Graphics settings won't stay

[Chaosolous]

My graphics settings keep resetting to a setting I had set them to awhile after playing when I was fiddling with the settings to find what was optimal for my PC. The settings it keeps loading are not optimal and were just part of what I was messing with.

Now every time that I start the game I have to change the graphics setting to what is actually optimal.

Does anyone know why it's not saving the settings when I close out the game?

The only thing that's not vanilla is that I added the lines to launch options for skipping the launcher. IDR exactly what it was but I think it's "-skip--launcher" or something like that.

[Charles]

I have the same problem on my computer and on my Steam deck. Anyone has a solution?
Deleting thgraphicSettings.lsx don't work.

[SugarComa]

Same issue here with the Steam Deck, also looking for a solution.

[AwpDul]

I can report the same exact thing on a 1080 Ti

Vulkan render mode
FSR set to Ultra Quality
AA set to TAA, but it resets every single time I restart the game.

This keeps happening repeatedly. Also my card can very well handle DLAA in other games but in BG3 it's not given as an option. This is quite limiting as DLAA is superior and clearly, the 1080 Ti can handle it!!

[Dave Spacelaser]

FWIW I was having the same issues on both desktop and Steam Deck, but it stopped once I turned off Larian's cross-save feature and just let Steam's cloud save handle it instead. That also stopped it from prompting me for brightness and terms of service every time I switched from deck to desktop.

[Chaosolous]

Unfortunately until they fix the Steam Cloud Saves Deleting BG3 Saves, I’m gonna keep cloud saving off.

IIRC, my Larian save backup is also off.

[Zips]

Publicado originalmente por Dave Spacelaser:

FWIW I was having the same issues on both desktop and Steam Deck, but it stopped once I turned off Larian's cross-save feature and just let Steam's cloud save handle it instead. That also stopped it from prompting me for brightness and terms of service every time I switched from deck to desktop.

Wish that would work for me, but I've had Larian's cross-saves turned off since launch because it was supposedly causing some issues at the time (which have since been fixed but I never enabled them anyway).

Publicado originalmente por Chaosolous:

That’d be nice to have FSR 2. It’s superior in every way. This game has just been a reminder my PC is getting old.

Good news is that they already confirmed FSR2 is coming but not until nearer to the PS5 release in a few weeks: https://www.pcgamer.com/baldurs-gate-3-fsr-22-upgrade-likely-to-drop-closer-to-september-6/

[Chaosolous]

Interestingly enough, I have changed my settings since I watched the Digital Foundry video on what's the general best optimization. I could probably use to lower a setting or two, but frame drops don't bother me and I'm able to get an FSR free, clean looking game now. At least until they implement FSR 2. I also chose to go with SMAA over TAA (older graphics card) as it is way less blurry despite it's... jaggedness, which has actually started growing on me.

That aside, I'm having a separate issue now where my Depth of Field Quality selection won't stay and I now have to change that every time that I load the game up. I keep selecting Quarter, but it will default back to Quarter + Denoise every time I boot the game up. The Quarter + Denoise is a noticeable enough hit to performance without enough gained, in my opinion, to warrant using it. However, the setting won't stay at Quarter, and keeps going back to Quarter + Denoise.

If anyone else has this issue, lemme know.

Screenshot provided for context.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3021324708

[Charles]

Publicado originalmente por Dave Spacelaser:

FWIW I was having the same issues on both desktop and Steam Deck, but it stopped once I turned off Larian's cross-save feature and just let Steam's cloud save handle it instead. That also stopped it from prompting me for brightness and terms of service every time I switched from deck to desktop.

It's already deactivated for me and it still doesn't keep my settings.
I tried to reactivate and deactivate also, still the same problem.

[Emperor]

Publicado originalmente por Chaosolous:

Interestingly enough, I have changed my settings since I watched the Digital Foundry video on what's the general best optimization. I could probably use to lower a setting or two, but frame drops don't bother me and I'm able to get an FSR free, clean looking game now. At least until they implement FSR 2. I also chose to go with SMAA over TAA (older graphics card) as it is way less blurry despite it's... jaggedness, which has actually started growing on me.

That aside, I'm having a separate issue now where my Depth of Field Quality selection won't stay and I now have to change that every time that I load the game up. I keep selecting Quarter, but it will default back to Quarter + Denoise every time I boot the game up. The Quarter + Denoise is a noticeable enough hit to performance without enough gained, in my opinion, to warrant using it. However, the setting won't stay at Quarter, and keeps going back to Quarter + Denoise.

If anyone else has this issue, lemme know.

Screenshot provided for context.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3021324708

Has anyone found a solution for this? Extremely annoying having to set the depth of field quality to quarter each and every time I log in to play.

[Stubbieoz]

Not trying to be a smartarse or anything..... but do you really like depth of field in games?
I just turn it off in BG3 and that setting sticks. it also gives you a couple of extra fps as a bonus.

I never understood why making things blurry in the background is an attractive setting in games.

[Chaosolous]

Publicado originalmente por Stubbieoz:

Not trying to be a smartarse or anything..... but do you really like depth of field in games?
I just turn it off in BG3 and that setting sticks. it also gives you a couple of extra fps as a bonus.

I never understood why making things blurry in the background is an attractive setting in games.

Depends on its implementation. During dialogue it feels more cinematic. During gameplay it’s not used I don’t think.

[AwpDul]

Okay guys! This has just been fixed with the most recent update of the game. Now my TAA settings will stay in game after every restart.

[boybrushdRED]

Publicado originalmente por Chaosolous:

Interestingly enough, I have changed my settings since I watched the Digital Foundry video on what's the general best optimization. I could probably use to lower a setting or two, but frame drops don't bother me and I'm able to get an FSR free, clean looking game now. At least until they implement FSR 2. I also chose to go with SMAA over TAA (older graphics card) as it is way less blurry despite it's... jaggedness, which has actually started growing on me.

That aside, I'm having a separate issue now where my Depth of Field Quality selection won't stay and I now have to change that every time that I load the game up. I keep selecting Quarter, but it will default back to Quarter + Denoise every time I boot the game up. The Quarter + Denoise is a noticeable enough hit to performance without enough gained, in my opinion, to warrant using it. However, the setting won't stay at Quarter, and keeps going back to Quarter + Denoise.

If anyone else has this issue, lemme know.

Screenshot provided for context.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3021324708

Same exact issue for me with Depth of field. I set it to Quarter but always go back to Quarter+denoise everytime I launch the game.

[Mortis]

I've logged this issue with support. The game launches Borderless Window everytime and doesn't save fullscreen mode. For example if you set your windows resolution to 1280x720 and load the game up in 'fullscreen' mode itll look really blurry until you click any graphic setting to trigger the fullscreen mode.

Quite an annoying bug.

[bugski3]

Looks like an old thread but I just had an issue with this and stumbled upon this thread. Realized that you cannot use DLSS while using any version of Anti Aliasing.