Key binding is not working

[RG]

Key binding is not working, thought it does save it, but does not apply it in the game, whether on foot or horse or anything else. This is annoying, cannot play the game that way. If not resolved will request a refund.

[AntiqueGamer]

Are you running any other applications in the background while attempting to key bind? The fact that keys don't bind is often an issue associated with interference from other programs, OR corrupted files in the application you are attempting to work with. So, try this. First verify your game files and then start the game and select key bindings. Exit the game, restart it and see if they are still there.

Before demanding your money back and having what amounts to a hissy fit contact Rockstar and ask why the key bindings are not working. In throwing away this game you are denying yourself a world of adventure in a next-generation video game environment.

[RG]

I have no background program. I have restarted the game. I even uninstalled it, restarted my PC ad the Re-installed it and same issue, key binding changes in the settings but does not apply in the game!

[Tony]

I have the exact same issue. I've tried contacting rockstar but still not fixed the issue. Let me know if you find a fix for this.

[Haywood Jashootmee]

i had a similar problem. exactly what keys are you trying to bind?

[Calibre]

you sure the cfg file isn't read only?

[Erynar]

Make sure that all of the operations have keys set. It's my understanding that if any are missing a key (e.g. because it got unset when you bound the key that it had been using to something else), then none of them apply.

Either way, Rockstar support will probably tell you to remove all the RDR2 settings files and redo all of the settings, for better or worse. I ended up doing it multiple times when complaining about the next and previous tab keys not properly rebinding in many cases before they finally decided to actually report it as a bug (sometimes, they just report stuff as a bug, and sometimes, they seem absolutely determined to not report anything).

I've found that _most_ of the key remappings work. So, you should be able to get them working one way or another, but it wouldn't surprise me if it's possible to get the game into a state where it goes stupid and the key rebinds don't work. Not having all of them set is the one case I've heard of where that happens, but there may be others.