MSFS 2024

I noticed we no longer have the option of Set As Default in the controls settings.

What I did prior to SU3 was create generic profiles such as Single Engine Props, Twin Engine Props, and bind my appropriate aircraft to the applicable profile.

When I started a flight and chose an aircraft the correct profile would load automatically.

So, did we lose this capability or am I missing something?

My Controls are padlocked (lock icon on each) and I cannot change back- can’t understand the lack of quality control….

17 minutes ago, cavaricooper said:

My Controls are padlocked (lock icon on each) and I cannot change back- can’t understand the lack of quality control….

You've tried rebooting?  After a PC.reboot I started the sim again and I could arrow through to my regular profiles.

1 hour ago, cavaricooper said:

My Controls are padlocked (lock icon on each) and I cannot change back- can’t understand the lack of quality control….

Have you tried the Unlock option in the controller menu?

 

Edited August 22, 2025Aug 22 by YMMB

Thanks for the replies.

So, how do I tag all my single engine prop aircraft to my generic profile i.e. (Single Engine Prop) and have them load automatically?

What I'm trying to avoid is having to go into Settings, Controles every time I load a different type of aircraft.

 

4 hours ago, gagraf said:

Thanks for the replies.

So, how do I tag all my single engine prop aircraft to my generic profile i.e. (Single Engine Prop) and have them load automatically?

What I'm trying to avoid is having to go into Settings, Controles every time I load a different type of aircraft.

 

The settings/controls situation is why even though i have bought 2024 and populated it I rarely use it and spend my time in 2020. it very simply is a confusing complicated pita to me.

I dont know why FS2024 implemented this new controls setting interface, which is really cumbersome compared with 2020 which worked really well .-

Yeh agree with the above.. i screwed mine up, reinstalled, deleted cloud server settings... sigh

Now i have 2 of each controller inputs and no way to get rid of the duplicates... i wish there was a simple - reset to defaults button... and delete controller button...

To have separate controls loaded each time automatically i use Spad.next.. does exactly that and good thing about it is that when MS update the sim you don't lose any configs... works like a charm...

Vonduck, 

How do you delete cloud server settings?

I think a complete uninstall and reinstall is in my future.

 

11 hours ago, gagraf said:

Thanks for the replies.

So, how do I tag all my single engine prop aircraft to my generic profile i.e. (Single Engine Prop) and have them load automatically?

What I'm trying to avoid is having to go into Settings, Controles every time I load a different type of aircraft.

 

The selection is now "Apply to All Airplanes", which you can see in the choices in the video that YMMB shared. If you assign that to a profile, all your aircraft will load that profile by default, until you select a different profile in that aircraft specifically. And if you do then make a different profile for a specific aircraft, it will load it automatically every time you load that aircraft. You can also assign profiles to load for all variants of a specific aircraft type (like for all Bonanzas, or all Barons, or whatever).

40 minutes ago, solito said:

I dont know why FS2024 implemented this new controls setting interface, which is really cumbersome compared with 2020 which worked really well .-

While I agree the new interface has its quirks and confusion and is not necessarily intuitive, once you figure it out it is much more powerful than 2020. You don't have to manually change profiles each time you switch to different aircraft, for example, which was a pain.

This concept is a bit more like DCS in that profiles will persist specific to each aircraft, though you have to take some time to understand the interface to make the most of it, I agree. It is also a pain that you have to set the profile for each peripheral separately - though I think that makes it easier to assign a profile that you already have for a new plane, rather than have to go through and set up every control assignment from scratch for each aircraft which is a drag with DCS (in MSFS you just select the profile and all the assignments come with it).

Believe me, I hated it at first too and I don't dismiss the frustration at all. But for someone who has a lot of different controllers and likes to fly a variety of aircraft, it is a better approach once you learn it.

Keven.

Thank you very much.

Could you point me to YMMB video you referenced?

 

1 hour ago, PurdueKev said:

While I agree the new interface has its quirks and confusion and is not necessarily intuitive, once you figure it out it is much more powerful than 2020. You don't have to manually change profiles each time you switch to different aircraft, for example, which was a pain.

This concept is a bit more like DCS in that profiles will persist specific to each aircraft, though you have to take some time to understand the interface to make the most of it, I agree. It is also a pain that you have to set the profile for each peripheral separately - though I think that makes it easier to assign a profile that you already have for a new plane, rather than have to go through and set up every control assignment from scratch for each aircraft which is a drag with DCS (in MSFS you just select the profile and all the assignments come with it).

Believe me, I hated it at first too and I don't dismiss the frustration at all. But for someone who has a lot of different controllers and likes to fly a variety of aircraft, it is a better approach once you learn it.

At 2020 I used an app which name was something like aircraft presets, which was fully integrated to the sim interface, and from were yo could assign profiles to aircrafts, so combined with the sim controls configuration facility, made controls setting extremely friendly and practical.- I think 2024 should have maintained it, instead of implementing such a complicated diferent sistem.-

4 hours ago, gagraf said:

How do you delete cloud server settings?

Ill try and find the web page that had the info.. it involves using CMD prompt in Admin mode witha  string of data... it didnt really do mucy other than mess up my settings..but the controllers were still there... having done it i recommend not too honestly... the cloud houses all things and i dont know if its actually possible to start fresh unless you make a new account... that could be the go!