Patch/DLC Breaks Key Bindings

[Warc1]

Not sure if it is the patch or DLC, both of which were automatically installed some time in the past 12 hrs. On first startup today, all of my key bindings were reset to the default values. I'm left handed so I rebind most of the keys to the arrow and number keypads. After startup, I reset the key bindings to my prefernce but none of these rebindings remain permanent. Every time I restart the game, key bindings get reset to default values. Anyone else experiencing this?

[Sledge Hammer!]

Yes! I lose my key bindings every time I restart the game. VERY annoying!

[Warc1]

I have never installed JC3 mods, have no "dropzone" folder within my JC3 Steam installation folder and the key binding problem persists.

[NoCircumstances]

Just checke, had the same issue. No mods, no nothing - some of the key bindings are missing. Didn't test if it happens every start but if so... I will stop playing. i have almost all keys rebound. ARGH!

[Warc1]

One other key binding issue for me. Binding any key to "Takeoff" under "Wingsuit" is not recognized. "Takeoff" only responds to whatever key "Deploy Wingsuit" was bound to under "On Foot".

[Zaphod]

Suggestion - once you get the key bindings the way you like them, find "kepmap.txt" under your 'Documents\Square Enix\Just Cause 3\Saves\<your unique ID number>" folder and copy it someplace as a backup. If they get reset in the future just copy your backup back into that folder to restore your preferred settings.
If you view the contents of that file in Notepad++ you can probably figure out what you need to change manually to get it the way you like. It's hugely annoying to me they have bindings set in there many of which don't work at all (like quick save/quick load), and some which do work but are not accessible in the game options menu. For example I bind "F" to shoot the grapple hook, but there is a "hard-wired" setting in keymap.txt that binds the "hold-F" button to detonate explosives. Very aggravating ... interferes with dual-tethering. In that case I search for "PC_F" in the file, find the line "action": "DETONATE_EXPLOSIVE" and below, where it says "key": "PC_F" I change it to "key": "PC_U" (I don't use "U" for anything).

[Warc1]

Just checked my JC3 saves folder and there was no file named "keymap.txt". Instead, I have a file named "kepmap.txt". That file does contain key bindings and appears to have all of my customizations. However, it is obviously being ignored since the game always starts with key mapping set to game defaults. I tried renaming the file to "keymap.txt", but it made no difference and the game still starts with the default key mapping.

[Feasting]

Confirmed key mapping is broken. editing Kepmap.txt doesn't do anything. Stop padding your gametime and get a refund if you still can.

[Sledge Hammer!]

I thought disabling mods fixed the key binds problem, but the key binds reverted to default again on their own. This is a wide spread bug that needs to be addressed.

[Søn of Jøn]

Same here, but The more I think about it, they're really just doing this for our own good.
I mean, so many keys that we PC people have at our disposal. It can become too confusing for us, and we should be more like our console brethren and embrace the lack of options.

[rookmarduk]

Same issue here, no mods, after last patch, the game does not propetuate the custom key bindings. Please fix. thank you in advance.

[BionicWolf]

Vanilla here as well- same problem-pleaase hotfix-

[Strontium_99]

Yeah, this is bloody annoying. Been running a few tests. Seems like since the latest patch JC3 will write to \Documents\Square Enix\Just Cause 3\Saves\<id>/kepmap.txt, but won't read from it. I've copied away the existing kepmap.txt (note it is called kepmap and not keymap), defaulted the keys, exited the game. Checked the date/time stamp on the kepmap.txt file. Yep it wrote ok. I then copied the correct key setting from my copyed verson back into kepmap.txt and restarted the game. Did it pick up the proper key bindings... yeah right, bollox did it. I also tried making a copy of kepmap.txt and calling it keymap.txt just in case. Yeah, same result. I love this game and this is just ruining the whole game for me.

[BionicWolf]

Thanks for the info strontium- I won't bother w/ that workaround now. I share your frustration as I use unique bindings.

[Søn of Jøn]

So the bindings are now just ♥♥♥♥♥♥ no matter what?

Let me guess... they tested this on just one PC that used the default keys...

[Zaphod]

Originally posted by Warc1:

Just checked my JC3 saves folder and there was no file named "keymap.txt". Instead, I have a file named "kepmap.txt"....

My apologies Warc1, I misspelled -- it is indeed "kepmap.txt". Not sure why editing this file to remap the F key works for me but not for others, but then I have given up on trying to figure out a LOT of the bugs in this game. The key bindings are really bonkers, the way they tie certain actions together, and you can't separate them. For example, accelerate and nitrous on helicopters and planes.

More weirdness: When using the Fire Leech (which is a really cool rocket launcher... when it works), sometimes it refuses to "lock" the target at all (where you hold the fire button until you get spinny red icon box). Sometimes it will lock on the first target, and not lock on subsequent targets. Sometimes it will work fine, hold the fire button and swing over multiple targets and it locks on them all. WHY??

Also, today I was piloting the rebel corvette, and the gun worked fine the first several shots, then it just totally stopped working. Sometime later I tried it again and it worked, but only while I held down the fire button for several seconds. Then it stopped working again. It may be my imagination, but it seemed to start messing up once I elevated the gun site up above a certain point, and only started working again after pointing it as low as it would go. Couldn't experiment more with that, however, because by that point they were bombing the crap out of me from every angle and I died in a blaze of glory >:)