Loading on smaller resolution wipes config file entirely. (Turns out it was the controller)

[TheHengeProphet]

So, preface for this discovery:

My computer is a laptop with a native resolution of 1440x900, but I typically play on an external monitor which has a native resolution of 1600x900.

When I play away from home, the game determines the settings.cfg must be invalid and resets to default, which is incredibly frustrating. This only occurs when moving from a larger resolution to a smaller resolution, and it happens consistently if I forget to move the resolution down ahead of time.

Turns out it was the controller, thanks to sal_vager for pointing that out!

Edited November 8, 2015 by TheHengeProphet

[sal_vager]

Do you also use a controller at home but that you don't take with you?

[TheHengeProphet]

Fascinating. Yeah, my controller was unplugged. I do bring it with me. I guess that makes a known bug and a misinterpretation on my part. I guess I never noticed the correlation between my constant neglect to plug it in and the config file not working right. Thanks!

[sal_vager]

Yeah it's the controller bug, if you have a controller bound but not plugged in, the settings reset, but if you plug it in and start KSP, the bindings are back but the gfx settings are still gone.

Hoping (crosses fingers) that they fixed it for 1.0.5

[TheHengeProphet]

Yeah, the graphics still got wiped, but that's a lot easier to set than re-configuring the controller each time.