garweb Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Having trouble adding keybinds to the Witcher 3... Vortex always overwrites the input.settings file, so that's a no go.I've tried editing input_qwerty.ini that doesn't work, even if I delete input.settings first from the vortex folder.Tried adding the keys into input.settings.part.txt from Friendly HUD, nopeTried making my own input.settings.part.txt, that failed. I know this has to be easy and I'm just dumb. Oh, to anyone wondering, I'm trying to add in the simple changes to do instant casting with kb/m. That's why I don't just change the keys in-game. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Nagev Posted January 14, 2022 Staff Share Posted January 14, 2022 Hi @garweb - the simplest way to add your own input settings would be to:1. Ensure your automatic deployment settings are disabled2. Purge your mods.3. Delete the "Witcher 3 Menu Mod" mod entry inside your mods page.4. Edit your `input.xml` file manually outside of Vortex5. Go back inside Vortex and hit the Deploy Mods button. That should ensure your manually added entries are kept from here on out. Edit: Please not that if any of your mods attempt to modify the same variables - your manually added modifications will be overwritten.To bypass that, you will have to find which mod is doing the changes and change its input.settings.part.txt inside the mod's directory in the staging folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garweb Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 Your right and your idea works, right up until this point... On 1/14/2022 at 12:26 PM, Nagev said: That should ensure your manually added entries are kept from here on out. And you're still right, with the addition of "so long as you never ever change them" :smile: Joking aside, once you delete everything, input.settings will be recreated at least in part by input_qwerty.ini. But after that has been done once, further changes have no effect.I've "solved" the problem, aka found a janky workaround. The issue is that Vortex makes 2 files in your Documents\The Witcher 3 folder:user.settings.vortex_backupand input.settings.vortex_backup If you don't delete or overwrite those files, Vortex will replace the user and input.settings with its backup, even if you say to use the newer file on deploying. Not sure if it's a bug or working as intended. Vortex seems to not like you to make your own edits, but sometimes I have to. So, my "solution" is that anytime I make changes to user.settings or input.settings, either outside the game or within the game (say changing a keybind or adjusting a mod that has a menu) I copy the new user or input.settings to:c:\users\{user_name}\Documents\The Witcher 3\input.settingsc:\users\{user_name}\Documents\The Witcher 3\input.settings.vortex_backup ANDc:\Vortex Mods\witcher3\Witcher 3 Menu Mod Data (your_profile_name)\input.settings - Obviously the path to your files may vary... and replace input.settings with user.settings as needed. Again, maybe I messed up something while installing my mods, but I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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