How to prevent Standard.XML (Joy stick control assignment) from getting corrupted

[Manny 1,293]

I hate the fact that the system assigns buttons and axis on its own.

 

I have so many controllers that this is driving me insane

 

Everyday its something or the other. I it assigns Axis to my Go flight modules... all my USB devises are treated like joystick.

 

How do I prevent this from happening?

 

How do you all manage this insanity?

 

Once I set my things up, can I make the standard.xml read only and prevent P3D to write on it?

[mgh 89]

in FSUIPC you can assign a letter to each joystick -  that means you can plug them into any USB port and the settings will remain.

[aeronauta 67]

Manny, any time you go to Settings Controls ( even if you dont change anything ) P3D will write to the Standard .xml. It wont change anything if you did'nt.

 

Read only won't work, as probably it will create a new one.

 

Best way is to have different "standard.xml"  Look in prepar3d.cfg and look for Controls here is my entry

 

[CONTROLS]
Controls_Default=Standard
Controls_Current=Standard_Helo     <<<<<<<<<<<< name of my Helo control set
//Controls_Current=Standard_Hotas  <<<<<<<<<<<<name of my HOtas control set
KBDAIL=64
KBDELEV=64
KBDRUD=54
STICK_SENSITIVITY_MODE=0

 

now in C:\Documents and Settings\Jorge\Application Data\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\Controls I have  4 files

 

Standard_Helo.xml

Standard_Hotas.xml

Standard.xml

Standard.xmlx

 

before starting a flight I decide what setup I will use and change prepar3d.cfg accordingly...done

 

Make a backup of the files and done , the GUID of the devices should not change and that is what identifies them.''Jorge

[jasonboche 7]

Several folks have chimed in on this over at the P3D support forums so the developer is aware of the problem but at this point they don't seem to have a full understanding on the cause. 
https://www.prepar3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6312&t=128572 

[bean_sprout 1,201]

I cleaned out all the joystick configurations except for my controller and made both standard.xml and standard.xmlx read-only

 

Cheers

bs

[vgbaron 3,508]

Set them up the way you want. Save them to a new folder. Create a batch file to swap them in and out when needed. Problem solved.

 

or use FSUIPC and basically ignore standard.xml

 

Vic