Joystick settings not saved any longer!

Do you remember if this was the dialog you received?

which-do-you-want-to-use

What you could try is this:

  1. Assure all your settings and controllers are correct in MSFS
  2. Save them then exit MSFS (this should sync to the cloud)
  3. If that dialog pops up, that means it didn’t sync - so choose the one saved on Device

Yes it showed up once. More than a week ago I guess. Since then my settings are not saved. It could also be that I duplicated My settings and removed the older joystick profile that i’ve made. But No such window showing up now.

Are there any ways to Force loading the settings locally? From my computer? Not even sure that this is the problem

There isn’t. By default, it should always use the local settings (when both local and cloud match).

What you could try is to adjust your sensitivity settings again. Apply & Save. Then exit MSFS. Relaunch and see if the settings are still there. You wouldn’t have to adjust everything for this test. Just one item. If it does save, then you know it’s working.

I have tried this several times and no, it is back to how it looks on the screen shot in the link above.

This was noticed by a few others, myself included.
See Bug Report Here also.

Could this be a permissions issue?

Thank you. =) Let’s hope peple are upvoting it.

That’s what I was thinking… however, if it was, wouldn’t MSFS then give an error or CTD trying to write?

Is odd that it is only two of the settings are not being retained after a fresh startup.
Maybe This is related?

Workaround for now is to reset both Extremity & Reactivity after msfs start. It does retain this until shutdown.

No errors or ctd happening.

Indeed. Could be those 2 aren’t not saving.

Thank you for the Bug report on it! :slight_smile:

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The bug report is here:
https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/su8-control-dead-zones-and-reactivity-settings-not-saving/501959

So I tried with permissions for the SystemAppData folder set to deny “write”
What happens is, when the sim starts up, it displays the screens from an initial start that enable you to set your preferences. It doesn’t load any settings.
So, no this doesn’t look like a permissions issue

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Hmm. Ok, if I choose the option to “repair” FS2020 from Windeos - could that help? I read some post that even reinstalling did not help this issue. So weird… I really need a fix for this asap. I cant adjust the sensitivity over and over…

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/control-sensitivity-settings-not-saving/383143

@hobanagerik did “solve” the problem by setting read only for the config-file. But not sure thats a solution that will work in the long end.

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C:\Users\your name\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache

This should be the path for the config file. Not sure if it really holds the sensitivty settings though…

Check out these two files from that pathj, they include nothing like sensitivty settings, right? :


FlightSimulator.CFG:


[Display]
ChangeTime=4.000000
TransitionTime=4.000000
ActiveWindowTitleTextColor=255,255,255
ActiveWindowTitleBackGroundColor=0,28,140,64
NonActiveWindowTitleTextColor=255,255,255
NonActiveWindowTitleBackGroundColor=24,33,87,64
InfoUpperRightTextColor=255,0,0
InfoUpperRightBackGroundColor=0,0,0,0
InfoLowerLeftTextColor=255,255,255
InfoLowerLeftBackGroundColor=255,0,0,128
InfoLowerRightTextColor=255,255,255
InfoLowerRightBackGroundColor=255,0,0,128
InfoBrakesEnable=1
InfoParkingBrakesEnable=1
InfoPauseEnable=1
InfoSlewEnable=1
InfoStallEnable=1
InfoOverspeedEnable=1
WideViewAspect=0
[Main]
User Objects=Airplane, Helicopter
SimObjectPaths.0=SimObjects\Airplanes
SimObjectPaths.1=SimObjects\Rotorcraft
SimObjectPaths.2=SimObjects\GroundVehicles
SimObjectPaths.3=SimObjects\Boats
SimObjectPaths.4=SimObjects\Animals
SimObjectPaths.5=SimObjects\Misc
SimObjectPaths.6=SimObjects\Humans
SimObjectPaths.7=SimObjects\Landmarks
[PANELS]
IMAGE_QUALITY=1
[TextInfo.1]
Latitude=1,1
Longitude=1,2
Altitude=1,3
Heading=1,4
AirSpeed=1,5
WindDirectionAndSpeed=1,6
[TextInfo.2]
FrameRate=1,1
LockedFrameRate=1,2
GForce=1,3
FuelPercentage=1,4
[TextInfo.3]
Latitude=1,1
Longitude=1,2
Altitude=1,3
Heading=1,4
AirSpeed=1,5
WindDirectionAndSpeed=1,6
FrameRate=2,1
LockedFrameRate=2,2
GForce=2,3
FuelPercentage=2,4
[SlewTextInfo.1]
Latitude=1,1
Longitude=1,2
Altitude=1,3
Heading=1,4
AirSpeed=1,5
[SlewTextInfo.2]
FrameRate=1,1
LockedFrameRate=1,2
[SlewTextInfo.3]
Latitude=1,1
Longitude=1,2
Altitude=1,3
Heading=1,4
AirSpeed=1,5
FrameRate=2,1
LockedFrameRate=2,2
[DynamicHeadMovement]
LonAccelOnHeadLon=-0.020000
LonAccelOnHeadPitch=-0.010000
RollAccelOnHeadLat=0.010000
YawAccelOnHeadLat=-0.100000
RollAccelOnHeadRoll=0.100000
MaxHeadAngle=5.000000
MaxHeadOffset=0.300000
HeadMoveTimeConstant=1.000000
[VirtualCopilot]
VirtualCopilotActive=1
[PointOfInterestSystem]
CycleSetting=0
[FACILITIES]
COUNTRY=
STATE=
CITY=
GTL_BUTTON=4096
[DefaultLibraryObjects]
FileName=“Asobo_DefaultLibraryObjects”
[UserInterface]
Map_Orientation=2
[Graphics]
See_Self=1
Text_Scroll=1
[Misc]
Com_Rate=7
[Startup]
LoadWindow=1


UserCfg.opt:


Version 66
{Video
Adapter “NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti”
Monitor 0
Windowed 1
FullscreenBorderless 1
Resolution 2560 1440
FullScreenResolution 2560 1440
PrimaryScaling 1.000000
SecondaryScaling 1.000000
PrimaryScalingVR 0.800000
SecondaryScalingVR 1.000000
VSync 0
HDR10 0
Raytracing 0
PreferD3D12 0
PosX 563
PosY 99
}
{Graphics
Version 1.1.0
Preset Custom
{Texture
MaxAnisotropy 16
Quality 1
}
{SuperSampling
SuperSampling 2
}
{Terrain
LoDFactor 1.000000
}
{OffscreenTerrainPreCaching
Enabled 1
Quality 2
}
{ObjectsLoD
LoDFactor 1.000000
}
{Shadows
MaxSliceCount 4
Size 1536
DLightContributionCullingThresholdS0 0.100000
DLightContributionCullingThresholdS1 0.100000
DLightContributionCullingThresholdS2 0.100000
DLightContributionCullingThresholdS3 0.100000
OmniContributionCullingThreshold 0.020000
}
{HeightFieldShadows
Enabled 1
Size 512
}
{SSRaytracedShadows
Enabled 1
Quality 2
}
{Water
FFTSize 256
}
{VolumetricClouds
Enabled 1
Quality 2
}
{VolumetricLights
Enabled 1
Quality 2
}
{ReflectionProbe
Size 192
}
{SSR
Enabled 1
HalfRes 0
Quality 2
}
{WindShield
Quality 2
}
{SSAO
Enabled 1
Quality 2
}
{AA
Enabled 1
Type 2
}
{Bloom
Enabled 1
}
{DOF
Enabled 0
Quality 0
}
{MotionBlur
Enabled 0
Quality 0
}
{Buildings
Enabled 1
Quality 2
}
{VegetationLarge
Enabled 1
Quality 1
}
{VegetationSmall
Enabled 1
Quality 2
}
{TextureSynthesis
Quality 2
}
{PostProcess
Enabled 1
EyeAdaptation 1
ColorGrading 1
Sharpen 1
Fringe 1
LensDistortion 0
Dirt 1
LensFlare 0
FilmGrain 1
Vignette 1
LensBlurMultiplier 1.000000
FringeMultiplier 1.000000
}
{VectorDataTessellation
Enabled 1
Quality 2
}
}
{GraphicsVR
Version 1.1.0
Preset VRDefault
{Texture
MaxAnisotropy 4
Quality 1
}
{SuperSampling
SuperSampling 0
}
{Terrain
LoDFactor 1.000000
}
{OffscreenTerrainPreCaching
Enabled 1
Quality 0
}
{ObjectsLoD
LoDFactor 1.000000
}
{Shadows
MaxSliceCount 4
Size 768
DLightContributionCullingThresholdS0 0.100000
DLightContributionCullingThresholdS1 0.100000
DLightContributionCullingThresholdS2 0.100000
DLightContributionCullingThresholdS3 0.100000
OmniContributionCullingThreshold 0.050000
}
{HeightFieldShadows
Enabled 1
Size 256
}
{SSRaytracedShadows
Enabled 0
Quality 0
}
{Water
FFTSize 128
}
{VolumetricClouds
Enabled 1
Quality 0
}
{VolumetricLights
Enabled 0
Quality 0
}
{ReflectionProbe
Size 128
}
{SSR
Enabled 0
HalfRes 0
Quality 0
}
{WindShield
Quality 1
}
{SSAO
Enabled 0
Quality 0
}
{AA
Enabled 1
Type 2
}
{Bloom
Enabled 1
}
{DOF
Enabled 0
Quality 0
}
{MotionBlur
Enabled 0
Quality 0
}
{Buildings
Enabled 1
Quality 1
}
{VegetationLarge
Enabled 1
Quality 1
}
{VegetationSmall
Enabled 0
Quality 1
}
{TextureSynthesis
Quality 0
}
{PostProcess
Enabled 1
EyeAdaptation 1
ColorGrading 1
Sharpen 1
Fringe 0
LensDistortion 0
Dirt 0
LensFlare 0
FilmGrain 0
Vignette 0
LensBlurMultiplier 1.000000
FringeMultiplier 1.000000
}
{VectorDataTessellation
Enabled 1
Quality 1
}
}
InstalledPackagesPath “D:\Spel\Flight Simulator 2020”

Sorry for that long boring post of information in the files, I am just not sure the joystick settings are saved where I thought they were…

As for now I have no solution to this problem myself. If you have suggestion please let me know.

I found these posts regarding the settings for controllers:

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/anyone-know-where-your-controller-config-is-stored-on-disk/241669

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/backup-control-profiles/203280

I will check this out later.

Have a nice weekend! =)

Is this getting weirder? Yes it is. I can now confirm that the settings I have when opening the sim is not set by me. It’s like there is other settings out of my control. Seem to be different settings each time. What the…is going on here? Time to change password? :wink:

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/i-cant-save-sensitive-settings-anymore/502592

Another post about this problem (could all these be merged to one thread?)