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Sgt_Bones
10 years ago
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need for speed settings not saved

I have to change my settings every time I log in to the game, specifically controller settings and the display of KM/H instead of miles per hour. Also the game always tells me origin is not enabled in game, but it is enabled in origin for all games. Also I do not have a need for Speed directory nor settings folder in my documents directory. I play the game in english on a german windows 10 system.

  • Sgt_Bones's avatar
    Sgt_Bones
    10 years ago

    Issue solved: Created appropriate directories, started game, reset all settings, changed settings, applied settings, quit game. New settings files were then created by the game itself. Question: Why did I have to make the directories myself? I even took the time to uninstall the game and re-install it, and it still had this problem until I made the directories myself. What kept the game from making them?

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  • Sgt_Bones's avatar
    Sgt_Bones
    10 years ago

    Issue solved: Created appropriate directories, started game, reset all settings, changed settings, applied settings, quit game. New settings files were then created by the game itself. Question: Why did I have to make the directories myself? I even took the time to uninstall the game and re-install it, and it still had this problem until I made the directories myself. What kept the game from making them?

  • Straatford87's avatar
    Straatford87
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    10 years ago

    @Sgt_Bones

    Normally the game does make the appropriate directories on your system. I am actually not sure why it did not do so for you.. something like this would most likely be caused by a permission issue or corrupted files on your Windows installation.

  • Sgt_Bones's avatar
    Sgt_Bones
    10 years ago

    Nothing corrupt, and I would think that I should at least get an error message when the directory cannot be made. Other games have made directories for their settings without problem within the last month, so permission problems do not seem to be an issue. Perhaps the simple fact that I have a german windows yet installed the game in english could have had an influence, but again, other games under the same situation have had no problems placing their files within the same area, and that as recently as 2 days before the initial NFS install.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    what folders are you talking about. give more details.

  • Sgt_Bones's avatar
    Sgt_Bones
    10 years ago

    The folders which contain the settings files for the game itself, which should have been created in the standard path C:\user\$username$\documents\Need for Speed\settings. The folder need for speed and settings had to be created by hand before the game would save any settings, the game did not create the folder by itself during installation and re-installation, and provided no feedback that this did not occur. One other note: This was a preorder through Origin directly, not from an outside source.

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