Still cannot change model detail

Product: Apex Legends
Platform:PC
Please specify your platform model. PC
AMD or Nvidia Model Number Palit GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB GameRock
Enter RAM memory size in GB 16GB 3000MHz
What is your gamertag/PSN ID/EA Account name? UltimaBlank
Please provide your squad mates' gamertag/PSN ID/EA Account name if possible. MatterClothing
Which Legend were you playing (if applicable)? Any
Which Legends were your squad mates using (if applicable)? any
Where did the issue occur? In a match
Which part of the map or menu were you in? If you don't remember the exact name, please describe the area or what you were trying to do in the menu. Anywhere
What were you doing when the issue occurred? E.g. respawning a squad mate at a beacon, using an ability, a squad mate left the game. Menu's or in game, the setting wont change
Did your squad mates also experience the issue? Yes
How many matches had you played in a row before the issue occurred? Not sure
When did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm) When i started playing a couple months ago
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
How severe is your issue? Major impacts to gameplay
What happens when the bug occurs? I still cannot cannot change my model detail setting, it is stuck on high. I have tried repairing the game through origin, flushing my dns, clearing the cache, system restore to before it started.I have tried to edit the videosettings file and make it read only however the game settings show to be on low but the model detail is still on high. I have also tried using nvidia geforce experience to change the settings. I have tried removing geforce experience and removing every apex legends file from my PC before reinstalling, model detail is still stuck on high and after the removal of autoexec performance improvements, my game play is super choppy and sluggish. I have set the line "setting.r_lod_switch_scale" to 0 in the videoconfig file, that seems to load correctly with very little textures, however if I set it to any number more then that, it loads as if it is set to high. I have tried leaving the line blank, it loads as if I input 0, after I close and reload the game, the textures will be on high and will overwrite the videoconfig file to and set it to 1(high). Even if I set the file to read only, it will load with high model detail settings. It wouldn't be so bad if model detail settings weren't also tied into the map detail as well
What should be happening instead? I should be able to change any of the settings and have them be set to what I selected as well as be saved
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? I am not sure, it seems to be pulling settings from somewhere else but I could be wrong, I haven't been able to change it since the start.

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Still cannot change model detail after all this time and multiple patches... it wouldn't be so bad if model detail wasn't also linked to the world/map detail