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ChrisW75
2 years ago

Dead Space Not Saving Button Mapping

I just installed Dead Space (2023) through the EA app (from PC Game Pass) and it will not let me customise the keyboard mapping. I'm left handed, I use the mouse in my left hand so WASD really doesn't work for me (why do PC games not have a default alternate lefty mapping?)

When I go to the screen to customise the controls and click on the "W" for example, it immediately changes to "Waiting..." and then straight back to W. Weirdly if I then click on another control it'll do the same thing, and also pop up a message saying "Move forward Action has been un-assigned".

What's going on and how can I fix this?

The only other thing that stands out is that when I loaded it the first time it popped up a message saying the the game was designed to be installed on an SSD and players with the game installed on an HDD may experience some glitches (it's installed on my HDD). Is that what's causing it?

If that's the issue, noting that it should be installed on an SSD rather than a HDD is the sort of thing it would be good to know BEFORE leaving the game downloading and installing overnight, rather than afterwards.

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  • EA_Shepard's avatar
    EA_Shepard
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    2 years ago

    @ChrisW75 This one may be a little tricky, especially if they aren't saving correctly. If you change the mapping and they don't save, or cause issues do the following:

    • First, repair the game and try again
    • Then, go to C:\Users\user\Documents\Dead Space (2023)\settings
    • Delete everything except your saves if you have any
    • Repair again
    • Launch and test it out

    If this does not work, I would do a full uninstall, and then the following:

    Delete Windows Temp Files

    • First, make sure you close as many programs as you can
    • Press the Windows key + R, go into the file explorer
    • Type in %temp%, and hit Enter
    • Delete everything it allows you to delete
    • Reboot the PC

    Optional Registry clean-up

    • install CCleaner (it's free) from here
    • Run Registry cleaner
    • Click review selected issues
    • Do you want to back up? No
    • Click Fix all selected issues
  • ChrisW75's avatar
    ChrisW75
    2 years ago

    Thanks I'll give that a try later if it doesn't start working. It was a completely fresh install and the first thing I did when I opened the game was to rebind the keys. It's not that it didn't save them, it's that it wouldn't let me change the bindings at all.

    I uninstalled the game and left it reinstalling on the SSD overnight last night. I'll check it again when I get time later this afternoon. Maybe it'll start working again.

    If not, I'll try to get a screen cap of the issue to share before trying your suggestion.

  • EA_Shepard's avatar
    EA_Shepard
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    2 years ago

    @ChrisW75 I took a look around and tried to test it and I didn't have any issues, so something makes me thing its just not saving what you are doing. That could be permission based which can be harder to solve. There are a few other things you can do try test it but I wanted to make sure I tested it to see if mine would save. I use controllers more than a keyboard but I still change most of the buttons anyways for myself.

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