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Title: Reset preferences?
Post by: steelerkraut 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.

Title: Reset preferences?
Post by: RSLQK186 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.
Hope this helps

Title: Reset preferences?
Post by: OOZ662 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.

Title: Reset preferences?
Post by: steelerkraut 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.

Title: Reset preferences?
Post by: jaded_empath 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'?

Title: Reset preferences?
Post by: OOZ662 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.