basic game settings never save

[tech2000]

music setting volume reverts to default every time i start. thanks in advance for some troubleshooting tips.

[tech2000]

these are my mods. some help would be cool fellas!

[ExplorerKlatt]

Did you ever have a joystick setup with KSP?

[tech2000]

yep, had the Logitech Extreme 3D pro all set up... then all of sudden, it wasnt. also to note, i have removed VOID and Toolbar and added Kerbal Engineer.

[ExplorerKlatt]

Did you run KSP without the joystick plugged in?

Doing so is a known bug that presents exactly as you described. To fix it, go to the KSP root folder and delete the settings.cfg. Run KSP then set up your settings how you want them without the joystick inputs.

[tech2000]

how do i set up the axis without the joystick inputs ?

[tech2000]

shame to have this kind of problem. will it ever be addressed?

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also to note, it saves the Pitch axis. but all others are gone.

Edited November 23, 2015 by tech2000

[Slam_Jones]

This happens to me all the time. Really made me mad til I figured it out.

Like Explorer said, you have to make sure that if you set any key bindings to a joystick, you have to have that joystick plugged in when you start the game.

I believe the reason is that the game looks through the files, sees that part of it, and when it can't find what it's referring to, it just skips to the next thing. This is just a theory.

So yeah, just make sure you have that thing plugged in. You can still set your axis' and buttons from the main screen like you would usually do. It just gets screwy if you forget it one time.

Also, I don't think it's mod related, so any changes to mods shouldn't affect it.

[Dunbaratu]

For those of you who are having this problem, does your log file contain the following exception text when it happens?

KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the dictionary.
  at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[System.String,System.Int32].get_Item (System.String key) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at InputDevices.GetDeviceIndex (System.String deviceName) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at AxisBinding_Single.Load (.ConfigNode node) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at AxisBinding.Load (.ConfigNode node) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at GameSettings.ParseCfg () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at GameSettings.Awake () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

If so, then it's not an OSX specific problem. Windows has the same problem. It's in SQUAD's code that reads and processes the CFG file. When it hits the unexpected condition of the joystick being missing despite there being config settings for it, it bombs out of the setting-reader code right there and fails to finish processing the rest of the settings.