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Edit -- Think I figured it out.
Would I just need to type /bind_load_file "c:\Keybinds.txt" ?


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Actually /bind_load is enough, when you are loading c:\keybinds.txt.
It's only when you want to load some other file that you need to use /bind_load_file <filepath>.

So for keybinds.txt:
/bind_load

For all other files:
/bind_load_file <filepath>

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Hmm, this is strange. Earlier I could load a bind file in the City of Heroes directory using the $name variable, like this

"bind_load_file <path>\City of Heroes\$name"

But now it does not seem to work...
If I hardcode the name, that is put the player name instead of $name in the path, it works fine.

Anyone know if bind_load_file command has changed, or something else has changed?
As I said, earlier I could do this, even if the path included spaces...

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I would guess that you used a single word name when it worked and are failing with a name involving a space. I am surprised that \city of heroes\ worked for you, I've seen people resort to using cityof~1 or was it cityofh~1 because of spaces. I haven't fussed with pathing, all my bind editing has been done on c:\

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No, I actually used a name with no spaces (Peek). It worked earlier, but now it only works if I hardcode it.

Hmm, this is strange. Earlier I could load a bind file in the City of Heroes directory using the $name variable, like this

"bind_load_file <path>\City of Heroes\$name"

But now it does not seem to work...
If I hardcode the name, that is put the player name instead of $name in the path, it works fine.

Anyone know if bind_load_file command has changed, or something else has changed?
As I said, earlier I could do this, even if the path included spaces...

Hmm, did you put the command between quotes?
I mean like this:
"bind_load_file c:\binds\$name"
This might help, because with a character named "Super Volt" the result of that command will be:

bind_load_file c:\binds\Super Volt

And any command with a space in it needs to be between quotes to show where it starts and ends.

Hopefully that will do it.

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In regards to the bind_load_file c:\coh\$name.txt bind setup, I've tried this and the bind command doesn't swap the variable. It looks for a file SPECIFICALLY named $name.txt.

I don't know if this is a bug or intentional, but i've never gotten it to work for me.

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I would expect as much, but i have read that $name with no extension works IF you delete the extension on the binds file it's trying to call.

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Yes, taking out the ".txt" part of the file name will do it.

If your player is named Bill, then you should name the file "bill", not "bill.txt".
And the command should be: bind_load_file c:\coh\$name

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bind files are NEVER auto loaded. Bind information is saved with your character on the server side. If you change your keybinds file- any of your bind files - via a text editor, you will have to load them once you log in. That keybinds file that appears on your default drive once you do a bind_save is so that you can work with it and then manually load it to the server.


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Aha, that would explain it. Thanks for straightening that out for us, Goldheart.

What would be nice (apart from a bind_save_file command) would be a setting in the options, where you could name a file to be automatically loaded at log in.

Like Super_Volt said, you can bind the command to a key in the keybinds.txt.
It seems that when you first create a new character, the keybinds.txt is NOT loaded when you log in. But if you just do a /bind_load, it will be loaded, and when you log on next time with this character, it WILL be auto-loaded. So your command to load character specific bind files would be set up automatically.


One thing I find a bit strange, is that there seems to be only a /bind_save command, but no /bind_save_file command.
Too bad, that would be handy.

Great guide, Curveball! Nice job!

One thing about loading files specific for each of your characters:

If you have three characters with different bind files, but don't want to make 3 different macros for loading them, do this:

Name the files the same as your character names, but with NO extension. So if your characters are Bill and Bob, you would name the bind files "bill" and "bob" (NOT "bill.txt" and "bob.txt").

Now you can load them both with the same macro. If the path to your files is "c:\binds", then the macro command would be:

bind_load_file c:\binds\$name


That way the name of the character you have currently logged in will be inserted in the filepath, and the correct file loaded. So only one bind/macro to load bind file for all characters.