editing key bindings (possible bug)

[katateochi]

With the changes to docking mode keys I find that rather messes up the way I drive rovers, but it looks like it should be possible to re-bind keys for the different modes. Only it's not remembering my mode settings. For example if I click on "steer left" and then select different values for "use in modes" when I click accept it doesn't remember my changes. It does however remember if I change which key is bound.

So I can change which key is bound to an action, can't seem to change which modes that applies to. Any I doing something wrong, or is this a bug?

So for example I want "steer left" as A (which it is) but have it apply to "Docking (Translation)" but I can't make that setting stick.

I've had a look in the settings.cfg file to see if I could manually change it there. But I don't understand the values for the modeMask attribute (which is what I'd guess I need to change). Any ideas what the different modeMask values mean?

Edited April 30, 2015 by katateochi

[katateochi]

Update, so what I've found is that by manually editing the settings.cfg I can manually set the modes that keys apply to. And I've got a mapping of what the different modeMask values mean.

[table]

[tr][td]modeMask[/td][td]Staging[/td][td]Docking (Translation)[/td][td]Docking (Rotation)[/td][/tr]

[tr][td] -1[/td][td] 1 [/td][td] 1 [/td][td] 1 [/td][/tr]

[tr][td] 1 [/td][td] 1 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][/tr]

[tr][td] 2 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] 1 [/td][td] 0 [/td][/tr]

[tr][td] 3 [/td][td] 1 [/td][td] 1 [/td][td] 0 [/td][/tr]

[tr][td] 4 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] 1 [/td][/tr]

[tr][td] 5 [/td][td] 1 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] 1 [/td][/tr]

[tr][td] 6 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] 1 [/td][td] 1 [/td][/tr]

[/table]

so ie: if you want a key to apply to all modes set it's modeMask to -1 or if you want it on just Docking (Rotation) that's modeMask 4 etc

I think modeMask 3 and 4 should be flipped around, but that does appear to be how they are (displeases my OCD!)

So I guess this is a bug; Key bindings do not save the mode that they apply to.

[TheTranceMan]

you have to actually press the key on your keyboard when setting the flags (flight/translation/rotation) or it won't save the change to the mode flags

[katateochi]

you have to actually press the key on your keyboard when setting the flags (flight/translation/rotation) or it won't save the change to the mode flags

ah thanks! That's a bit easier than editing the settings.cfg which is how I got round it!

I'd still call it a bug, or rather a non-intuitive interface design; it either needs to say you must set the key (even if it's the same key) in order to save mode changes, or (more helpfully) it should just save mode changes without needing the key press.

[mtu]

I'd still call it a bug, or rather a non-intuitive interface design; it either needs to say you must set the key (even if it's the same key) in order to save mode changes, or (more helpfully) it should just save mode changes without needing the key press.

I definitely second that, I just ran into the same problem with my joystick. It's even more unintuitive to have to move the axis after setting the modes.