Configuration Toolkit | Plugin Installation

Before You Start

Config Toolkit is an Unreal Engine plugin. Install it inside the project that will read or write config values, then restart the editor after enabling the plugin.

Install And Setup

Place The Plugin

Copy or keep the plugin folder at:

ConfigToolkit.uplugin

Enable The Plugin

Open the project in Unreal Engine, then go to:

Plugin Browser

Edit > Plugins

Search for Config Toolkit, enable it, and restart the editor if Unreal asks.

Open Project Settings

Open the plugin settings panel:

Project Settings Path

Project Settings > Plugins > Config Toolkit

These settings control how the Blueprint nodes resolve files, flush changes, handle soft references, and encrypt string values.

Configure Core Defaults

Default Config File Name

Used when a node's File Name pin is empty. Common values are Game, Editor, or a custom config name.

Automatically Flush Config

Writes changes to disk immediately after write/remove/delete-style operations when enabled.

Soft References And Encryption

Controls soft asset/class path conversion and the 32-byte AES key required by encrypted string nodes.

Enable Persistent Saving (UE 5.4+)

In Unreal Engine 5.4 and later, the engine restricts saving new sections to config files by default. To allow Config Toolkit to save data, add this block to your Config/DefaultEngine.ini:

Config/DefaultEngine.ini

[SectionsToSave]
bCanSaveAllSections=true

Missing this step?

Without this setting, Unreal may block saves to files like Game.ini or Engine.ini, even if the Blueprint nodes appear to succeed in-memory.

Why use Engine.ini?

Saving values to the [ConsoleVariables] section of Engine.ini allows Unreal to automatically apply them every time the game starts.

Plugin Installation