Ini settings partly resetting with Mod Organizer and SKSE

[blattgeist]

Hello everyone,

 

I've got a little problem here and maybe someone can help me troubleshoot it.

 

 

But first things first, the setup:

Skyrim is started through Mod Organizer and the into MO integrated SKSE loader (1.7). 

 

I made Ini modifications in my MO profiles folder following the STEP tutorial (mostly).

 

Some ini settings have also been adjusted to follow the rules of this mod to make shadows look slightly less annoying: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/7638/? --> I took the medium settings for FOV 75 from that site. That includes the setting iShadowMaskQuarter=3 in Skyrimprefs.ini

 

In order to increase the view distance of grass I made the following change with Skyrim configurator to Skyrimprefs.ini: fGrassStartFadeDistance=14000.0000

 

 

So now to my problem: Whenever I change settings while being ingame, Skyrim modifies 2 of the values, that I changed, on its own in my Mod Organizer profile ini files. These  are:

 

It sets fGrassStartFadeDistance=14000.0000 to 7000.0000 and

iShadowMaskQuarter=3 to 4.

 

 

I tested this by changing all the ingame settings back and forth, then left the game and checked the MO profile ini files. Skyrim.ini was not modified. Skyrimprefs.ini was only modified in the way that the 2 settings above were changed. The weird thing is that for the example of ishadowmaskquarter, I simply have to lower/increase the volume for footsteps and bam it switches from 3 to 4. If I don't touch any settings ingame then nothing changes in the ini files.

 

 

For reference, here are my Inis (I hope this spoiler tag thing works):

 

[spoiler=Skyrim.ini]

 

[General]
sIntroSequence=
fFlickeringLightDistance=8192
iLargeIntRefCount=999999
sLanguage=GERMAN
bUseThreadedTempEffects=1
bUseThreadedParticleSystem=1
bMultiThreadMovement=1
bUseThreadedMorpher=1
[Display]
fDecalLifetime=256.000
bForceAllDecals=1
fSunShadowUpdateTime=0.10
fSunUpdateThreshold=2.0
fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1000.0
fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=3000.0
fLightLODMaxStartFade=3500.0
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=4096
bAllowScreenshot=1
fDefaultWorldFOV=75
fDefault1stPersonFOV=75
fNearDistance=15.0000
[Audio]
fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0
fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0
fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0
fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0
[Decals]
bDecalMultithreaded=1
[Animation]
bMultiThreadBoneUpdate=1
[backgroundLoad]
bBackgroundLoadLipFiles=1
bLoadBackgroundFaceGen=1
bUseMultiThreadedFaceGen=1
bBackgroundCellLoads=1
bLoadHelmetsInBackground=1
bUseMultiThreadedTrees=1
bUseBackgroundFileLoader=1
[Grass]
iMaxGrassTypesPerTexure=7
iMinGrassSize=40
bAllowCreateGrass=1
bAllowLoadGrass=0
[GeneralWarnings]
SGeneralMasterMismatchWarning=One or more plugins could not find the correct versions of the master files they depend on. Errors may occur during load or game play. Check the "Warnings.txt" file for more information.
[Archive]
sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Textures.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa
sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - VoicesExtra.bsa
[Combat]
f1PArrowTiltUpAngle=0.7
f3PArrowTiltUpAngle=0.7
f1PBoltTiltUpAngle=0.7
f3PBoltTiltUpAngle=0.7
fMagnetismStrafeHeadingMult=0.0
fMagnetismLookingMult=0.0
[Papyrus]
fUpdateBudgetMS=800.0
fExtraTaskletBudgetMS=800.0
fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=2000.0
iMinMemoryPageSize=256
iMaxMemoryPageSize=512
iMaxAllocatedMemoryBytes=2457600
bEnableLogging=1
bEnableTrace=1
bLoadDebugInformation=1
[Water]
bReflectLODObjects=1
bReflectLODLand=1
bReflectSky=1
bReflectLODTrees=1
[Actor]
fVisibleNavmeshMoveDist=12288.0000
[Camera]
fOverShoulderAddY=0.0
fOverShoulderPosZ=18.0
fOverShoulderPosX=0.0
fOverShoulderCombatAddY=0.0
fOverShoulderCombatPosZ=24.0
fOverShoulderCombatPosX=0.0
fOverShoulderHorseAddY=-72.0
fOverShoulderHorsePosZ=50.0
fOverShoulderHorsePosX=35.0
fActorFadeOutLimit=-100
fMouseWheelZoomSpeed=60.0
f1st3rdSwitchDelay=0.95
iHorseTransitionMillis=001
[VATS]
bVATSDisable=1

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Skyrimprefs.ini]

 

[General]
fBrightLightColorB=1.0000
fBrightLightColorG=1.0000
fBrightLightColorR=1.0000
iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1
bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0
bUseThreadedParticleSystem=1
bUseThreadedBlood=1
bUseThreadedLOD=1
bUseThreadedAI=1
bUseThreadedMorpher=1
bUseThreadedTempEffects=1
bUseThreadedTextures=1
bUseThreadedMeshes=1
[imagespace]
bDoDepthOfField=1
iRadialBlurLevel=2
[Display]
iBlurDeferredShadowMask=5
fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000
fShadowDistance=3000.0000
iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=4096
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=4096
iShadowSplitCount=2
iMaxAnisotropy=0
fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000
fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000
fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=12500.0000
fGamma=0.9200
fDecalLOD2=4500.0000
fDecalLOD1=3000.0000
fSpecularLODStartFade=3000.0000
fShadowLODStartFade=200.0000
fLightLODStartFade=3500.0000
iTexMipMapMinimum=0
iTexMipMapSkip=0
iWaterMultiSamples=0
iMultiSample=4
iShadowMode=4
bTreesReceiveShadows=1
bDrawLandShadows=0
bFull Screen=1
iSize H=1080
iSize W=1920
fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000
fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=18750.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=25000.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=10000000.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=10000000.0000
iScreenShotIndex=8
bShadowMaskZPrepass=0
bMainZPrepass=0
iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=100
iMaxDecalsPerFrame=350
bFloatPointRenderTarget=0
sD3DDevice="NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770"
bFXAAEnabled=1
iShadowMapResolution=4096
fShadowBiasScale=1.0000
iShadowMaskQuarter=3
iAdapter=0
iPresentInterval=0
iShadowFilter=3
bShadowsOnGrass=0
bTransparencyMultisampling=0
bDeferredShadows=1
bDrawShadows=1
[Grass]
b30GrassVS=0
fGrassStartFadeDistance=14000
fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7000.0000
fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0.0000
[MAIN]
bGamepadEnable=0
bCrosshairEnabled=1
fHUDOpacity=1.0000
bSaveOnPause=0
bSaveOnTravel=0
bSaveOnWait=0
bSaveOnRest=0
fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=500000.0000
[GamePlay]
bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=0
bShowQuestMarkers=0
iDifficulty=4
[interface]
bDialogueSubtitles=1
bGeneralSubtitles=1
fMouseCursorSpeed=1.0000
bShowCompass=1
[Controls]
fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.0000
fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0380
bAlwaysRunByDefault=1
bInvertYValues=0
bGamePadRumble=0
bMouseAcceleration=0
bUseKinect=0
[Particles]
iMaxDesired=750
[saveGame]
fAutosaveEveryXMins=60.0000
[AudioMenu]
fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000
fVal7=1.0000
uID7=0
fVal6=1.0000
uID6=0
fVal5=1.0000
uID5=0
fVal4=1.0000
uID4=3954
fVal3=0.6500
uID3=94881
fVal2=0.4000
uID2=466532
fVal1=1.0000
uID1=554685
fVal0=0.2500
uID0=1007612
[Clouds]
fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000
fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000
fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000
fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000
[TerrainManager]
fTreeLoadDistance=75000.0000
fBlockMaximumDistance=500000.0000
fBlockLevel1Distance=140000.0000
fBlockLevel0Distance=75000.0000
fSplitDistanceMult=4.0000
bShowLODInEditor=0
[NavMesh]
fObstacleAlpha=0.5000
fCoverSideHighAlpha=0.8000
fCoverSideLowAlpha=0.6500
fEdgeFullAlpha=1.0000
fEdgeHighAlpha=0.7500
fEdgeLowAlpha=0.5000
fTriangleFullAlpha=0.7000
fTriangleHighAlpha=0.3500
fTriangleLowAlpha=0.2000
fLedgeBoxHalfHeight=25.0000
fEdgeDistFromVert=10.0000
fEdgeThickness=10.0000
fPointSize=2.5000
[Trees]
bRenderSkinnedTrees=1
uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=50
bUseMultiThreadedTrees=1
bShadowMaskZPrePass=1
bEnableTreeAnimations=1
[backgroundLoad]
bLoadHelmetsInBackground=1
bBackgroundLoadLipFiles=1
bLoadBackgroundFaceGen=1
bUseMultiThreadedFaceGen=1
bBackgroundCellLoads=1
[Decals]
bDecalsOnSkinnedGeometry=1
uMaxDecals=1000
bDecals=1
bSkinnedDecals=1
uMaxSkinDecals=150
uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=60
bDecalMultithreaded=1
[LOD]
fLODFadeOutMultObjects=15.0000
fLODFadeOutMultItems=15.0000
fLODFadeOutMultActors=15.0000
fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000
[Launcher]
bEnableFileSelection=1
bShowAllResolutions=1
uLastAspectRatio=3
[blurShaderHDR]
bDoHighDynamicRange=1
[blurShader]
bUseBlurShader=0
[Water]
iWaterReflectHeight=512
iWaterReflectWidth=512
bUseWaterDisplacements=1
bUseWaterRefractions=1
bUseWaterReflections=1
bUseWaterDepth=1
bUseWaterShader=1
bUseWaterLOD=1
bAutoWaterSilhouetteReflections=1
bForceHighDetailReflections=0
bUseWaterReflectionBlur=0

 

 

 

 

Well.. I hope someone can help me out. Thanks in advance for reading through.

 

With regards, blattgeist.

 

 

By the way, I realize that I could simply create an esp and attach an ini file with the same name as the esp to force Skyrim to keep these 2 ini settings but I would like to know the reason why Skyrim resets them in the first place.

Edited June 13, 2014 by blattgeist