Graphics settings keep resetting to default when game is relaunched

[Warp]

What the title says. This never used to happen. It's really frustrating having to dial in the correct settings upon each time I boot the game up.

Is this happening to anyone else?

[Coldblackice]

Facepunch definitely changed something that's causing this to happen now, as even hJune has been complaining about it on stream, nearly losing a battle because he wasn't aware that Rust had reset his keybinds.

Facepunch needs to fix this, but for anyone that wants a temporary fix:

1. Open Rust, set your graphics settings exactly how you want them
   
2. Open F1 console
   
3. At the lower-right corner of screen, click the green button for "Log Folder". A Windows explorer folder should appear
   
4. In that folder, double-click the "cfg" directory
   
5. Find "client.cfg" in that folder, right-click it, click "Properties"
   
6. A popup window will appear -> tick the "Read-only" box to enable it -> Click "OK"
   
7. Your Rust settings now won't be reset when Rust is reopened
   
8. Note: If you want to change any of your Rust settings and have those changes stick, you'll have to go back to that folder disable the "Read-only" attribute of "client.cfg"

Obviously players shouldn't have to jump through these hoops, this needs to get fixed by Facepunch. But for anyone that wants a temporary workaround until this gets patched, the above should work.

[Warp]

Originally posted by Coldblackice:

Facepunch definitely changed something that's causing this to happen now, as even hJune has been complaining about it on stream, nearly losing a battle because he wasn't aware that Rust had reset his keybinds.

Facepunch needs to fix this, but for anyone that wants a temporary fix:

1. Open Rust, set your graphics settings exactly how you want them
   
2. Open F1 console
   
3. At the lower-right corner of screen, click the green button for "Log Folder". A Windows explorer folder should appear
   
4. In that folder, double-click the "cfg" directory
   
5. Find "client.cfg" in that folder, right-click it, click "Properties"
   
6. A popup window will appear -> tick the "Read-only" box to enable it -> Click "OK"
   
7. Your Rust settings now won't be reset when Rust is reopened
   
8. Note: If you want to change any of your Rust settings and have those changes stick, you'll have to go back to that folder disable the "Read-only" attribute of "client.cfg"

Obviously players shouldn't have to jump through these hoops, this needs to get fixed by Facepunch. But for anyone that wants a temporary workaround until this gets patched, the above should work.

Thanks so much for the reply. After it happened the second time I made sure to screenshot my settings but this fix is even better :D

[𐂃𐂃𐂃]

You can create your own .cfg files for controls or video settings and use the console: exec filename.cfg. Bind it to a key to switch settings in real-time. For example, I have one cfg for PvP when roaming and another for relaxing and enjoying the view. This way, it will never be overwritten during updates etc