Cant keep / move Keymap profile in between save games

[unity100]

im not able to carry the keymap i have created with an older save game, with the new game i started :

i save the keymap as a profile with the old save game, but when i load the new save game and switch to that saved keymap, it is just the default keymap.

i completely replace egosoft folder in documents with the old profile, save games etc. i load the old save game, and the keymap is naturally the custom one i made. good. then i close the game, copy the files in 'profile' folder, paste it to the new save games i created, place the new set in the egosoft folder, launch the game.

after this, if i load an old save game that is lingering within the set, the keymap appears ok.

BUT, if i load a new save game, and switch to a profile i have carried over, regardless of everything i did, it just becomes default keymap.

what to do ?

[Alan Phipps]

So, talking about your current Egosoft folder in Documents and your current game, you have a file in 'Profiles' called 'Custom profile' and if you load an old save and select that profile for use it is fine. However, if you load a new save and select that same 'Custom Profile' then you stay on the default controls. Is that correct?

I do know that a profile created in X3TC is not 100% happy running in X3AP if that helps.

[unity100]

So, talking about your current Egosoft folder in Documents and your current game, you have a file in 'Profiles' called 'Custom profile' and if you load an old save and select that profile for use it is fine. However, if you load a new save and select that same 'Custom Profile' then you stay on the default controls. Is that correct?

I do know that a profile created in X3TC is not 100% happy running in X3AP if that helps.

exactly like that. i have never played x3 tc though. i directly installed albion prelude and XRM on it and started all games with that.

[Alan Phipps]

Ok, I just did a trial run in vanilla X3AP (now 3.0a). I started a completely new game and found I was still using the custom profile from my previous gameplay rather than the default settings. So far so good.

I landed at a station to do an autosave, quit and closed the game, started the game and loaded that single new game start and I was still in the custom profile settings. So it is working as intended for myself.

I guess that you need to be in the profile you want when you save for it to work that way when you reload. I think you must have saved when you were in the default settings - either that or you are somehow not selecting to use the Custom profile but to redefine it as the current settings (ie default).

I am a bit confused as to why you think you need to select a profile when playing at all. Mine just stays as at previous use unless I deliberately change it.

I think the answer is to customise your settings again, save the profile, and then play and save.

[unity100]

I guess that you need to be in the profile you want when you save for it to work that way when you reload. I think you must have saved when you were in the default settings - either that or you are somehow not selecting to use the Custom profile but to redefine it as the current settings (ie default).

i had had attempted to modify a few keys when i was in default settings when i started the new game, and saved it as a custom profile.

I am a bit confused as to why you think you need to select a profile when playing at all. Mine just stays as at previous use unless I deliberately change it.

they just switched to default when i started a new game.

I think the answer is to customise your settings again, save the profile, and then play and save.

if you mean i should customize a few keys in the old save game, and then save the profile, and then switch over to the new game, i did that, no dice.

[Alan Phipps]

No, I meant customise the keys in the new game and then save the profile and then the game.

"they just switched to default when i started a new game." Mine didn't, how strange! I wonder if there is something in your new game that makes the old profile appear no longer valid - a bit like what happens in some cases with X3TC profiles used in X3AP. Don't forget that X3AP 3.0 profiles now include extra controller profile information.

[unity100]

No, I meant customise the keys in the new game and then save the profile and then the game.

that is huge customizing alan. if i do that, why should i need to switch the old profile over anyway.

"they just switched to default when i started a new game." Mine didn't, how strange! I wonder if there is something in your new game that makes the old profile appear no longer valid - a bit like what happens in some cases with X3TC profiles used in X3AP. Don't forget that X3AP 3.0 profiles now include extra controller profile information.

never fired x3tc as i mentioned.

anyway instead of fighting with this ill just remap the keys as i go over time. will be less hassle. thanks.

[Alan Phipps]

Well you could try opening the old profile in NotePad (it is just a name and list of numbers), and then after making a new barebones custom one in the new game just paste your 'old' numbers over the top and into the new one and see if that works.

To be frank, I don't understand at all why your copy and paste, rename or menu selection of the profile files isn't working anyway. Good luck.