Shadow detail keeps resetting after TF2 restart

[crude marlin]

Title says it all, every time I launch up TF2, shadow detail is at medium, I put on high shadow detail, and it goes back to medium after
TF2 restarts.

[amber light]

*the reason why the detail changes after you restart, is because the config that you're using is overriding it

whether it be some custom settings in your autoexec.cfg, or mastercomfig, or...

if you're using mastercomfig, then you can modify your shadows using modules: https://docs.comfig.app/latest/customization/modules/

(there is a shadow module, but i would read the top of the page to see how to use modules first if you're not familiar)

(you could also select the shadow level you want on the app and then redownload)

[crude marlin]

I did have ultra shadow detail when downloading, and I also had a custom setting in my autoexec to put it at ultra too

[crude marlin]

And damn, seems like reinstalling mastercomfig broke some parts of my custom HUD.

[crude marlin]

And it somehow also broke my developer console in which I can't access it by pressing the assigned keybind to it

[amber light]

it is possible that the shadow detail might be set to medium in the in-game settings, however the highest settings are still being applied on the back-end

the in-game settings menu doesn't always report the correct levels

[amber light]

what parts of your hud are broken?

[amber light]

are you sure that the developer console is still enabled within the game's settings?

[crude marlin]

Developer console is indeed enabled within the game's settings, and the HUD turned out to be a problem with TF2's latest update.

[amber light]

is the developer console key set correctly?

[crude marlin]

Developer console key works now, only thing is the shadow detail now.

[amber light]

could you please put shadows_level in console and see what it says?

[crude marlin]

It said " shadows=ultra "

[amber light]

seems like it's being set properly then

if you want, you could confirm all of the commands are set correctly by putting r_shadows;r_shadowrendertotexture;cl_blobbyshadows;r_shadowmaxrendered;nb_shadow_dist;r_shadowlod in console which will tell you what they're set to