Audio settings aren't saved

[Omnishade]

If I change the voice volume and go back it says "saving..." like it should, but if I reload the voice volume is back to what it was before. Very annoying because some conversations keep repeating in the background. What can cause this?

 

Edit: I'm using MO2 and my inis are saved in my profile folder, in case that has anything to do with it.

Edited January 3, 2024 by RoninDog

[traison]

The only hint I can think of right now is that sometime back in ye olden days this was a known engine limitation - mods could add settings, but they were never saved. Then a mod came along and added support for saving custom settings. The affected mod was Realistic Water if I'm not mistaken, the fix I do not recall. This is where I'd start. What does RW/RWT require to save settings?

Edited January 4, 2024 by traison

[traison]

I was tired when I wrote my last post. Voice volume is a vanilla setting.

 

A better guess would be that the ini file that holds those values is read-only. skyrimperfs.ini seems like a likely candidate. Also keep in mind that in MO2, mods themselves can contain ini file edits ("INI Files" tab of each mod).

 

Edit: If that doesn't work, I'd use Process Monitor from Sysinternals (Microsoft) to determine why settings aren't being saved.

Edited January 4, 2024 by traison

[anjenthedog]

Aren't game audio settings (aside from boot) stashed in the save file?

[traison]

2 minutes ago, anjenthedog said:

Aren't game audio settings (aside from boot) stashed in the save file?

 

How does it transfer settings to a new game? Especially if all previous saved games were deleted.

 

Also, what are these in SkyrimPrefs?

Spoiler

[AudioMenu]

fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000

fVal7=0.8500

uID7=335960177

fVal6=1.0000

uID6=106685

fVal5=0.6500

uID5=410705

fVal4=1.0000

uID4=522251

fVal3=0.0000

uID3=466532

fVal2=1.0000

uID2=554685

fVal1=0.7000

uID1=1007612

fVal0=1.0000

uID0=94881

 

Not saying you're wrong. I have never looked into this. I'm basing my comments on how I'd do it. I wouldn't keep persistent settings in a save game which is not always loaded and eventually comes to an end. Though what you're saying would explain why the main menu doesn't respect music volume settings.

[anjenthedog]

@traison, tbh I simply didn't realize that the skyrimprefs.ini was edited by skyrim during play. And indeed, looking in mygames/skyrim special edition  folder shows that you're corrrect, and I am mistaken in that assumption, since the write-date on that file corresponds to the last time I played. The last time I manually edited that file was months ago.