WizardOfAtlantis Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Hello all,I'm rebuilding my New Vegas game after an OS reinstall, and something keeps resetting my Fallout ini to be read-only, which creates the problem that anything that wants to edit it, of course, can't...like the modifications I need to do to the fonts so that Darn UI works, for example. Is this happening to anybody else in these days? I have the latest versions of the mods I'm using, and my load order is still pretty small... [X] FalloutNV.esm[X] Primary Needs HUD.esm[X] Project Nevada - Core.esm[X] FNVToolkit.esm[X] AWorldOfPain(Preview).esm[X] DarNifiedUINV.esp[X] Project Nevada - Cyberware.esp[X] FlashlightNVSE.esp[X] CONELRAD 640-1240.esp[X] ELECTRO-CITY - Imaginator.esp[X] WeaponModsExpanded.esp[X] PerkEveryLevel.esp plus some texture replacers like armors and bodies. I've never seen this kind of problem before...could it be Steam related? Some update that then NVSE or the mod manager needs to update to? Thanks for the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonger Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 you don't edit the ini in the save area in this game you edit the ini in the game folder steam made a technical change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizardOfAtlantis Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 you don't edit the ini in the save area in this game you edit the ini in the game folder steam made a technical change.Thank you, Fonger. http://www.thenexusforums.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/thumbsup.gifI never would have figured that one out on my own, I think! http://www.thenexusforums.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/no.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luthienanarion Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 The ini files in the My Games folder are the ones used by the game, but the launcher overwrites them with the copies in the program folder every time it is run. If you use the launcher, make your edits to the ones in the program folder and they will be copied over. If you don't use the launcher (NVSE), make your edits to the ones in the My Games folder directly, just remember that they will be overwritten if you run the launcher in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizardOfAtlantis Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share Posted February 5, 2011 I use FOMM, and the edits I made in My Games were always overwritten. So yeah, I changed to editing the one in the New Vegas directory, and the changes stuck.http://www.thenexusforums.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/thumbsup.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crockedker Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 i have the same problem i can't figiure out what too do her i tried many thing but the game dose not show the mods iv put on the game :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowhead13 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 May I ask exactly what .ini I need to edit in the steamapps/falloutNV/ ? I seems to have about 15 difference ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camaro_69_327 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Fallout_default.ini Is the file i have been editing and all changes stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted32727695User Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Hello all,I'm rebuilding my New Vegas game after an OS reinstall, and something keeps resetting my Fallout ini to be read-only, which creates the problem that anything that wants to edit it, of course, can't...like the modifications I need to do to the fonts so that Darn UI works, for example. Is this happening to anybody else in these days? I have the latest versions of the mods I'm using, and my load order is still pretty small... [X] FalloutNV.esm[X] Primary Needs HUD.esm[X] Project Nevada - Core.esm[X] FNVToolkit.esm[X] AWorldOfPain(Preview).esm[X] DarNifiedUINV.esp[X] Project Nevada - Cyberware.esp[X] FlashlightNVSE.esp[X] CONELRAD 640-1240.esp[X] ELECTRO-CITY - Imaginator.esp[X] WeaponModsExpanded.esp[X] PerkEveryLevel.esp plus some texture replacers like armors and bodies. I've never seen this kind of problem before...could it be Steam related? Some update that then NVSE or the mod manager needs to update to? Thanks for the time! Hello all,I'm rebuilding my New Vegas game after an OS reinstall, and something keeps resetting my Fallout ini to be read-only, which creates the problem that anything that wants to edit it, of course, can't...like the modifications I need to do to the fonts so that Darn UI works, for example. Is this happening to anybody else in these days? I have the latest versions of the mods I'm using, and my load order is still pretty small... [X] FalloutNV.esm[X] Primary Needs HUD.esm[X] Project Nevada - Core.esm[X] FNVToolkit.esm[X] AWorldOfPain(Preview).esm[X] DarNifiedUINV.esp[X] Project Nevada - Cyberware.esp[X] FlashlightNVSE.esp[X] CONELRAD 640-1240.esp[X] ELECTRO-CITY - Imaginator.esp[X] WeaponModsExpanded.esp[X] PerkEveryLevel.esp plus some texture replacers like armors and bodies. I've never seen this kind of problem before...could it be Steam related? Some update that then NVSE or the mod manager needs to update to? Thanks for the time@Fonger you didn't explain which folder to set to read only. What game folder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubiousintent Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 (edited) Fonger's reply was 5 years ago. You can't really expect him(?) to still be around to answer, do you? And no one was saying to set the folder to "Read Only". That was the problem, that it was being set. If you installed your Steam games to the "C:\Program Files" (or the "C:\Program Files(x86)" on a 64-bit OS) folder, the "system protections" applied to that folder will continually reset the "Read Only" attribute; even if you turn it off. This is just one of the reasons you are advised to move your Steam games to another folder out of that tree completely. Please see the "Installing Game on Windows Vista+" article in my signature. This solves many, many "strange problems". -Dubious- Edited September 3, 2016 by dubiousintent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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