GMOD settings and config all reset to default on restart

[sza]

No matter what I do, everytime I close the game and re-open it, all my settings are set to default. I've checked all my drives, administrator privs, restarted computer, reinstalled the fking game, verified everything, etc. Everything was completely fine until this morning.

[papafrita2005]

This just happened to me too, it's so frustrating and idk what to do :c

[Fearagen]

Originally posted by sza:

No matter what I do, everytime I close the game and re-open it, all my settings are set to default. I've checked all my drives, administrator privs, restarted computer, reinstalled the ♥♥♥♥♥ game, verified everything, etc. Everything was completely fine until this morning.

Originally posted by eugenio gaming:

This just happened to me too, it's so frustrating and idk what to do :c

Originally posted by sza:

No matter what I do, everytime I close the game and re-open it, all my settings are set to default. I've checked all my drives, administrator privs, restarted computer, reinstalled the ♥♥♥♥♥ game, verified everything, etc. Everything was completely fine until this morning.

Originally posted by eugenio gaming:

This just happened to me too, it's so frustrating and idk what to do :c

Verify Integrity of your local game files.

Right click Garry's Mod in your Library >> Properties >> Installed Files >> Verify Integrity.
Sounds like something corrupted and this should repair the file(s).

If that does not work then do the following: Check your mods to make sure you don't have anything that would cause such an issue.
Disable one whole page at a time and go into a map and see if the issues persist, if it doesn't move on to the next page, if the issue goes away, you just have one page to figure what the addon is.
Also, might be worth running "menu_cleanupgmas" in console without the quotes to purge remnants of server downloaded addons or whatever else. Remnants like that can introduce problems.

If you do not have a single mod that's being unstable/glitchy then try to Factory Reset Garry's Mod by going to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod" and double clicking the file named "FactoryReset-GMod.bat". This purges all settings and resets them to factory defaults, so to whatever they were at when you first installed the game and launched it. This means beware of all your custom key binds being gone if you set those up. This does not delete addons making you have to sit and wait for them to redownload. (Since this updates the settings file it may fix the problem, or it may not. Test to see if the issue persists after setting everything back up after running this.)

If you have went through all the steps above and the game is still acting up, try to fresh reinstall Garry's Mod. Uninstall Garry's mod via the steam library, go to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common" and delete the "GarrysMod" folder. (Steam usually does not remove game files from this folder after said game(s) was uninstalled). and then reinstall Garry's Mod, wait for all your mods to download from the workshop after launching, test a map to see if the issue is somehow still present.

[sza]

Originally posted by eugenio gaming:

This just happened to me too, it's so frustrating and idk what to do :c

Found a solution, may be temporary, but this was the only sign of anything working for me

I switched to the dev-branch, manually put in my own config.cfg file that I had saved from a backup into the folder, and then launched the game and that was the first time it recognized it. I also spoke to my friends and they said the same thing started happening to them, so I bet someone ♥♥♥♥♥♥ something up on GMOD or Steams development side.

[sza]

Originally posted by Fearagen:

Originally posted by sza:

No matter what I do, everytime I close the game and re-open it, all my settings are set to default. I've checked all my drives, administrator privs, restarted computer, reinstalled the ♥♥♥♥♥ game, verified everything, etc. Everything was completely fine until this morning.

Originally posted by eugenio gaming:

This just happened to me too, it's so frustrating and idk what to do :c

Originally posted by sza:

No matter what I do, everytime I close the game and re-open it, all my settings are set to default. I've checked all my drives, administrator privs, restarted computer, reinstalled the ♥♥♥♥♥ game, verified everything, etc. Everything was completely fine until this morning.

Originally posted by eugenio gaming:

This just happened to me too, it's so frustrating and idk what to do :c

Verify Integrity of your local game files.

Right click Garry's Mod in your Library >> Properties >> Installed Files >> Verify Integrity.
Sounds like something corrupted and this should repair the file(s).

If that does not work then do the following: Check your mods to make sure you don't have anything that would cause such an issue.
Disable one whole page at a time and go into a map and see if the issues persist, if it doesn't move on to the next page, if the issue goes away, you just have one page to figure what the addon is.
Also, might be worth running "menu_cleanupgmas" in console without the quotes to purge remnants of server downloaded addons or whatever else. Remnants like that can introduce problems.

If you do not have a single mod that's being unstable/glitchy then try to Factory Reset Garry's Mod by going to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod" and double clicking the file named "FactoryReset-GMod.bat". This purges all settings and resets them to factory defaults, so to whatever they were at when you first installed the game and launched it. This means beware of all your custom key binds being gone if you set those up. This does not delete addons making you have to sit and wait for them to redownload. (Since this updates the settings file it may fix the problem, or it may not. Test to see if the issue persists after setting everything back up after running this.)

If you have went through all the steps above and the game is still acting up, try to fresh reinstall Garry's Mod. Uninstall Garry's mod via the steam library, go to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common" and delete the "GarrysMod" folder. (Steam usually does not remove game files from this folder after said game(s) was uninstalled). and then reinstall Garry's Mod, wait for all your mods to download from the workshop after launching, test a map to see if the issue is somehow still present.

Thanks for trying to help, but I did all of this and nothing worked. The only thing that solved it was switching to a different beta branch, manually putting my own config.cfg into the folder, and then launching the game. Currently playing on pre-release.

[papafrita2005]

Originally posted by sza:

Originally posted by Fearagen:

Verify Integrity of your local game files.

Right click Garry's Mod in your Library >> Properties >> Installed Files >> Verify Integrity.
Sounds like something corrupted and this should repair the file(s).

If that does not work then do the following: Check your mods to make sure you don't have anything that would cause such an issue.
Disable one whole page at a time and go into a map and see if the issues persist, if it doesn't move on to the next page, if the issue goes away, you just have one page to figure what the addon is.
Also, might be worth running "menu_cleanupgmas" in console without the quotes to purge remnants of server downloaded addons or whatever else. Remnants like that can introduce problems.

If you do not have a single mod that's being unstable/glitchy then try to Factory Reset Garry's Mod by going to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod" and double clicking the file named "FactoryReset-GMod.bat". This purges all settings and resets them to factory defaults, so to whatever they were at when you first installed the game and launched it. This means beware of all your custom key binds being gone if you set those up. This does not delete addons making you have to sit and wait for them to redownload. (Since this updates the settings file it may fix the problem, or it may not. Test to see if the issue persists after setting everything back up after running this.)

If you have went through all the steps above and the game is still acting up, try to fresh reinstall Garry's Mod. Uninstall Garry's mod via the steam library, go to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common" and delete the "GarrysMod" folder. (Steam usually does not remove game files from this folder after said game(s) was uninstalled). and then reinstall Garry's Mod, wait for all your mods to download from the workshop after launching, test a map to see if the issue is somehow still present.

Thanks for trying to help, but I did all of this and nothing worked. The only thing that solved it was switching to a different beta branch, manually putting my own config.cfg into the folder, and then launching the game. Currently playing on pre-release.

You think you can send me the config.cfg? Idk anything about them lol

[papafrita2005]

Originally posted by sza:

Originally posted by eugenio gaming:

This just happened to me too, it's so frustrating and idk what to do :c

Found a solution, may be temporary, but this was the only sign of anything working for me

I switched to the dev-branch, manually put in my own config.cfg file that I had saved from a backup into the folder, and then launched the game and that was the first time it recognized it. I also spoke to my friends and they said the same thing started happening to them, so I bet someone ♥♥♥♥♥♥ something up on GMOD or Steams development side.

I found something weird, if you check the addons folder, you'll see that some of your addons don't appear in a .gma file. Idk whats causing it, but it's preventing mods from working as usual.