Won't link into DCS

[Shamwari]

Hi Guys This software look fantastic, thanks for your effort developing it! However after putting all the effort in to allocate each button when I export it to the 'saved games/dcs' it recommended it said it had been successfully uploaded but there is nothing in DCS? What is wrong and how do I correct this please?

Cheers

[Shamwari]

I have looked in my DCS Instance file (as defaulted in JoyPro) and I can't see any of the files I have saved (by pushing 'clear existing binds and export'). Why does nothing seem to be going to the DCS file?

[Holdi601]

have you a regular install of DCS or steam, and did you moved the files around on the drive? And on the bottom where you have to select an instance is it showing up the correct folder?

[Shamwari]

 Yes I installed the regular version and didn’t move anything since installing although I asked it to instal on my D drive on the initial install. It put the main folder and game on the d drive but see it has the ‘saved games/DCS’ folder on the c drive. Does this matter? The automatic instance is correct ( on the c drive as is on my computer}

Thanks for your help

On 29 Jan 2022, at 13:50, Holdi601 @.***> wrote:  have you a regular install of DCS or steam, and did you moved the files around on the drive? And on the bottom where you have to select an instance is it showing up the correct folder?

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[Holdi601]

No as long windows is aware (if you moved your saved games folder) then it is fine. When your Input folder is empty, does it not create any files in the input folder?

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From: Shamwari @.> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2022 6:55:10 PM To: Holdi601/JoystickProfiler @.> Cc: Holdi601 @.>; Comment @.> Subject: Re: [Holdi601/JoystickProfiler] Won't link into DCS (Issue #38)

 Yes I installed the regular version and didn’t move anything since installing although I asked it to instal on my D drive on the initial install. It put the main folder and game on the d drive but see it has the ‘saved games/DCS’ folder on the c drive. Does this matter? The automatic instance is correct ( on the c drive as is on my computer}

Thanks for your help

On 29 Jan 2022, at 13:50, Holdi601 @.***> wrote:  have you a regular install of DCS or steam, and did you moved the files around on the drive? And on the bottom where you have to select an instance is it showing up the correct folder?

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[Shamwari]

I have looked at the various aircraft in the input folder and the LUA and JP files are there (each about 4-10KB only in size.

So it looks like they are being sent to the input folder but not being uploaded to DCs from there.

On 29 Jan 2022, at 18:11, Holdi601 @.***> wrote:  No as long windows is aware (if you moved your saved games folder) then it is fine. When your Input folder is empty, does it not create any files in the input folder?

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From: Shamwari @.> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2022 6:55:10 PM To: Holdi601/JoystickProfiler @.> Cc: Holdi601 @.>; Comment @.> Subject: Re: [Holdi601/JoystickProfiler] Won't link into DCS (Issue #38)

 Yes I installed the regular version and didn’t move anything since installing although I asked it to instal on my D drive on the initial install. It put the main folder and game on the d drive but see it has the ‘saved games/DCS’ folder on the c drive. Does this matter? The automatic instance is correct ( on the c drive as is on my computer}

Thanks for your help

On 29 Jan 2022, at 13:50, Holdi601 @.***> wrote:  have you a regular install of DCS or steam, and did you moved the files around on the drive? And on the bottom where you have to select an instance is it showing up the correct folder?

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[Holdi601]

can you zip your entire input folder and upload it here so i can look into it and test it on my end?

[Shamwari]

Input zip copy.zip

[Shamwari]

Hi Holdi. Could you open the file?

[Shamwari]

It really doesn't make sense to me. This files seem to be there in config/input/FA18/joystick but when I try to upload them into the controls nothing happens. I've even re-installed by DCS in case there was an error in the initial install.

I will be very grateful for your advice - I don't know who else to ask.

Cheers

[Holdi601]

I havent had time yet, but if you see that it creates thefiles. Could you delete the files or rename the input folder, make a bind from within DCS and check if the file names of joypro created matches the name DCS gives when you make a bind?

[Holdi601]

also would it be possible for a more faster exchange for you to join the community discord?

[Holdi601]

No replies :c @Shamwari ?

[Shamwari]

Sorry Holdi I have a business meeting now. I'll get back to you ASAP.

[Shamwari]

I deleted the files in the folder. I am not sure how to save things automatically into this folder from DCS because their controller says save as.. so if I put the same file name then indeed it ends up in the same place but not sure how it works automatically or what it would look like of it did?

[Holdi601]

Okay once you deleted inside Saved Games/DCS/Config the "Input" folder inside that, Start DCS go into options > Controls and make assign a key there press OK and close the game.

Did the folder input reappear?

[Shamwari]

Delete the entire folder (not just its contents)?

[Holdi601]

Eitherway is fine. It will recreate the folder once you do a bind in the game

[Shamwari]

OK, yes that worked - I deleted the entire thing and then on making 1 change in dcs and saying OK, I now have a new Input folder with a F18 subfolder.

[Holdi601]

okay can you upload the diff lua here? And then clean the folder again and then make that bind in joypro export it and paste the diff lua here that it generates in the exact same folder

[Shamwari]

There is no diff lua only lua which this site says is not compatible??

[Holdi601]

inside the input/FA-18/Joystick should be atleast the diff lua of the key you just bound to your joystick in game

[Holdi601]

as an example

[Shamwari]

There are lua files for each of my devices (throttle, stick, pedals) which are all lua files. When I drag them to this discussion box there is a long message on the bottom of the box saying 'we don't support that type of file....

[Shamwari]

Ive deleted everyting from the input file again and pushed 'clean binds and export on JoyPro and everything seems to have come across from JoyPro properly again. I'll see what happens when I restart DCS

[Shamwari]

OK so there are allocated bindings on DCS controller now. Is it correct to assume that because I emptied the input folder completely before uploading the JoyPro that these bindings are therefore the JoyPro bindings and not something DCS remembered from my last use?

[Holdi601]

Well my assumptions were, that joypro did not had the right saved games folder or the specific binds you are trying to make might be outdated or localized and thus are slightly different.

If the first case would be true, then after deleting your input folder and then bind a key ingame to DCS it created a folder there. After deleting that again and doing the same thing in Joypro the input folder should reappear with content at the exact same place and exact same file names.

The other option would be to look at the exact same file created and compare the joypro one vs the game created one and compare if the ID for the input is the same highlighted in this screenshot

Another option is if your joystick has special characters in it, which dcs translates into different buttons then joypro does, then the .diff.lua file have slightly different names

These are the possible error sources here

[Shamwari]

Thanks so much. Let me look into this - it will take a while (I'm no good at this as you have noticed). I'll tell you if it is all working properly now.

[Holdi601]

In case of the first error: make sure to select the right path here: click on settings and put the DCS saved games path there

in the 2nd error case click inside the settings on refresh DCS ID DB watch best this video for how to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-kyHykQCrs

if the 3rd is the case that the file names differ due to special characters, thats a bug i must fix, but therefor i would need you to tell me to show how it exactly changed

[Holdi601]

You got it running shamwari? if no please report back i will close the ticket in a couple days.

[Shamwari]

Thanks Holdi

I got it working to some degree which is adequate for me to get on with.

Thanks so much, sorry I didn’t realise you still had a ticket open on this. I appreciate your help.

Kind regards Craig

On 22 Mar 2022, at 6:38 PM, Holdi601 @.***> wrote:

You got it running shamwari? if no please report back i will close the ticket in a couple days.

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[Holdi601]

Alright then Closing the ticket.