Where is the file Elite Dangerous stores the controls?

Where is the file Elite Dangerous stores the controls? - White Painted House

I'd like to easily backup my controls in Elite: Dangerous. Does anyone know where the controls are stored, or a way to find out? Thanks!

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Best Answer

I have found them here for the Beta 1.02:

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\Options\Bindings\

There are 2 files of interest: "Custom.binds" and "StartPreset.start"



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Where are my elite dangerous controls saved?

c:\\Users\\yourname\\AppData\\Local\\Frontier Developments\\Elite Dangerous\\Options\\Bindings You then backup the file Custom. binds, or re-name it. You can call the file anything.

Where is elite dangerous config file?

Configuration file(s) locationSystemLocationWindows%LOCALAPPDATA% \\Frontier Developments\\Elite Dangerous\\macOS (OS X)Steam Play (Linux)<Steam-folder> /steamapps/compatdata/ 359320 /pfx/ [Note1]Apr 3, 2022

What are the controls for elite dangerous?

Here are the most important control elements that you need to be aware of.
  • W - Increases your ship's speed.
  • S - Reduces your ship's speed.
  • Q - Thrust left.
  • E - Thrust right.
  • A - Yaw / rotate left.
  • D - Yaw / rotate right.
  • R - Thrusters Up.
  • F - Thrusters Down.



Elite Dangerous: Basic Flight Controls Tutorial (Keyboard + Mouse)



More answers regarding where is the file Elite Dangerous stores the controls?

Answer 2

If you copy the Custom.binds file to MyName.binds (or something) it will appear in the drop-down menu for you to choose from.

Answer 3

I think I found them! I don't know if they added them since the beta came out, or what. But It looks like custom bindings are saved in a file here: \Users\USER\Local\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\Options\Bindings

Answer 4

On the Mac they are stored in : ~/Library/Application Support/Frontier Developments/Elite Dangerous/Options/Bindings

Where ~/ is your user folder /Users/<your_user_name>/Library/Application Supp...

Answer 5

Found it a bit silly i couldnt just add comments for clarification but can provide a new answer. Regardless, just to update / concur:

Elite Dangerous Horizons V2018.12.17.190809

Location:

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\Options\Bindings\

AS stated previously; "There are 2 files of interest: "Custom.binds" and "StartPreset.start"" But you dont need to do anything with the startpreset file, when in-game that file will update to whatever you last 'loaded'.

When COPYING to make additional config profiles, as stated in a comment by GERT. You need to edit the PRESETNAME inside the file as well as the actual file name.

What i noticed was that the baseline Custom.binds file didnt have that option but i had an extra file called custom.3.0.binds which did have a preset.

So copy that one, edit the file name and preset inside the file, save and reload your game.

I did all this in testing setup for a 3D mouse (3Dconnexion) for very fine controls esp for docking [which i was only able to get working by using ControlMyJoystick as by default this does not work well at all].

Answer 6

On Linux (Ubuntu) I found them under:

steamapps/compatdata/359320/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Local/Frontier Developments/Elite Dangerous/Options/Bindings

The location of steamapps depends on your steam library location.

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