Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Why are my bindings back to defaults?

If you created or played with a pilot on FSO 22.0 or later, your bindings were moved into files known as "presets" which are saved in a sub directory of your players folder.

Example: C:\Users\z64555\AppData\Roaming\HardLightProductions\FreeSpaceOpen\data\players\presets

The reason why your bindings are back to defaults in pre-22.0 version is because:

1. Older versions of FSO still require that the pilot have bindings in them, or else FSO will crash because it doesn't know how to handle a pilot with missing data.

2. To prevent having a new preset generated each time the same pilot is used across pre- and post-22.0 versions of FSO, the bindings within the pilot are forced to the defaults.

• The bindings that were originally saved are still safe within the \presets sub directory.

Related Github issue: Issue 3902

Why can't I use my pilot with different versions of FSO?

Our pilot file handling code has improved over the years to allow new data to be added to the pilot file, but we still haven't managed to get it in a perfect state due to a lack of manpower and interest.

Pilot files might be still usable across different versions of FSO, but this can not be guaranteed at this point in time. When in doubt, it is always recommended that you make a clone of your pilot and use the clone for that version of FSO.