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Offline steelerkraut

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« on: February 23, 2008, 02:00:33 AM »
My son clicked a wrong button or something. Now I can't take off with the plane anymore? Is there a way of resetting all the options and preferences to factory default?
Thanks.

Offline RSLQK186

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« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2008, 07:12:11 AM »
No. You can uninsall/install. Most people backup there settings folder when they do this, but that would negate what you are trying to do.

If you've done a lot of work on views, gun convergences and stick/keyboard mapping just tell us more about how far you can get with a plane and we can work from there.

If you are flying offline and it will not let you get out of the hanger, on the clipboard select Options>Arena Setup>Fields and click Standard Settup then Save. This should enable planes at all fields.

If you can get on the runway and need auto takeoff, from the clipboard select Options>Prefrences>Flight and Check the Auto Takeoff box.

If the problem is controls, well thats a little more complicated. Are you mouseing it or do you have a Joystick?

If the problem is with the joystick or mouse, from the clipboard select Options>Controls>Map Controlers and click Default Map and OK.
I think this resets all changes made on your end. I'v never used it.

If your Key Mapping is a mess, from clipboard select Options>Controls>Map Keys. From here you will have to do some figuring. I don't see a way to restore defaults.
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Offline OOZ662

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« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2008, 03:41:16 PM »
Delete the following from the settings folder where you installed Aces High. Make sure you can see file extensions by opening any folder, then Tools>Folder Options>View>UNCHECK "Hide extensions for known filetypes"

Making a backup of the entire folder is recommended.

  • arena.cfg
  • clip.cfg
  • clipHANGER.cfg
  • clipHANGERo.cfg
  • clipFLIGHT.cfg
  • clipFLIGHTo.cfg
  • clipTOWER.cfg
  • clipTOWERo.cfg
  • colors.cfg
  • ctrl.cfg
  • curterr.cfg
  • flight.cfg
  • favs.cfg
  • freq.cfg
  • gui.cfg
  • h2hhost.cfg
  • lobby.cfg
  • mapopt.cfg
  • msgbar.cfg
  • oclip.cfg
  • radio.cfg
  • room.cfg
  • radioset.cfg
  • video8.cfg
  • world.cfg

If you want to reset the keyboard mapping, delete all files ending in .kmp. For joystick resetting, delete all .jsm files.
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Offline steelerkraut

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« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2008, 11:34:40 AM »
uninstall/re-install did the trick. Thanks for the info, though. I'll keep in mind to make backups.

Offline jaded_empath

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« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2008, 04:35:52 PM »
Interesting; glad steeler's back up and flying!

Now; would the list of .cfg files mentioned be what one would make backups of, or are there more things one should include in an 'insurance policy'?

Offline OOZ662

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« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2008, 04:39:56 PM »
The other files in the settings directory contain your head position setups. Some people back up their custom sounds folder, some even their skins folder.
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