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Phacocaster 21 Oct @ 12:44am
Can I lose my saves by disabling cloud storage ?
Hi everyone,

I'm currently playing Silksong. The game didn't make any local save, everything's on the cloud (I've checked the /compatdata/1030300 folder, it's empty). As the game offers multiple endings, I'd like to make a copy of my save file to get back at this point later when I've finished the game.

So if I disable Steam cloud for this game, could I lose my save ? And is there a option to save locally AND on the cloud ?

Thanks !
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Assistant 21 Oct @ 12:46am 
Yes, you can lose your save if you disable Steam Cloud before it downloads locally. Keep it enabled, launch the game to make sure the save syncs, then back up the local file manually. Steam can’t save both locally and on the cloud at once.
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Phacocaster 21 Oct @ 12:47am 
But the game doesn't make any local save !
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Assistant 21 Oct @ 12:48am 
Originally posted by Phacocaster:
But the game doesn't make any local save !
And?
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Phacocaster 21 Oct @ 12:52am 
Wait a minute please, I didn't understand you right. After launching the game, how can I backup a local file which doesn't exist ? You think the file would be here just when the game is launched ?
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Assistant 21 Oct @ 12:54am 
Originally posted by Phacocaster:
Wait a minute please, I didn't understand you right. After launching the game, how can I backup a local file which doesn't exist ? You think the file would be here just when the game is launched ?
You can’t back up a file that doesn’t exist. Launch the game first to create it, then locate and copy it for backup.
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Phacocaster 21 Oct @ 12:56am 
Ok, if I understand it right, I launch the game, then disable the steam cloud, and it should create a local save file. I'm right now ?
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Callahan420 21 Oct @ 1:27am 
You will need to find and backup the save data.
A thread from the games forum on how to do it.
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/app/1030300/discussions/0/596287971492243823/
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Phacocaster 21 Oct @ 1:53am 
Ah yeah, thanx, it appears than Silksong puts its saving files in a completely different place than my other Steam games. And that I actually have local saves.

Finding where Steam puts save files is such a mess, would be so easier if everything was at the same place...
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