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I have been playing the Lego Movie game on my Windows 7 PC fine for a while. However, recently the 2nd player controller configuration is not getting saved.

Every time I go back to the control configuration, it says "no device selected". When I choose "change device", I am able to correctly add a device (i.e., the game goes detect the keyboard or gamepad), but when I accept and go back to configuration, it is back to "no device selected".

I can save video settings changes. I also tested whether the controller I was using for the 2nd player works for the 1st player, which it does and also gets saved properly. I tried running in Administrator Mode and it did not make a difference.

In other saved games, I can change the 2nd player controller and that works fine. In my saved game, I can change the 1st player controller and that works fine. But I am unable to change the 2nd player controller (even to keyboard, which does not save).

I was looking for some (perhaps corrupted) configuration file that I could delete.

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  • Hmm... are you running that game from a limited or guest account on Windows? This seems like the configuration file isn't being saved correctly, which may be a result of the way NTFS handles writing permissions.
    – Doktoro Reichard
    Commented Apr 27, 2014 at 16:35
  • I tried running in administrator mode and it did not make a difference. i can save video setting changes, etc., only the 2nd player controller does not get saved. I can even use the controller that I want to use for the 2nd player for the first player, and that gets saved properly too. Do you know where the configuration file is stored?
    – Jimmy
    Commented Apr 27, 2014 at 21:33
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    As I don't have the game, I wouldn't be able to say, but I believe I found something that may help. This is a discussion on Steam regarding the same issue, it appears a configuration file has its read flag set to on; disabling it should work.
    – Doktoro Reichard
    Commented Apr 27, 2014 at 21:40
  • I've tried a bunch of experiments. In other saved (Lego Movie) games, I can change the 2nd player controller and that works fine. In my saved game, I can change the 1st player controller and that works fine. But I am unable to change the 2nd player controller, even to keyboard; that just does not save. Does not seem to make a difference if I start as administrator or not.
    – Jimmy
    Commented May 3, 2014 at 12:43
  • Then I played my saved game with 1 player only. The game is at "the octan tower", but at the end of that level. If I proceed to the next level ("Put the thing on the thing"), then the 2nd player can join in again. However, I cannot seem to save the game; if I quit, it starts me back at "the octan tower".
    – Jimmy
    Commented May 3, 2014 at 12:45

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As per my comment, if I play the game a bit by myself to make it to the next level, then the 2nd player can join again. However (as far as I know) the game would not save after progressing to the next level. So we just finished the game without shutting it down (I just alt-tabbed in and out of the game). That seemed to work ok. Perhaps after progressing past a few levels the game is able to save again (I don't know for sure, as I still have not shut it down!).

Not a real solution, but a reasonable work-around. Hope it helps someone else in the same boat :^)

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  • I'm awarding you the bounty I placed. However, let it be known that, just as you may be, I am not completely satisfied with this "solution". I don't want to waste the 50 rep, and due to your work, I think you deserved at least that.
    – Doktoro Reichard
    Commented May 11, 2014 at 2:02
  • Agreed about the unsatisfying solution :^) - thanks for the bounty.
    – Jimmy
    Commented May 11, 2014 at 14:11

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