[FIX] Graphics Settings Not Saving

[ThraxxMedia]

Hi there,

in case you're struggling to find a solution to this problem, you're in the same boat as I was until today. Thankfully, there is a workaround which allows you to set everything manually, and upon relaunch the game will recognize all of those settings as intended.

Locate the following folder on your Windows machine:
C:\Users\[Username]\Documents\My Games\Bates\Saved\Config\Windows
(Replace [Username] with whatever your Windows name is, obviously)

You will find two files there, one called "Engine.ini" (leave that one alone), and the other called "GameUserSettings.ini" - opening the latter one with a text editor, you'll see that it's completely empty; this is possibly in error, and we're going to fix it.

Copy and paste the following block of options into that file, then make adjustments as you wish, save it and set the file to "write protected" just in case. Start your game, and all settings will apply.


[ScalabilityGroups]
sg.AntiAliasingQuality=0
sg.EffectsQuality=2
sg.FoliageQuality=1
sg.GlobalIlluminationQuality=2
sg.PostProcessQuality=2
sg.ReflectionQuality=2
sg.ResolutionQuality=87
sg.ShadingQuality=2
sg.ShadowQuality=1
sg.TextureQuality=2
sg.ViewDistanceQuality=2

Note: above values are just examples (ones that I personally use); each value starts from zero (i.e. the lowest setting in game would be 0, then 1, 2, etc.)

Each setting should be self-explanatory by its name, perhaps with the exception of "ResolutionQuality" going by "Screen Percentage" and "GlobalIlluminationQuality" which is called "Volumetric Lighting & Fog" in game respectively.

I hope this helps some people. :)

Cheers~
Thraxx

[Ludus Aurea]

The weird thing is the only setting that keeps resetting every time Ilaunch the game is the render resolution percentage. Mine always resets to 25% and I literally can't set it to 100%, the closest is 105%, so I have my game rendering above 100% resolution for no reason just because it's yet another broken part of this release.

[ThraxxMedia]

Originally posted by Ludus Aurea:

The weird thing is the only setting that keeps resetting every time Ilaunch the game is the render resolution percentage. Mine always resets to 25% and I literally can't set it to 100%, the closest is 105%, so I have my game rendering above 100% resolution for no reason just because it's yet another broken part of this release.

See my initial post; that resolution percentage is also covered by the .ini tweak, the option is called "sg.ResolutionQuality" :) it worked for me and doesn't reset anymore.

[RodroG]

Thank you, it works! By the way, the devs should be embarrassed. A bug like this...

[Liv]

Originally posted by RodroG:

Thank you, it works! By the way, the devs should be embarrassed. A bug like this...

True. I like the game but it's obvious that they wanted to release it before silent hill 2 - no matter what it costs. Really a shame :/

[X iegunner X]

Originally posted by ThraxxMedia:

Hi there,

in case you're struggling to find a solution to this problem, you're in the same boat as I was until today. Thankfully, there is a workaround which allows you to set everything manually, and upon relaunch the game will recognize all of those settings as intended.

Locate the following folder on your Windows machine:
C:\Users\[Username]\Documents\My Games\Bates\Saved\Config\Windows
(Replace [Username] with whatever your Windows name is, obviously)

You will find two files there, one called "Engine.ini" (leave that one alone), and the other called "GameUserSettings.ini" - opening the latter one with a text editor, you'll see that it's completely empty; this is possibly in error, and we're going to fix it.

Copy and paste the following block of options into that file, then make adjustments as you wish, save it and set the file to "write protected" just in case. Start your game, and all settings will apply.


[ScalabilityGroups]
sg.AntiAliasingQuality=0
sg.EffectsQuality=2
sg.FoliageQuality=1
sg.GlobalIlluminationQuality=2
sg.PostProcessQuality=2
sg.ReflectionQuality=2
sg.ResolutionQuality=87
sg.ShadingQuality=2
sg.ShadowQuality=1
sg.TextureQuality=2
sg.ViewDistanceQuality=2

Note: above values are just examples (ones that I personally use); each value starts from zero (i.e. the lowest setting in game would be 0, then 1, 2, etc.)

Each setting should be self-explanatory by its name, perhaps with the exception of "ResolutionQuality" going by "Screen Percentage" and "GlobalIlluminationQuality" which is called "Volumetric Lighting & Fog" in game respectively.

I hope this helps some people. :)

Cheers~
Thraxx

Thank you sir

[TofuStranger]

EDIT: I tried pasting the provided settings and my game is still ignoring them. I set the file to read-only

A couple questions.. what is the maximum value when it's 0, 1, 2, etc? Also can I disable DOF this way?

[ThraxxMedia]

Originally posted by TofuStranger:

EDIT: I tried pasting the provided settings and my game is still ignoring them. I set the file to read-only

A couple questions.. what is the maximum value when it's 0, 1, 2, etc? Also can I disable DOF this way?

Maximum value depends on how many steps the in-game options have, it's not necessarily fixed. Have you made sure to copy everything that's in bold letters?

Depth of Field would be a graphics option that (as far as I know) can be customized in the Engine.ini instead; I suggest doing a google search for "Unreal Engine ini tweaks" or something like that. There's a bunch of valuable reddit guides with good info.

/edit: nevermind, just googled it myself.

Open "Engine.ini" in the same location as the other file and look for a section called [SystemSettings] (it probably doesn't exist by default; if so, just add it at the end).

Have it look something like this:

[SystemSettings]
r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0

I haven't tested, but according to the internet, this does the trick.

[Mozek]

Can this be used to force Frame Generation on? It doesn't work in the regular settings

[wosuchen]

Originally posted by Mozek:

Can this be used to force Frame Generation on? It doesn't work in the regular settings

me too, How to fix it