Anisotropic Filtering always resets itself at startup

[Don-Tan]

i want to have it at x16 but it always resets izself to trilinear

[GrandTickler]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/729040/discussions/0/1813170373214421478/

the only possible fix i could find was setting it to 16x in game(apply changes), then alt tab and navigate to C:\Users\name\Documents\My Games\Borderlands Game of the Year\WillowGame\Config
right click WillowGame and WillowEngine go to property's and set them both to read only mode.
dont forget if u want to change more settings u will have to undo this

edit: never use the launcher btw its completely ♥♥♥♥♥♥, just disable it from game options from within the game

[Don-Tan]

okay i will try it out thanks a bunch!

EDIT: Worked like a charm, thanks again buddy!

[PurSpyk!!]

I did this then the game opens in a Window and I cannot change the settings as the files are now read only?

[Whiplash]

Make all the settings you wish first, then lock the file in read only (while in the game, so it's the current settings you chose and saved). I also recommend disabling the launcher in the game options to avoid that error when you run the game.

[G.I.Bill]

I found that it's the launcher screen that comes up before the game, which has it's own settings option, that's actually resetting the MaxAnsiotropy option in the WillowConfig.ini file. The launcher sets the MaxAnsiotropy value to 0 for Trilinear, 1 for 2x, 2 for 4x, 3 for 8x or 4 for 16x. Meanwhile, the game itself expects a value 1 for Trilinear, 2 for 2x, 4 for 4x, 8 for 8x and 16 for 16x.

I also found that if you go into the games folder under ..\steamapps\common\BorderlandsGOTYEnhanced\Binaries\Win64 and just run "BorderlandsGOTY.exe" instead of "Launcher.exe" it skips the launcher and then the setting doesn't get reset. However, I haven't tested it enough to be sure if there are any downsides to running the game executable directly. I can say that it is properly tracking play time just as if it was run from Steam, so that's a good sign.

(Note: Just disabling the launcher in the game options doesn't seem to prevent it from resetting, so it must still be running the launcher but just not showing the window when you choose to disable it.)

[Nicholas Steel]

The better solution is to force it in the video drivers for this game.

[GrandTickler]

Originally posted by G.I.Bill:

I found that it's the launcher screen that comes up before the game, which has it's own settings option, that's actually resetting the MaxAnsiotropy option in the WillowConfig.ini file. The launcher sets the MaxAnsiotropy value to 0 for Trilinear, 1 for 2x, 2 for 4x, 3 for 8x or 4 for 16x. Meanwhile, the game itself expects a value 1 for Trilinear, 2 for 2x, 4 for 4x, 8 for 8x and 16 for 16x.

I also found that if you go into the games folder under ..\steamapps\common\BorderlandsGOTYEnhanced\Binaries\Win64 and just run "BorderlandsGOTY.exe" instead of "Launcher.exe" it skips the launcher and then the setting doesn't get reset. However, I haven't tested it enough to be sure if there are any downsides to running the game executable directly. I can say that it is properly tracking play time just as if it was run from Steam, so that's a good sign.

(Note: Just disabling the launcher in the game options doesn't seem to prevent it from resetting, so it must still be running the launcher but just not showing the window when you choose to disable it.)

yeah i have made the same conclusions lol, u still hear the launcher sound for a split second if u disable it ingame(when starting up). however for some reason my game does not revert to window mode anymore.
its definitely the launcher that is messing around with our settings.

[PurSpyk!!]

I wonder if making a copy of the game exe file, deleting the launcher exe and renaming the copy of game exe as launcher.exe will resolve this issue? I will try later when I get back from work.

[Nicholas Steel]

Originally posted by PurSpyk!!:

I wonder if making a copy of the game exe file, deleting the launcher exe and renaming the copy of game exe as launcher.exe will resolve this issue? I will try later when I get back from work.

Or you can just go in to the game options and turn on the bottom option that makes it skip the Launcher. (or alternatively read the topic which contains multiple ways of working around the issue)

Edit: 1) I sounded like an ass, sorry. 2) You're better off forcing Anisotropic Filtering via the display drivers.

[PurSpyk!!]

But if the launcher still runs even very quickly before the game runs, and this is causing the resets, then if you remove the launcher, it should not reset?

[Nicholas Steel]

Skipping the launcher via the in-game option skips it messing with some of the settings (even though the Launcher does briefly open).

[PurSpyk!!]

I will test my theory later, odd with all these issues, there has been no official word from Gearbox if they will be fixed.

[Choc goblin]

Originally posted by GrandTickler:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/729040/discussions/0/1813170373214421478/

the only possible fix i could find was setting it to 16x in game(apply changes), then alt tab and navigate to C:\Users\name\Documents\My Games\Borderlands Game of the Year\WillowGame\Config
right click WillowGame and WillowEngine go to property's and set them both to read only mode.
dont forget if u want to change more settings u will have to undo this

edit: never use the launcher btw its completely ♥♥♥♥♥♥, just disable it from game options from within the game

The problem I was having with this fix was that when I made the file read only, although the Anisotropic Filtering setting stuck the game started in windowed mode (even though Fullscreen was set to "true")

Instead, forcing the game to use 16x filtering in the Nvidia Control Panel worked for me. It still says "triliniear" in-game, but definitely works properly.

[GHOST]

Originally posted by G.I.Bill:

I found that it's the launcher screen that comes up before the game, which has it's own settings option, that's actually resetting the MaxAnsiotropy option in the WillowConfig.ini file. The launcher sets the MaxAnsiotropy value to 0 for Trilinear, 1 for 2x, 2 for 4x, 3 for 8x or 4 for 16x. Meanwhile, the game itself expects a value 1 for Trilinear, 2 for 2x, 4 for 4x, 8 for 8x and 16 for 16x.

I also found that if you go into the games folder under ..\steamapps\common\BorderlandsGOTYEnhanced\Binaries\Win64 and just run "BorderlandsGOTY.exe" instead of "Launcher.exe" it skips the launcher and then the setting doesn't get reset. However, I haven't tested it enough to be sure if there are any downsides to running the game executable directly. I can say that it is properly tracking play time just as if it was run from Steam, so that's a good sign.

(Note: Just disabling the launcher in the game options doesn't seem to prevent it from resetting, so it must still be running the launcher but just not showing the window when you choose to disable it.)

There are no downsides to running the game executable directly i just make a shortcut for it on my desktop and run the game from there i have been doing that in borderlands 1 and 2 for years to skip the launcher with no problem.

And yes it does stop the anisotropic filtering setting from being reset so it must be the launcher that is resetting it.

[PurSpyk!!]

Originally posted by GHOST:

Originally posted by G.I.Bill:

I found that it's the launcher screen that comes up before the game, which has it's own settings option, that's actually resetting the MaxAnsiotropy option in the WillowConfig.ini file. The launcher sets the MaxAnsiotropy value to 0 for Trilinear, 1 for 2x, 2 for 4x, 3 for 8x or 4 for 16x. Meanwhile, the game itself expects a value 1 for Trilinear, 2 for 2x, 4 for 4x, 8 for 8x and 16 for 16x.

I also found that if you go into the games folder under ..\steamapps\common\BorderlandsGOTYEnhanced\Binaries\Win64 and just run "BorderlandsGOTY.exe" instead of "Launcher.exe" it skips the launcher and then the setting doesn't get reset. However, I haven't tested it enough to be sure if there are any downsides to running the game executable directly. I can say that it is properly tracking play time just as if it was run from Steam, so that's a good sign.

(Note: Just disabling the launcher in the game options doesn't seem to prevent it from resetting, so it must still be running the launcher but just not showing the window when you choose to disable it.)

There are no downsides to running the game executable directly i just make a shortcut for it on my desktop and run the game from there i have been doing that in borderlands 1 and 2 for years to skip the launcher with no problem.

And yes it does stop the anisotropic filtering setting from being reset so it must be the launcher that is resetting it.

In the older games, you could actually bypass the launcher completely, by adding -nolauncher to the startup options, for some odd reason this was not included in this version,