Question about .ini files

[ArizonaWillie]

I was going to install a new mod this morning and saw the pop up to change some .ini files.

 

I had ignored this in the past and some mods didn't work right.

 

So this morning I decided to take the time to find out what that was about.

 

There are instructions to change some .ini files and to deprecate a line in one of them.

 

1. Find the line that reads: sResourceDataDirsFinal=STRINGS\
2. Replace this with the following text: sResourceDataDirsFinal=STRINGS\, TEXTURES\, MUSIC\, SOUND\, INTERFACE\, MESHES\, PROGRAMS\, MATERIALS\, LODSETTINGS\, VIS\, MISC\, SCRIPTS\, SHADERSFX\
   * The above settings were deprecated as they were known to cause abnormally long load-times. The long line is still present in a Fallout 4 default.ini file. Should I remove it? Can you remark a line in these .ini files so it doesn't run and leave the line like it is in case I discover i need it again later?

[Jeir]

You should have another .ini called Fallout4Custom.ini. You can just enter the changes you want to make in there instead (making sure you add the section).

For example, adding the following to the custom .ini:

 

 

[Archive]
bInvalidateOlderFiles=1
sResourceDataDirsFinal=

Ensures that loose files will be used.

[ArizonaWillie]

I do have the custom .ini file but I wondered if there would be a conflict having the deleted line in custom.ini still present in the default.ini.

 

I edited the file with Notepad ++ and on their forum they said I could comment it out by highlighting it and hitting Cntrl - K which puts a semi-colon at the beginning of the line.

 

I launched F4 and it < seems > to be working ok.

 

I think, unless I run into some problem, I will leave it commented out since it seems to work ok.