Drop in your Game.ini and it gets fixed on your own PC.
Takes a minute. Nothing is uploaded.
Close Dune first, and lock the file after. The game rewrites this file every
time it shuts down, so a fix made while it is open is thrown away — and an unlocked file
is wiped at the next quit. Quit fully, fix, then step 5.
Building bigger? Vertical staking units stay at Funcom’s
default on Holidy X; the raised staking count applies to horizontal extensions only.
Use Chrome or Edge to fix it in one click. Firefox and Safari can’t write
the file directly — here they hand you a fixed copy to put back yourself.
1. Open the folder
Press Win + E, then:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\DuneSandbox\Saved\Config\Windows
Paste it in Explorer’s
address bar (Ctrl + V, Enter).
2. Drag Game.ini onto the box
That exact file — not
GameUserSettings, not a .bak- one.
Drop Game.ini here
Read on your machine. Never sent anywhere.
Adds one line to the same file. Leave it unchecked and the movie plays as normal;
uncheck it and fix again to bring the movie back.
3. What it found
Settings
Setting
Yours now
Should be
4. Fix it
5. Lock the file — don’t skip this
Dune rewrites this file every time it shuts down and will wipe the fix.
Locking it stops that. Nothing in the game breaks.
In the folder from step 1, right‑click Game.ini →
Properties.
Check Read‑only → OK.
Come back and press the button below.
While it is locked the game can’t save
graphics, language or HUD changes into this file. Uncheck Read‑only if you want to change
those, then check it again.
Putting the copy back
It saved to Downloads. If it came out as Game (1).ini,
rename it to Game.ini.
Drag it into the folder from step 1 and choose Replace.
Read‑only warning? Right‑click the old file, Properties, uncheck
Read‑only, then replace it.
Skip the launcher
There’s nothing to skip any more. Funcom removed the Dune launcher in the
1.5 update (September 2026). Steam now starts the game directly.
If Steam asks with BattlEye or without every time you press Play: pick
Dune with BattlEye and check the box that remembers your choice. It works on every server,
Holidy included. To change it later, open the game’s Properties in Steam.
Skip the logo screens too
In Steam, right‑click Dune: Awakening → Properties →
General, and paste this into Launch Options (add a space first if something is
already there):
-nostartupscreen
It skips the studio logos and the
flashing‑lights warning. This is a Steam setting, not part of Game.ini, so this
page can’t set it for you. Delete it from that box to get the logos back.
Good to know
Already locked? The write fails and the page says so. Uncheck
Read‑only in the file’s Properties, fix it, re‑check it.
Settings vanished again? The file wasn’t locked, or the game was
open when you fixed it. Do it again with the game closed and finish with step 5.
Bag says 175? The server already gives you 225 (more with bonuses);
the game just shows its own default. Fix the file, lock it, and restart the game to see the
real number.
Only Holidy’s seven sections change, plus the one intro‑movie line
if you check that box. Your password and account lines are copied through untouched and are
never shown here.
Runs entirely in your browser — no internet needed, nothing sent. We will never ask you
to send us your Game.ini, and we only ever post this page on our own site.