Like, I've had it in a certain way where art by Gats is at the bottom and Jacques00's is close to the very top, but when I back out from the game back to Options, it always resets and I don't understand that.
Yes, some of the Options fields don't reflect currently selected game state, but initialize to their default value when their section of Options panel is open. This includes Artist Priority list in Graphics section and the drop-down lists for all Units formats in Display section.