Hud Color Tweak Broken in 2.1?

[Xintha Rahan]

Before the latest patch rolled around, I had my HUD tweaked to a purple color using the GraphicsConfiguration.xml file. But when the update happened everything reverted back to normal, as it normally does, only this time I couldn't change it back. It seems the location of the Graphics files and such was changed slightly, and now when I change the values nothing happens in-game.

Is this happening to anyone else?

 

[sndle9]

Before the latest patch rolled around, I had my HUD tweaked to a purple color using the GraphicsConfiguration.xml file. But when the update happened everything reverted back to normal, as it normally does, only this time I couldn't change it back. It seems the location of the Graphics files and such was changed slightly, and now when I change the values nothing happens in-game.

Is this happening to anyone else?

Yes, lots of people had that issue. It is because you are making the edits in the wrong place. There is a specific override file you should edit instead of the main config file.
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Mine is here...
C:\Users\Dave\AppData\Local\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\Options\Graphics\GraphicsConfigurationOverride.xml
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And contains this...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<GraphicsConfig>
<GUIColour>
<Default>
<LocalisationName>Standard</LocalisationName>
<MatrixRed> 0, 0.33, 0.75 </MatrixRed>
<MatrixGreen> 0, 1, 0 </MatrixGreen>
<MatrixBlue> 1, 0, 0 </MatrixBlue>
</Default>
</GUIColour>
<FOV>75.000000</FOV>
</GraphicsConfig>

 

[Cmdr Spencer]

i changed mine fine as normal, try again and make sure its not saved as notepad file

 

[Xintha Rahan]

Yes, lots of people had that issue. It is because you are making the edits in the wrong place. There is a specific override file you should edit instead of the main config file.
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Mine is here...
C:\Users\Dave\AppData\Local\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\Options\Graphics\GraphicsConfigurationOverride.xml
.
And contains this...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<GraphicsConfig>
<GUIColour>
<Default>
<LocalisationName>Standard</LocalisationName>
<MatrixRed> 0, 0.33, 0.75 </MatrixRed>
<MatrixGreen> 0, 1, 0 </MatrixGreen>
<MatrixBlue> 1, 0, 0 </MatrixBlue>
</Default>
</GUIColour>
<FOV>75.000000</FOV>
</GraphicsConfig>

I tried it and it worked, thank you very much. +1

 

[sndle9]

i changed mine fine as normal, try again and make sure its not saved as notepad file

I stand corrected. I thought they made the override file the semi-official option.
Oh, yes, it does not get removed by client updates, I don't know if the other file always gets reset, but that why I moved my settings.
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I tried it and it worked, thank you very much. +1

Glad it worked for you. You shouldn't loose them on the next update now too.