What is initweaks.ini and profile_tweaks.ini in profile?

[xxx78]

Hi

 

There is two files in my profile folder and Im unsure why they is there and I did not find any info of any of the MO guides.

 

initweaks.ini seem to be a summary of all ini tweaks from mods I have have added, is this right? and why is this file here, does MO read this file after reading the skyrim.ini and skyrimprefs.ini?

 

profile_tweaks.ini I have no idea what it is doing here. Anyone knows?

 

Also I have this warning in MO saying: ini tweask overwritten. It is related to profile_tweaks.ini and I have tried to solve it but with no success so far. How can I solve this issue?

 

[spoiler=warning in MO ini tweask overwritten]Settings provided in ini tweaks have been overwritten in-game or in an applications.These overwrites are stored in a separate file (profile_tweaks.ini within the profile directory)to keep ini-tweaks in their original state but you should really get rid of this file as there isno tool support in MO to work on it.Advice: Copy settings you want to keep to an appropriate ini tweak, then delete profile_tweaks.ini.Hitting the Fix button will delete that file

profile_tweaks.ini:

[Display] fShadowBiasScale=1.0000

 

 

This setting [Display] fShadowBiasScale=1.0000 is one of my tweaks added in a mod but I have 6-7 other tweaks and I only this on show up in this warning and no other tweaks.

Any suggestions?

 

I appreciate any help :)

cheers

[DoubleYou]

One of your tweaks is overwriting this tweak. You need to find the conflicting tweak and tweak it, i.e., do what the warning says.

[Tannin]

yes, initweaks is a collection of all your initweaks. This file is read before skyrim.ini or skyrimprefs.ini meaning that if a setting exists in initweaks its value in skyrim.ini is ignored.

 

The problem profile_tweaks.ini solves is: What is MO supposed to do if you have a setting set in a initweak and then the application (i.e. the in-game settings) changes such a value? Setting the value in skyrim.ini/skyrimprefs.ini like the game would usually do would achive nothing because the ini tweak overwrites it. setting it in initweaks.ini would be temporary because the file is re-generated every start.

Setting it in the appropriate individual ini tweak (inside the mod) could be unintended because ini tweaks will usually set parameters required to properly run the mod so modifying wouldn't really make sense.

 

This is why MO stores the setting in a separate file and requires you to manually judge how to deal with it.