launcher to workaround this, for you
Can you send me the content of your DeviceSorting.txt file?