Can the MO profile ini settings be changed by anything else than the user?

[xxx78]

Hi

 

I Thought nothing except the user could change or add anything to the MO profile ini files, but today I find this settings that I cant remember I ever added there.

iWaterReflectHeight =512iWaterReflectWidth =512

 

Can it be a mod or something else that change/add this settings, or have I been editing in my sleep?

Edited October 3, 2014 by xxx78

[hishutup]

Thanks for quick reply hishutup :)

 

About launcher:

So if I launch skyrim launcher through MO and I change some settings in launcher, will MO profile ini files also change?

 

No Problem, yes but only if they are not set to read-only. Here is the location if you are unfamiliar.

<MO install>/Profiles/<your profile>/ 

 

I think by default MO saves the Skyrim prefs.ini to read-only

 

The launcher will act like it changed them but in reality it didn't

 

 

Engine?

 

The in-game setting menu. It can modify the settings for non-read-only files but when the files are set to read-only the effects will be present in-game until you close the application.

 

 

About MO add lines:

So for some reason MO find it cool to add some lines to my precious pure ini files?

I actually think that happen one time when I was exploring the configurator but Im not 100% sure.

 

"natural exists" do you mean those settings that Skyrim use from start but that is not in the ini files for some strange reason ?

They should eventually end up in the skyrim.ini (I think, I may be wrong) after the game is run.

I don't believe Skyrim.ini is set to read-only by default... I don't think anything edits it other than what the user does

 

Also "naturally exists" implies that they are the vanilla records and are not changing what the default values is.

Edited October 3, 2014 by hishutup

[hishutup]

the engine and launcher can.

Mo may add lines but I can't confirm this

 

Those lines naturally exist in the ini

[xxx78]

Thanks for quick reply hishutup :)

 

About launcher:

So if I launch skyrim launcher through MO and I change some settings in launcher, will MO profile ini files also change?

I thought it would not. This is my reason for asking about this. I wanted to test out "object fade" setting and changed ticked the setting box in launcher. i did not find any change in the ini files so I thought nothing happened, but I noticed a a few frames was lost ingame but I though that was probably some other reason.

 

Engine?

 

About MO add lines:

So for some reason MO find it cool to add some lines to my precious pure ini files?

I actually think that happen one time when I was exploring the configurator but Im not 100% sure.

 

"natural exists" do you mean those settings that Skyrim use from start but that is not in the ini files for some strange reason ?