Persisting viewport scalability settings

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to figure out how to persist the scalability settings (set via the little viewport “Settings” dropdown in the editor) between Unreal Engine sessions.

Right now, whenever I set the scalability quality to Low from the viewport menu, it works — but as soon as I restart the editor or reopen the project, the settings reset back to Epic or whatever default Unreal decides.

What I want:

  • When I change scalability settings via the viewport dropdown, I want those to stay the same after restarting the editor.
  • Preferably without having to run console commands or modify C++.
  • Just persist the setting selected in the viewport quality menu (like “Low”, “Medium”, etc.).

What I tried:

  • Changing settings in DefaultEngine.ini, Scalability.ini, etc.
  • Saving/closing engine properly
  • Looking into Saved/Config/Windows/Scalability.ini

Nothing has made the viewport setting persist between sessions.


Has anyone figured out how to make this stick permanently or have a workaround?

Thanks in advance!