Simulator Keybinding Locations
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Flight simulators are rather complex pieces of entertainment and training software, and when one loses keybindings, also known as controller mappings or simply keyboard shortcuts, perhaps due to errant operating system updates, hard disk drive crashes, or other phenomena, it is not uncommon to also lose one’s mind. 
In service of mental health for all sim fanatics everywhere, here are the keybinding locations for various simulators I have so that we can find them and back them up regularly, without ever forgetting to do so.
Arma 3
C:\Users\your_user_name\Documents\Arma 3\your_user_name.Arma3Profile
Balsa Model Flight Sim
Install_Drive_Letter:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\BALSA Model Flight Simulator\inputsettings.cfg
Digital Combat Simulator (DCS)
Even if you copy the folder into the specified locations below, you may need to load the profile for each controller by clicking the “Load Profile” button in the controller setup screen and selecting the plane and controller file, as the sim doesn’t always see them.
Open Beta version:
C:\Users\your_user_name\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Config\InputUserProfiles
Regular version:
C:\Users\your_user_name\Saved Games\DCS\Config\InputUserProfiles
Elite Dangerous (ED)
C:\Users\your_user_name\AppData\Local\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\Options\Bindings
Thank you Talkittynora.
IL-2 Sturmovik (IL2)
Install_Drive_Letter:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\data\input
Microsoft Flight Simulator (MSFS)
The keybinds are, we are told, saved by the gods in the clouds, though we suspect they may also be somewhere in our machine. If you know, please tell me and I will dance and chant, update this post, and credit you, whilst cursing the MS gods!
And thank you, Icebird4all, for the valiant attempts at helping me find it!
Star Citizen (SC)
Install_Drive_Letter:\Program Files\Roberts Space Industries\StarCitizen\LIVE\USER\Client\0\Controls\Mappings
Track IR Profiles
Install_Drive_Letter:\Users\your_user_name\AppData\Roaming\NaturalPoint\TrackIR 5\Profiles
War Thunder (WT)
The default keybinds are in: Install_Drive_Letter\Users\your_user_name\Documents\My Games\WarThunder\Saves\LotsOfRandomNumbers\production\machine.blk, but it is recommended you save your keybindings to the directory of your choice by going to Controls → Disk symbol → Export. See here for my own WT keybindings.
If any of these are wrong and you know so, please yell at me on my stream chat or write me an email with the correct location.
Thank you, happy simulating, peace out!
HyperTextHero
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