settings reset on every load?

[4925G]

since hotfix 3, i keep getting a new traveler's chest and dlc rewards on every launch, which is annoyingbut whatever, but my settings completely reset on every launch. any ideas on how to stop this?

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Originally posted by 4925G:

settings reset on every load?
since hotfix 3, i keep getting a new traveler's chest and dlc rewards on every launch, which is annoyingbut whatever, but my settings completely reset on every launch. any ideas on how to stop this?

Could you share a DxDiag and details on how you launch the game? Maybe it is related.

[4925G]

https://pastebin.com/criNub5T dxdiag is here. i play through steam, though the settings reset still happens if i launch with admin privs direct from bx3_dx11.exe too.

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Originally posted by 4925G:

https://pastebin.com/criNub5T dxdiag is here. i play through steam, though the settings reset still happens if i launch with admin privs direct from bx3_dx11.exe too.

Hm... It is still quite a stretch, but I am looking for a correlation with the issue with Windows Home.

Can I ask you to restart your PC and see if applying method C from here might make a difference?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3015166965

The settings should be saved within the appdata files. But I cannot see yet why it should not work, unless the related folders are having write protection or you lacking rights. But then it would make no sense if starting the game as administrator does not change anything, right?

[4925G]

I tried as suggested, also reset caches entirely as suggested elsewhere, restarted computer, whole nine yards of that. game took a while to launch (as expected from rebuilding files), i changed the graphics settings, quit, and relaunched and the graphics were still stuck in defaults. as you said, it cannot be a admin issue when it doesn't matter if running it as admin or not changes the behavior not at all.

i appreciate the attempt to help! it seems to me this is a problem with the hotfix itself.

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Originally posted by 4925G:

I tried as suggested, also reset caches entirely as suggested elsewhere, restarted computer, whole nine yards of that. game took a while to launch (as expected from rebuilding files), i changed the graphics settings, quit, and relaunched and the graphics were still stuck in defaults. as you said, it cannot be a admin issue when it doesn't matter if running it as admin or not changes the behavior not at all.

i appreciate the attempt to help! it seems to me this is a problem with the hotfix itself.

It could be. The hotfix has seemingly attempted to fix an issue related to savegames, where the game would constantly glitch out to a debug profile.

So it would not be surprising if the glitch manifested in settings as well.

But that it cannot be resolved via restart makes me doubt about it, whether the game can or cannot make the settings correctly.

In a different game the culprit was Nvidia GeFoce - where the app constantly applied a GeForce gaming profile to the game. Deactivatingthe graphics cards software'S feature in that regards has helped., But I have not seen any reports on that yet.

[4925G]

at this point, i'll try anything. i don't have a nvidia device, but maybe my AMD software is screwing around. i'll report back if anything changes.

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Originally posted by 4925G:

at this point, i'll try anything. i don't have a nvidia device, but maybe my AMD software is screwing around. i'll report back if anything changes.

I wish you good luck!
Thanks in advance for keeping me updated.

[4925G]

minor update, but not for the better. On remembering another game with issues like this, and the troubleshooting suggested there, i made a new windows admin user. the graphics issues continue, but only for resolution, as other graphics options seem to persist, which i guess is progress.

as for the game giving me a new traveler's chest on every load, that too persists.

i will wait for a hotfix, as i believe i have exhausted my options.

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Originally posted by 4925G:

minor update, but not for the better. On remembering another game with issues like this, and the troubleshooting suggested there, i made a new windows admin user. the graphics issues continue, but only for resolution, as other graphics options seem to persist, which i guess is progress.

as for the game giving me a new traveler's chest on every load, that too persists.

i will wait for a hotfix, as i believe i have exhausted my options.

Sounds wise. Thanks for the update!

[4925G]

Further update: i started a new playthrough using one of the origins. The duplicating traveler's chests do not persist, meaning it's my save file that's fscked, not the game itself. as disappointing as that is (i'm 80 hours in) at least i can play something.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by 4925G:

Further update: i started a new playthrough using one of the origins. The duplicating traveler's chests do not persist, meaning it's my save file that's fscked, not the game itself. as disappointing as that is (i'm 80 hours in) at least i can play something.

Did you allow an adrenaline profile to be added to the game? Or have you set a general one ? Because that can cause issues. When i allowed for Adrenaline to focus on performance, it caused unforeseen and severe issues that nearly led to me frying my CPU:D
Are the new chests empty or they contain duplicate stuff?

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Originally posted by 4925G:

Further update: i started a new playthrough using one of the origins. The duplicating traveler's chests do not persist, meaning it's my save file that's fscked, not the game itself. as disappointing as that is (i'm 80 hours in) at least i can play something.

Wild suggestion of mine: try deactivating the Deluxe DLC and see if that helps. But then I would probably wait for a patch as it is most likely related to the additional contents issue.

[4925G]

I'll save my 80 hour save and see if it fixed after the patch. I was planning on doing another run anyway, so I'll play that until the patch comes out. Hopefully it will fix. I'm not sure what will happen if i disable the DLC while already having it in-game, but we'll find out!

Thanks for accompanying me through this nonsense.

[4925G]

Originally posted by Nordil(Hun):

Originally posted by 4925G:

Further update: i started a new playthrough using one of the origins. The duplicating traveler's chests do not persist, meaning it's my save file that's fscked, not the game itself. as disappointing as that is (i'm 80 hours in) at least i can play something.

Did you allow an adrenaline profile to be added to the game? Or have you set a general one ? Because that can cause issues. When i allowed for Adrenaline to focus on performance, it caused unforeseen and severe issues that nearly led to me frying my CPU:D
Are the new chests empty or they contain duplicate stuff?

I don't have Adrenaline installed, so I'm going to assume it's not related. Maybe I should install it to see?

Each chest contains the DLC items in full duplicate.

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Originally posted by 4925G:

I'll save my 80 hour save and see if it fixed after the patch. I was planning on doing another run anyway, so I'll play that until the patch comes out. Hopefully it will fix. I'm not sure what will happen if i disable the DLC while already having it in-game, but we'll find out!

Thanks for accompanying me through this nonsense.

It definitely is nonsense, and it is about time the developers take some decisive actions. I blame them for not using a secondary "hotfix branch" where you can opt-in/out as Steam user. I have the strong impression at the moment that the release version was more stable before they did "fix" stuff and broke others in the process.

I thank you for keeping us updated. I like to see things through to the end where I got myself involved to help, especially when the user, like you, is trying the best in earnest. Keep in mind: the issues are not your fault, and in an ideal situation each patch would just fix things. But some stuff like personal settings - it is hard to rule such out as cause, that is why it is still worth to check things like you do instead just waiting for the next patch.

I mean, we just want to play as soon as possible again without any issues, right?