Cloud save question.

[mjs warlord]

I seem to be seeing a lot of gamers saying cloud saves are unreliable but i am not sure what to do if something goes wrong with game after cloud saves are turned off.

EXAMPLE... i am currently using SATISFACTORY and i have almost 3,000 hours on it.
All the game data such as crash reports , logs and saves are in a file called FactoryGame ... in appdata Local.
After i have backed up that folder and something goes wrong with the game do i just delete the folder and replace it with the one i have on my back up flash drive.

 

[Pifanjr]

After i have backed up that folder and something goes wrong with the game do i just delete the folder and replace it with the one i have on my back up flash drive.

Pretty much, yes. Maybe make a back up with the one that got broken, just in case you figure out a way to repair it and/or your backup is even more broken.

 

[mjs warlord]

not broke yet i am just finding out what to do if it does break

 

[Rolfil]

I have in the past used GameSave Manager which takes all the hard work out of doing manual backup and restores of save games.

It looks like it still supported as the last database update was 16/6/23

 

[Zimbaly]

I've been using cloud saves for games that allow them for years. I have only ever run into an issue a couple times.

Honestly I'd say use cloud saves, but also make a manual backup. Best of both worlds just in case one messes up on ya.

 

[Brian Boru]

use cloud saves, but also make a manual backup. Best of both worlds just in case one messes up on ya

That's a good general principle. I have my main email accounts set to leave mail on server after I download to my PC—while I do backup mail locally anyway as part of routine backups, it's not really necessary.

GameSave Manager

Interesting, I hadn't heard of that.
ETA: Guess I had, it's in my notes—my infallible memory strikes again

Large list of supported games, altho some oddities—which are hopefully just bad data, eg the Civ series:

Sid Meier's Civilization® III
Sid Meier's Civilization® III: Conquests
Sid Meier's Civilization® III: Play the World
Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
Sid Meier's Civilization® IV: Beyond the Sword
Sid Meier's Civilization® IV: Beyond the Sword - Fall from Heaven 2 Mod
Sid Meier's Civilization® IV: Colonization
Sid Meier's Civilization® IV: Warlords
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
Sid Meier's Civilization® VI
Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™

So Civ1 & 2 not incl. 3 & 4 there with main expansions, but no expansions listed for 5 or 6.