Townfall CRTV Cannot Tune Backwards: PC Binding Checks

First separate a binding failure from a signal puzzle

Note whether frequency moves in one direction but not the other. Record your custom key, then compare the original control if your mouse wheel works. The launch discussion reports that the default input can work when a remapped decrease key does not. A broken wheel needs a different input option; repeatedly rebinding the same rejected action may not help.

Community workaround: only edit an existing matching axis entry

The September 23 Steam author reported a fix, followed by success replies from two other players on September 25 and 27. This is community evidence, not an official patch or our own hardware test. The reported folder is %LOCALAPPDATA%/Townfall/Saved/Config/Windows. Before editing, close the game and copy the configuration file to a separate backup location.

• Inspect your existing configuration in a text editor. Continue only if the keyboard decrease entry is an AxisMappings line with Radio_DecreaseTunedFrequency and Scale=1.000000.
• In that matching keyboard entry, change the axis name to Radio_IncreaseTunedFrequency and the scale to -1.000000. Preserve your existing Key value and the rest of the line; do not alter controller trigger entries.
• Save, reopen the game and test both frequency directions in a safe place. Restore the backup if the result is wrong.

No AxisMappings or scale value? Stop here

A September 28 player explicitly reports an Input.ini containing ActionMappings but no AxisMappings or positive/negative scale. That thread does not establish a working conversion. Do not invent a new axis line, replace the whole file with somebody else’s settings, or assume the same edit applies to every build.

Keep your current configuration. Compare an available default input or controller, and report your game version, custom key and configuration structure to support. There is no verified ActionMappings-only solution in the checked evidence.

Read-only files and reverting the change

The original author also marked the edited file read-only. This prevents normal writes to that file, so later control changes may fail to persist. If you follow that part of the report, record it and remove the read-only attribute before restoring your backup or changing settings again.

Keep the backup until you have tested both directions and other controls. After a game update, check the normal binding menu again before reapplying an old workaround. These instructions concern local input settings, not save files; do not delete saved progress.

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