MAFA2020 settings and controls lost

[Paul_Yorks 97]

Do we know if there's a way to save all configs?  Gfx, controllers etc?  Would be good.

I thought I'd lost the lot but it turned out controllers survived.  Gfx tweaks are easy enough, but resetting 20 axes/buttons would be a pain.

[BIGSKY 316]

It has done it again,after I reset all my controllers yesterday!!!

[GeoSkyman 59]

How can we remove the instruments from external view

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[captain420 3,099]

I also experienced this today! Now everytime I launch MSFS it keeps asking me to UPDATE THE SIM! But it's already updated, and then after that it tells me to reconfigure all my settings like as if it's the very 1st time I loaded up the sim. Sigh, what is going on and why is it updating every time I launch the sim?!?!?

[GeoSkyman 59]

New version of Gaming Services was released. Run the MS Store app in Win 10 and check for updates.

[GeoSkyman 59]

New version of Gaming Services was released. Run the MS Store app in Win 10 and check for updates.

[edpatino 1,964]

Does anyone knows if this is also affecting the MSFS Steam users or just only the MSFS MS Store users?. I'm on Steam and so far have not seen any issues.

Cheers, Ed

[TENPATROL 138]

9 hours ago, edpatino said:

I'm on Steam and so far have not seen any issues.

Run microsoft store app and check gaming services version.

11 hours ago, georgiosgiannoukos said:

How can we remove the instruments from external view

Options > general > camera

Scroll down and turn off > instrument heads-up display (HUD)

apply and save

 

12 hours ago, Paul_Yorks said:

Do we know if there's a way to save all configs?  Gfx, controllers etc?

Yes, comtrols stored in the cloud and your HDD.

MS Store version > AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\SystemAppData\wgs\a lot of digits

Steam > Steam\userdata\[your_user_number]\1250410\remote

 

Graphics settings > search file named UserCfg.opt

Ms store > AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\

Steam > AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator

 

12 hours ago, BIGSKY said:

It has done it again,after I reset all my controllers yesterday!!!

Controls settings are still available. Change the default profiles ;)

 

[Dom74 14]

Hello,
I have installed MSFS2020 a few days ago and it works fine till this morning. Like you, i have lost all my options, except controllers settings. 
To manage this issue, i restored a saved file of UserCfg.opt in the directory WpSystem\...\LocalCache and it works. 
Maybe not in accordance with established practice but it works. 

To realise this backup, periodically i saved all the directory WpSystem\...\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache

[Bobsk8 12,700]

15 minutes ago, Livingston said:

Hello,
I have installed MSFS2020 a few days ago and it works fine till this morning. Like you, i have lost all my options, except controllers settings. 
To manage this issue, i restored a saved file of UserCfg.opt in the directory WpSystem\...\LocalCache and it works. 
Maybe not in accordance with established practice but it works. 

To realise this backup, periodically i saved all the directory WpSystem\...\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache

Fix posted yesterday on this forum. This is what happens when there are multipole threads on the same problem. 

[Dom74 14]

Yes, Thanks Bobsk8,
I had read this fix ... The real fix is an update of Gaming Services App. My issue occurs today and no update of Gaming Services App since 20th. So, it is still here for me ...

[edpatino 1,964]

8 hours ago, TENPATROL said:

Run microsoft store app and check gaming services version.

Ok, thanks, in Windows 10 Settings>Apps and Features, the Gaming Services App installed is the version 2.47.10001.0. The Microsoft Store is prompting me for an update, but since I have no issues with the sim, I'm not exactly sure what I have to do without messing up anything.

What would you recommend me to do?. The update itself?.

Thanks in advance.

Cheers, Ed

[TomCYYZ 214]

Like Ed, I have the Steam version, except My graphics settings do not seem to be saving. When I make a change to the graphics settings I save it and exit out of the program. The next time I open MSFS2020 I check the graphics settings and they revert back to what I had before I made the changes. it looks like the “UserCfg.opt” file  is not updating (changes not writing to file). Anyone else seeing this with Steam? I thought it only affected Microsoft Store purchasers.

Edited February 24, 2021 by TomCYYZ

[TomCYYZ 214]

 

All is well now for me!

I'll call myself a word not allowed in the forum, but I think I may have found the problem. I made a change the other day to the UserCfg.opt file for something that a poster in the forums claimed would tone down the granular effect of the clouds, and they due look better IMO. I set the bold items to 0(as shown below). But the thing is, under properties I checked off "Read Only" so that the file would not be overwritten when I exited out of the game. Stupid me, forgot that I had done that, I am going into the sim now to double check to see if that is the issue.

{PostProcess
        Enabled 1
        EyeAdaptation 1
        ColorGrading 1
        Sharpen 0
        Fringe 1
        LensDistortion 1
        Dirt 1
        LensFlare 1
        FilmGrain 0
        Vignette 1
        LensBlurMultiplier 1.000000
        FringeMultiplier 1.000000

Update: That was it! Sorry to cause all the alarm!

Regards

Edited February 24, 2021 by TomCYYZ

[TENPATROL 138]

On 2/23/2021 at 7:36 PM, edpatino said:

What would you recommend me to do?. The update itself?.

Update manually gaming services.