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[Poor_No_Culture]

2nd time this has happened after an update. all game settings reset.

Why?

[feeWAIVER]

It happened to me once a few months ago..
I think a file got corrupted or something, and the system repaired and set it all to default.

[martian]

Poor_No_Culture, on 21 September 2023 - 10:30 AM, said:

2nd time this has happened after an update. all game settings reset.

Why?

I have never experienced such problem. I guess you do not have a back-up, do you?

[Poor_No_Culture]

martian, on 21 September 2023 - 10:34 AM, said:

I have never experienced such problem. I guess you do not have a back-up, do you?

I don't think you can backup game configuration ?

[martian]

Poor_No_Culture, on 21 September 2023 - 10:51 AM, said:

I don't think you can backup game configuration ?

You mean your game settings? You can.

EDIT:
They should be here:

C:\Users\User\Saved Games\MechWarrior Online\Profiles\Poor_No_Culture

(Of course, the location depends on the exact configuration of your PC.)

Edited by martian, 21 September 2023 - 11:04 AM.

[Poor_No_Culture]

martian, on 21 September 2023 - 11:00 AM, said:

You mean your game settings? You can.

I do not see the option to save the settings apart from in game. No save to file etc that I can see

[martian]

Poor_No_Culture, on 21 September 2023 - 11:03 AM, said:

I do not see the option to save the settings apart from in game. No save to file etc that I can see

Check this location:

C:\Users\User\Saved Games\MechWarrior Online\Profiles\Poor_No_Culture

Copy that folder and save it to some safe location.

[LordNothing]

had it happen once, restored the backup, it worked. of course i 'mklink /j' everything i care about to a drive i dont let the os know about, so this is somewhat easy for me.

Edited by LordNothing, 21 September 2023 - 11:46 AM.

[martian]

LordNothing, on 21 September 2023 - 11:46 AM, said:

had it happen once, restored the backup, it worked. of course i 'mklink /j' everything i care about to a drive i dont let the os know about, so this is somewhat easy for me.

Something like this one?

[LordNothing]

martian, on 21 September 2023 - 12:10 PM, said:

Something like this one?

i have used a vax once, but no. my backup resides on my nas.

[Poor_No_Culture]

Thanks guys!

[martian]

Poor_No_Culture, on 21 September 2023 - 01:13 PM, said:

Thanks guys!

You are welcome!

[Star Lit Night]

I accidentally reset all my controls 3 times before, who decided it was a good idea to put the reset button right there?

I have almost ever button customized, so it's a pretty big mistake. LOL.

Now I am VERY careful to click accept, not reset.

[Aidan Crenshaw]

Star Lit Night, on 22 September 2023 - 10:55 AM, said:

I accidentally reset all my controls 3 times before, who decided it was a good idea to put the reset button right there?

I have almost ever button customized, so it's a pretty big mistake. LOL.

Now I am VERY careful to click accept, not reset.

Always have a copy of your profile folder, profit

[TheCaptainJZ]

C:\Users\User\Saved Games\
Was such a weird decision. I mean, it sounds like it makes sense I guess, but I've never seen anything other than Win7's built-in Chess game save anything there. Then again, most of the games I have are either older where they save to Program Files or even their own folder off of C:\ or somewhere buried in Steam's hierarchy.

Edited by TheCaptainJZ, 27 September 2023 - 07:12 PM.

[Tarl Cabot]

TheCaptainJZ, on 27 September 2023 - 07:11 PM, said:

C:\Users\User\Saved Games\
Was such a weird decision. I mean, it sounds like it makes sense I guess, but I've never seen anything other than Win7's built-in Chess game save anything there. Then again, most of the games I have are either older where they save to Program Files or even their own folder off of C:\ or somewhere buried in Steam's hierarchy.

At the time it wasnt. And with it in that location one could log into their account either via Steam OR the standalone and not have to duplicate/copy their settings. overs since it is "centralized" Same with screenshots, shaders, logs patcher info, UI (mech icons), UIWebDownloads (the items that pops up when one first logs into the game. Thus not duplicating everything in all of those folders.

[martian]

Star Lit Night, on 22 September 2023 - 10:55 AM, said:

I accidentally reset all my controls 3 times before, who decided it was a good idea to put the reset button right there?

I have almost ever button customized, so it's a pretty big mistake. LOL.

Now I am VERY careful to click accept, not reset.

There are many UI elements that would deserve to be changed or adjusted. Unfortunately, I do not think that it will happen.

Edited by martian, 30 September 2023 - 02:54 PM.