Game not saving/keeping my graphics settings when I save and exit game

[Illusiv3lion]

Finally got game working and looking great but for some reason my graphics settings keep getting reset after exiting game.

I have a Nvidia 3060Ti and like the title says after some work around I'm getting pretty great FPS and looking I can live with but for some reason now ever time I save and exit the game and then start it up again all my graphics settings have been reset to everything Low. Any idea what's going on? I thought it might be the Nvidia app but I think I disabled it from optimizating my games but I'm not sure.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Illusiv3lion:

Game not saving/keeping my graphics settings when I save and exit game
Finally got game working and looking great but for some reason my graphics settings keep getting reset after exiting game.

I have a Nvidia 3060Ti and like the title says after some work around I'm getting pretty great FPS and looking I can live with but for some reason now ever time I save and exit the game and then start it up again all my graphics settings have been reset to everything Low. Any idea what's going on? I thought it might be the Nvidia app but I think I disabled it from optimizating my games but I'm not sure.

Does your workaround involved some downloaded config files?

[MansLaughter]

Chances are that the config file is set to read only. It will allow you to change settings in-game, but it won't write them to file because it can't. Right click your config.ini and see if read only is checked.

アンジェル might have more pertinent info as I haven't used any downloaded configs. This is just the first thing that came to mind.

[Wingnut Mcmoomoo]

alot of advice i saw was telling people to set their config to read only which would stop the game from being able to change its own settings (theres a post on the forums of me saying i hope people don't forget they did it lol).

so yeah check that, you might have accidentally caused it by following those directions

[Illusiv3lion]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by Illusiv3lion:

Game not saving/keeping my graphics settings when I save and exit game
Finally got game working and looking great but for some reason my graphics settings keep getting reset after exiting game.

I have a Nvidia 3060Ti and like the title says after some work around I'm getting pretty great FPS and looking I can live with but for some reason now ever time I save and exit the game and then start it up again all my graphics settings have been reset to everything Low. Any idea what's going on? I thought it might be the Nvidia app but I think I disabled it from optimizating my games but I'm not sure.

Does your workaround involved some downloaded config files?

I use the AMD frame generation instead of Nvidia DLSS it works better on my 3060. I also downloaded the Reframework mod by praydog. They seemed to help.

[Illusiv3lion]

Originally posted by Wingnut Mcmoomoo:

alot of advice i saw was telling people to set their config to read only which would stop the game from being able to change its own settings (theres a post on the forums of me saying i hope people don't forget they did it lol).

so yeah check that, you might have accidentally caused it by following those directions

I didn't do that advice but I did uninstall and reinstall the game. I know that it started happening when wilds showed up in the Nvidia app it wants me to set the game to lowest setting and that's what the game defaults to but I think I selected it not optimize the game.

[MansLaughter]

Originally posted by Illusiv3lion:

Originally posted by Wingnut Mcmoomoo:

alot of advice i saw was telling people to set their config to read only which would stop the game from being able to change its own settings (theres a post on the forums of me saying i hope people don't forget they did it lol).

so yeah check that, you might have accidentally caused it by following those directions

I didn't do that advice but I did uninstall and reinstall the game. I know that it started happening when wilds showed up in the Nvidia app it wants me to set the game to lowest setting and that's what the game defaults to but I think I selected it not optimize the game.

Make sure that the nvidia app isn't set to automatically optimize games.

Settings>Games and Apps>Automatically optimize newly added games and apps.

Make sure the tick is deactivated.

Edit: You don't have Steam installed in "Program Files", right?

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Illusiv3lion:

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Does your workaround involved some downloaded config files?

I use the AMD frame generation instead of Nvidia DLSS it works better on my 3060. I also downloaded the Reframework mod by praydog. They seemed to help.

Try running the game and Steam as administrator.

[MansLaughter]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Try running the game and Steam as administrator.

Just be aware that running steam as admin also allows the built-in chromium web browser admin privileges, as well. Just be careful out there.

[Illusiv3lion]

Originally posted by MansLaughter:

Originally posted by Illusiv3lion:

I didn't do that advice but I did uninstall and reinstall the game. I know that it started happening when wilds showed up in the Nvidia app it wants me to set the game to lowest setting and that's what the game defaults to but I think I selected it not optimize the game.

Make sure that the nvidia app isn't set to automatically optimize games.

Settings>Games and Apps>Automatically optimize newly added games and apps.

Make sure the tick is deactivated.

Edit: You don't have Steam installed in "Program Files", right?

I have steam installed on a dedicated SSD for just gaming Samsung Evo 970

[Illusiv3lion]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by Illusiv3lion:

I use the AMD frame generation instead of Nvidia DLSS it works better on my 3060. I also downloaded the Reframework mod by praydog. They seemed to help.

Try running the game and Steam as administrator.

I tried it for a bit I didn't see any real improvement so I turned it back off.

[MansLaughter]

Did you check if config.ini is read only?

It should be in ...\Steam\steamapps\common\MonsterHunterWilds\

If nothing else works, rename the file and let the game generate a new one. See if it will allow you to save settings. If it will, just copy the contents of the original and paste them over the new one and see if it works.

[Stoner Worm]

Originally posted by MansLaughter:

Did you check if config.ini is read only?

It should be in ...\Steam\steamapps\common\MonsterHunterWilds\

If nothing else works, rename the file and let the game generate a new one. See if it will allow you to save settings. If it will, just copy the contents of the original and paste them over the new one and see if it works.

Just wanted to say i've been following this thread and ive finally got it to save, i've had the exact same problem. Config file is now off read only, Im no longer running it as admin and you might want to check your nvidia geforce app to ensure "Settings>Games and Apps>Automatically optimize newly added games and apps" is turned to off for all games you play.

[Illusiv3lion]

Originally posted by MansLaughter:

Did you check if config.ini is read only?

It should be in ...\Steam\steamapps\common\MonsterHunterWilds\

If nothing else works, rename the file and let the game generate a new one. See if it will allow you to save settings. If it will, just copy the contents of the original and paste them over the new one and see if it works.

Turns out it wasn't the Config file, it was Nvidia doing it. Now I'm absolutely sure I've turned off its Optimization. Normally I don't mind, but it won't even let me adjust the window size. The drop down menu won’t let me select anything else other than max size.