Summary:
Since the 26.0 update, the game intermittently resets various user settings upon launch. The affected settings include, but may not be limited to:
Keyboard & Mouse settings
Controller settings
Graphics Mode
Vibrant Visuals settings
In-game graphics mode switching
Player, Mob, and Block Dithering
Render Distance
Only Allow Trusted Skins
Camera Shake
Content Log GUI
This behavior is highly disruptive, as players must repeatedly reconfigure their preferences. Depending on how many settings have been modified, restoring them can be time-consuming and frustrating.
Steps to Reproduce:
Navigate to the Settings menu.
Modify any of the settings listed above from their default values.
Close and relaunch the game multiple times.
Observed Results:
On random launches, some of the listed settings revert to their default values. The resets do not occur consistently or affect all listed settings at once. For example, Controller settings may reset while Render Distance remains unchanged.
Expected Results:
All user settings should be consistently retained across game sessions.
Linked issues
is duplicated by 9
MCPE-236065
Some settings keep resetting, I dont know if this is when I restart my game or what.
Resolved
MCPE-236248
Graphics mode automatically switching and it locks it so i have to exit world and change it.
Resolved
MCPE-236518
Settings not Saved
Resolved
MCPE-232350
"Screen Animations" Setting Gets Reset After Updates And Restarts
Resolved
MCPE-236904
Most settings randomly reset on launch
Resolved
Comments 18
Seconded, it also effects controller Keybinds, the “Clear Hotbar” toggle as well as the “Only Allow Trusted Skins” toggle, defaulting them both to disabled even if usually enabled.
From what I have encountered with it, the bug doesn’t happen every time the game launches, but does seem to happen if you Play the game, close the game (Whether pressing Escape on the Main Menu or the X in the top right) and relaunch the game later, prior to turning off/restarting PC.
This started happening for me very recently too. Never had an issue before, but now nearly every time I restart the game, the settings all reset. I have to set mouse and keyboard bindings again, turn off the tutorial hints, change FOV.. everything I like to customize frequently gets reset.
Some of my video settings always get reset. This includes my graphics mode, my render distance, and more.
At first it was just my graphics mode and settings, but just recently it reset all of my settings. Every single one from Accessibility to Creator settings.
I had to list the values the bug resets the settings to because the parent details did not have one and I just want to make it clear. Nintendo Switch version of the game (which Switch 2 runs for now) isn’t affected.
However, either workarounds from below can be performed:
Backing up
options.txtfrom%appdata%\Minecraft Bedrock\Users\(ID)\games\com.mojang(for release version) and restoring it once this bug occurs (close the game before restoring the settings).Playing the game from a signed out save (by signing out in the Xbox App), It will need to be set-up again and you won’t be able to access grabbed / purchased Marketplace contents, but this workaround works for me for now.
Happened to me too, it also automatically enable dithering settings after disable it when restarting the game many times. Its annoying ngl