Editing .ini Files

[Chaoster]

Would anyone happen to know why when i edit the fallout4.ini and fallout4prefs.ini the settings wont stick. i am saving and closing, ill play the game but when i come back to check on them they have reverted back to their original settings.

[Spocks Toupee]

They're both probably set to Read-only

Right click on the file, pick "properties" then see if the Read-only box is checked on the pop up window, if it is, uncheck it.

[Qnomei]

If they are not set to read-only (I would assume they are not since they allowed you to save edits in the first place) make your changes and then set them to read-only. The default launcher likes to mess with them on startup.

Alternately, you can use this launcher from the Nexus:
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/102/?

[Incunabulum]

Don't directly edit the Fallout.ini and FalloutPrefs.ini

Make a file called Custom.ini (if it doesn't already exist) and put your changes there.

[Chaoster]

I do have a custom one how exactly do you make changes to it? Say i want to increase decals and decal lifetime what would i put down?

[Chaoster]

Qnomei, yea i figured it was the launcher messing with it i might try your solution.

[Qnomei]

Originally posted by Chaoster:

Qnomei, yea i figured it was the launcher messing with it i might try your solution.

It makes editing every setting super easy, even ones that don't show up in the ini files by default.

[Incunabulum]

Originally posted by Chaoster:

I do have a custom one how exactly do you make changes to it? Say i want to increase decals and decal lifetime what would i put down?

You see those section headers [Display], [Grass], etc?

Add the appropriate one in and the put in the ini change you want underneath it.

[Display]
fWhateverThisFunctionDoes = 2345

You only need to add the headers *once* and all .ini changes that would go under that header in Fallout.ini or FalloutPrefs.ini are just put under it in Custom.ini.

[General]
bAllowConsole=1
bPlayMainmenuMusic=1
iNumHWThreads=4
uGridsToLoad=7
uExterior Cell Buffer=64
bForceUpdateDiffuseOnly=1
iTextureDegradeDistance0=800
iTextureDegradeDistance1=1500
iTextureUpgradeDistance0=600
iTextureUpgradeDistance1=1200
bDisableAllGore=0
bBorderRegionsEnabled=0
bUseCombinedObjects=0
uMainMenuDelayBeforeAllowSkip=0
[Archive]
sResourceDataDirsFinal=
bInvalidateOlderFiles=1
[Controls]
bInvertYValues=0
fMouseHeadingYScale=.021
fMouseHeadingXScale=.021
fEnterWorkshopDelay=1.5000
fPipboyLightDelay=0.3000
fZKeyDelay=0.2000
fThrowDelay=0.3000
fPowerArmorExitDelay=0.4000
fIronSightsPitchSpeedRatio=1
fPitchSpeedRatio=1

The above is a small sample of the entries in my Custom.ini. Its all the same format, it just allows them to be in one place and its easier to recover from a mistake.

[Chaoster]

Awesome i got it working, thanks to all of you for your help!