# Trouble setting a default scalability quality level

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/trouble-setting-a-default-scalability-quality-level/548171>\
**Category:** Rendering\
**Tags:** Shadows, unreal-engine, UE4-26, question\
**Created:** [May 4, 2022, 12:45am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/trouble-setting-a-default-scalability-quality-level/548171 "2022-05-04T00:45:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Owl\_Theory](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Owl\_Theory](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Owl_Theory)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 12:45am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/trouble-setting-a-default-scalability-quality-level/548171/1 "2022-05-04T00:45:15Z")

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I’m using UE4.26.2.  
My goal is to set a default scalability setting so that when I open the engine, the shadows (for example), will be set to “Medium” by default. I’m doing this so that cooked builds use this default on first startup.

![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/a/0/5/a053d2157b221557ba8a92d94cd27fd4093d77e5.png)

Initially, I added these entries in DefaultEngine.ini:

```auto
[/Script/Engine.RendererSettings]
sg.ShadowQuality=2
sg.PostProcessQuality=2
sg.AntiAliasingQuality=2
sg.EffectsQuality=2

```

However, if I add those entries, shadows look the same whether I set the scalability to Low or Epic. It seems to “lock” the quality level.

Is there any other way of handling this?

Cheers.

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**Author:** ![HugoDiGio](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@HugoDiGio](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/HugoDiGio)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/trouble-setting-a-default-scalability-quality-level/548171/2 "2022-12-05T11:21:37Z")

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have the same problem now (but on Unreal Engine 5.1) …

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**Author:** ![ZeroComfort](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@ZeroComfort](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ZeroComfort)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/trouble-setting-a-default-scalability-quality-level/548171/3 "2024-05-21T06:47:34Z")

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Put your Scalability Group variables in the ConsoleVariables section:

```auto
[ConsoleVariables]
sg.ShadowQuality=2
sg.PostProcessQuality=2
sg.AntiAliasingQuality=2
sg.EffectsQuality=2

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/7/1/3/713c9d3f58553f0de89543d76a8a3a2779dc9fa4.png) [@system](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/trouble-setting-a-default-scalability-quality-level/548171/4 "2024-06-20T06:48:22Z")

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