Options in Launcher are grayed out

Keth

Sometimes, when I start the game, I notice that the game has defaulted back to a 1024x768 resolution and all the graphics settings are at their lowest. Normally, I just switch them back and go on. But this time, it's also defaulted my aging settings back to default as well and the box is grayed out so I can't change it. Where is this error coming from?

[EDIT] Nevermind. Once I actually loaded up the game I could make changes again. That was annoying but I guess I'll live.

Sindocat

Yeah - sometimes my game resets also, and I have to manually re-enable all my EPs and SPs. Not sure what makes that happen. Glad your situation was resolved!

Nichaedemus

Hi,

Sometimes, when I start the game, I notice that the game has defaulted back to a 1024x768 resolution and all the graphics settings are at their lowest.

This can happen after a video driver update. If the options.ini file is ever deleted or moved to another location, a new options.ini file using all of the default settings is created by the game launcher or game application.

igazor

It's also always (I think) been the case that you cannot adjust the age stage spans unless you actually have a game loaded.

phoebebebe13

Keth wrote: »

Sometimes, when I start the game, I notice that the game has defaulted back to a 1024x768 resolution and all the graphics settings are at their lowest. Normally, I just switch them back and go on. But this time, it's also defaulted my aging settings back to default as well and the box is grayed out so I can't change it. Where is this error coming from?

[EDIT] Nevermind. Once I actually loaded up the game I could make changes again. That was annoying but I guess I'll live.

If you updated your video card that can reset the launcher settings. If you updated to windows 10 could cause that too.

as for ages being grayed out in the launcher I have that on two different computers. It was caused by a patch. Like you stated you can fix that in game options directly in game.

marstinson

igazor wrote: »

It's also always (I think) been the case that you cannot adjust the age stage spans unless you actually have a game loaded.

This is correct. Age spans can only be adjusted in-game, but the setting carries over to a new game like everything else. Go figure. I'm sure there is a rational reason behind this feature, but am afraid to ask about it because it may turn out to be "let's mess with players' heads." So I spend a lot of time shrugging and just live with it.

@Keth - the options.ini file is your likeliest culprit. I don't know why the game insists on recreating it each time you upgrade drivers (a couple of times per month if you're an nVidia user and stay on top of it). It's another one of those shrug-and-live-with-it design decisions. My work-around was to fire up Notepad++ or another text editor and make a copy of the file. Once everything was set the way I wanted it, I dropped it into the same folder with a dummy file extension (I use .ini.orig). The next time I did a driver update, I just deleted the one the game created and saved a new copy without the dummy extension.

phoebebebe13

igazor wrote: »

It's also always (I think) been the case that you cannot adjust the age stage spans unless you actually have a game loaded.

It use to work before the 1.67 patch . The 1.67 patch froze the launcher and greyed out adjusting life span etc.