In Review Game Settings Reset Each Time I Play

[Triumph Jordi]

Hey Kingmaker, sorry for only getting around to this now. Typically this indicates that changes to the settings file aren't being saved. What is the location of your Settings File (we cover the possible locations in the Troubleshooting Guide) and does Steam have Save/Write permissions for that folder?

 

[Triumph Jordi]

Hi Kingmaker, that's why I referred to Troubleshooting Guide. These are all the locations you can find your data in:

o Where to locate files

• Game logs: \Documents\Paradox Interactive\Age of Wonders 4\Logs
• Launcher Logs: %localAppData%\Paradox Interactive\launcher-v2\logs
• Steam Saves: Steam\userdata\NUMBERS\1669000\remote\Save
• Epic & GoG Saves: \Documents\Paradox Interactive\Age of Wonders 4\Storage

- If you do not have Logs or Config Folder in your Documents\Paradox Interactive\Age of Wonders 4 and you do not use OneDrive or a Cloud solution you might find your files in:

• %AppData%\Paradox Interactive\Age of Wonders 4
• %LocalAppData%\Paradox Interactive\Age of Wonders 4

Most likely your files are either in a server location like OneDrive/Google Drive or in one of the AppData's.

 

[Triumph Jordi]

You're in the launcher folders and not the AoW4 Folder. The launcher has nothing to do with the game settings, in your AoW4 folder there's a config folder with all the related config files.

 

[Triumph Jordi]

Okay so the PlatformSettings are there as expect, just something blocks the ability to write to it. Did you install/are you running the game as a Admin?

 

[Triumph Jordi]

This is a Read/Write Access problem that exists locally. You being the owner of the Device doesn't mean that when you install Steam or the Game it also has admin rights. If it's not run/installed as a Admin it won't automatically run as an admin.

 

[Triumph Jordi]

Let's try something in reverse first. If you open your Platform settings and modify the file directly yourself, are those changes propagated to the game?

 

[Triumph Jordi]

I just need to know whether this file is being read properly. So if you change any of the Graphical Settings, like Bloom Enabled and save is that represented in the game afterwards?

 

[Triumph Jordi]

Okay, I'd say that's a good sign but the other settings that you typically set still aren't saved?