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Why don't my settings get saved?

Archol123
Archol123 Member Posts: 4,634

For some reason everytime I restart the game I don't only have to activate the visible heartbeat again but also deactivate the anti-aliasing and adjust the screen resolution. It just never saves those settings, what can I do there to get it saved?

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  • Dinoraptus
    Dinoraptus Member Posts: 254

    If you changed your in-game settings using the GameUserSettings.ini file, you needed to do this to get 120 fps or to turn of vsync before the most recent patch, you most likely set the file to Read Only, which would prevent the game from overwriting it with changes to your settings.

  • zarr
    zarr Member Posts: 1,006

    This does sound like your config file is in read-only mode, like Dinoraptus suggested. Perhaps you are checking the wrong file? With some update not too long ago, BHVR spawned a new folder for config files for some reason. You find your GameUserSettings.ini file here, now:

    AppData\Local\DeadByDaylight\Saved\Config\WindowsClient

  • Archol123
    Archol123 Member Posts: 4,634

    Yeah I know, but I only have that one folder there so, can't be that either.

  • zarr
    zarr Member Posts: 1,006
    edited August 2023

    Well, if your config file being read-only isn't the issue, making it read-only could be the solution. Prior to that however, make sure you don't accidentally have DbD installed on another drive, duplicate folders, or maybe even a secondary version or the like. Verifying the integrity of the game's cache is also good practice, just to make sure.

    If you can exclude any such possibility, try adjusting these values as follows in your GameUserSettings.ini, setting it to read-only afterwards. Do remember that that will mean any settngs you apply from the menu in the future will be reset to whatever is in your file upon restart.

    Visual heartbeat: TerrorRadiusVisualFeedback=True

    Anti-Aliasing: AntiAliasingMode=0

    Screen Resolution: This depends on what you mean exactly. Do you want to play in fullscreen mode with a distinct resolution, or do you want to play in windowed fullscreen mode/use the resolution scaling?

  • Archol123
    Archol123 Member Posts: 4,634

    I tried making it read only but nothing happened to the contents of the file, no matter what I changed in the game settings even. What do you mean by installed on another drive? Aren't the game user settings. ini files standard on the same drive as your OS? Yes the rest of the game is on another drive, but I cannot really influence where that part is placed right?

    As for the resolution I have a weird monitor with a standard resolution of 1650x1080 or something similar to that which is why I always have black bars bottom and top and I just wanted to figure out if I could get them to be smaller or something like that.

    Verification of the files also did nothing.

  • Archol123
    Archol123 Member Posts: 4,634

    You might be onto something with the second file or something like that, because for some reason my file does not include those two things:

    Visual heartbeat: TerrorRadiusVisualFeedback=True

    Anti-Aliasing: AntiAliasingMode=0


    they are just not in there, I even searched with the strg + f search bar. But how is that a thing? I did it just by typing %appdata% in the search bar and got to this thing, I'm kind of confused right now.

  • Archol123
    Archol123 Member Posts: 4,634

    [/Script/Engine.GameUserSettings]

    bUseDesiredScreenHeight=False


    [ScalabilityGroups]

    sg.ResolutionQuality=100.000000

    sg.ViewDistanceQuality=4

    sg.AntiAliasingQuality=1

    sg.ShadowQuality=4

    sg.PostProcessQuality=0

    sg.TextureQuality=2

    sg.EffectsQuality=0

    sg.FoliageQuality=0

    sg.ShadingQuality=0

    sg.AnimationQuality=3


    [/Script/DeadByDaylight.DBDGameUserSettings]

    DeviceLoginTokenID=

    ScalabilityLevel=0

    AutoScalabilitySet=False

    AutoAdjust=False

    ScreenResolution=100

    FullScreen=True

    MenuScaleFactor=80

    HudScaleFactor=80

    SkillCheckScaleFactor=100

    LargeText=False

    HUDPlayerNamesVisibility=True

    HUDKillerHookCountVisibility=True

    HUDScoreEventsVisibility=True

    FPSLimit=60

    MainVolume=30

    MainVolumeOn=True

    MenuMusicVolume=5

    MenuMusicVolumeOn=True

    UseHeadphones=True

    MuteOnFocusLost=True

    KillerCameraSensitivity=50

    SurvivorCameraSensitivity=50

    KillerMouseSensitivity=50

    SurvivorMouseSensitivity=50

    KillerControllerSensitivity=100

    SurvivorControllerSensitivity=50

    AimAssist=True

    ControlType=1

    InvertY=False

    SurvivorInvertY=False

    Language=en

    LanguageIsDefinedByPlayer=False

    HighestWeightSeenNews=42132

    SharedLoginInformation=(LoginProvider="",AuthToken="",TokenType="")

    LastPanelContextId=0

    ArchivesAutoPlayVoiceOver=True

    HasAcceptedCrossplayPopup=True

    HasAcceptedCrossProgressionPopup=True

    UseAtlantaCustomizedHuds=False

    UseAtlantaSurvivorQuickTurn=True

    UseAtlantaKillerQuickTurn=True

    ShowPortraitBorder=False

    PartyPrivacyState=friends

    ColorBlindMode=0

    ColorBlindModeIntensity=10

    BeginnerMode=True

    Subtitles=False

    SubtitlesBackgroundOpacity=1

    SubtitlesSize=1

    bUseVSync=False

    bUseDynamicResolution=False

    ResolutionSizeX=1552

    ResolutionSizeY=873

    LastUserConfirmedResolutionSizeX=1552

    LastUserConfirmedResolutionSizeY=873

    WindowPosX=64

    WindowPosY=88

    FullscreenMode=1

    LastConfirmedFullscreenMode=2

    PreferredFullscreenMode=1

    Version=5

    AudioQualityLevel=0

    LastConfirmedAudioQualityLevel=0

    FrameRateLimit=0.000000

    DesiredScreenWidth=1280

    DesiredScreenHeight=720

    LastUserConfirmedDesiredScreenWidth=1280

    LastUserConfirmedDesiredScreenHeight=720

    LastRecommendedScreenWidth=-1.000000

    LastRecommendedScreenHeight=-1.000000

    LastCPUBenchmarkResult=-1.000000

    LastGPUBenchmarkResult=-1.000000

    LastGPUBenchmarkMultiplier=1.000000

    bUseHDRDisplayOutput=False

    HDRDisplayOutputNits=1000

    KillerToggleInteractions=False

    SurvivorToggleInteractions=False

    SprintToCancel=False

    HUDConstrainedAspectRatio=False

    LegacyPrestigePortraits=True

    HapticsVibrationPS5=True

    HasAcceptedProgressionSystemInfoPopup=True

    IsAnonymousMode=False

    HideYourName=False

    HideOtherNames=False

    HiddenMatchmakingDelay=False

    BonusTierTooltipVisibility=(archiveId="",isVisible=False)


    [ShaderPipelineCache.CacheFile]

    LastOpened=DeadByDaylight


    That's basically all that is in my GameUsersettings file...

  • Archol123
    Archol123 Member Posts: 4,634

    Reinstalling the game seems to have added those options, I don't know why they were not in it beforehand though...

  • zarr
    zarr Member Posts: 1,006

    I'm sorry, but do you know how to check whether the file is in read-only mode? Because both the absence of those (and various other) variables in your GUS.ini as well as the fact that your custom graphics settings (under [ScalabilityGroups]) are being maintained suggests that the file is read-only.

  • Dinoraptus
    Dinoraptus Member Posts: 254
    edited August 2023

    Right click, properties, then at the very bottom there is a checkbox that says read only.

    If that doesn't work, you can just blow away your Dead by Daylight folder, verify game files, then launch the game. it should repopulate everything with default.

    EDIT: I mean the DeadbyDaylight folder in Local, not your actual game install, the same place you go to find your GameUserSettings.ini

    You would have to set your settings again but it will let you save them.

  • Archol123
    Archol123 Member Posts: 4,634

    Should have tried that before I reinstalled the whole thing xD I knew about the read only thing and also tried to do all that, but we'll I reinstalled it and now it works, so I guess it is fine now :3

  • Dinoraptus
    Dinoraptus Member Posts: 254

    Well hey I am just happy you got it sorted lol, happy DBDing!

  • Archol123
    Archol123 Member Posts: 4,634

    Thanks.