User_settings config resetting upon manual editing and launch

Issue Type (Required):

Other

Issue Description (Required):

I was testing the graphic optimization function of Nvidia App (the new replacement for Nvidia Geforce experience) and upon launch everything in the config was deleted/reset to default. This includes window size, resolution, etc. and all of my mod options that live there. I could set up everything again fine, but that would mean manually adjusting every mod I had again, with some like Custom HUD taking a long time. I wish to simply copy+paste my old mod settings over.
I noticed it resets when config is edited with a lot of lines, and not from changing values.

I have tried:
Read-only on. The game somehow ignores the config completely and runs default settings.
Deleting the original file and replacing it with a backup.
Launching in admin mode.
Launching normally through launcher, as well as a launcher skip executable.

Is this intended behavior? I understand it could be something in my setup that the game doesn’t like. Is there any way to prevent the game from doing this?
If needed I can upload console logs.

[PC] Do You Use Mods? (Optional):

Yes, and I’ve tried disabling them

Reproduction Rate (Required):

Constant (100%)

Platform (Required):

Steam (PC)

What happens if you change the file permissions of the config file to [Skrivskyddad] - [Read Only] (in English i think?)?

Answer is already given

I did not learn coding, but have learnt by experience.
When you don’t understand a language, you work by testing until you have enough knowledge.
I would test by replacing parts and test…

Try a little part… It works… Great. Try an other part… Etc.
Until you determinate that:

  • you can’t replace (i doubt of this)
  • there’s a line that create this problem (what I think)

Be careful, it could be several lines.

Also, I am not sure you work on the real config file. The config file has no mention of the mods…

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If you have Steam Cloud Saving enabled for Darktide, it may revert the user_settings.config to a previous state.

Hi Julia, thanks for the suggestion. Tried it just now, but it also did not work. I have a feeling Ralendil is onto something, and I will test it later today, out of stubbornness of this whole ordeal. I will update whether or not things work out.

I’ve fixed it, you can mark this as closed.
It was definitely some section that was causing issue, like a deprecated line or some other; I can’t say which as it was an old backup. I can only wonder the original issue of why Nvidia’s optimization caused this.

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