I had to reset my PC, save data is gone

[BMK43]

I had to reset my PC, and I thought I had everything stored on the steam cloud in terms of my save data. Evidently that save data is gone. Is there any way to recover it, or do I need to start over?

[The Spirit of Jazz]

I'm pretty sure that steam games sync cloud saves when you launch them? I'm also pretty sure that Elden Ring doesn't have cloud saves.

Edit: Steam is telling me Elden Rings cloud saves are "up to date", but I've never seen it sync them so I'm not sure if they actually exist.

[BMK43]

Gotcha, that makes sense. So I have to restart then?

[MizarAce]

Download a save and Import it.

[BMK43]

How do I do that?

[nfinite.recursion]

Games with cloud saves have a cloud icon. Clicking that little icon will inform you if your cloud saves are synced with your local saves

Originally posted by The Spirit of Jazz:

I'm pretty sure that steam games sync cloud saves when you launch them? I'm also pretty sure that Elden Ring doesn't have cloud saves.

Edit: Steam is telling me Elden Rings cloud saves are "up to date", but I've never seen it sync them so I'm not sure if they actually exist.

Games on Steam with cloud sync will upload the save after you exit the game. You can very briefly see the game display an upload status in the game list. If you Alt-F4 or the game crashes, it may not sync with the cloud due to the risk of uploading a corrupted save.

[BMK43]

So is it possible to use the cloud save data since the local save data no longer exists?

[MizarAce]

Originally posted by bmkratoska:

So is it possible to use the cloud save data since the local save data no longer exists?

The cloud save data will be used if there is no save data present.

If you are plating the game currently that's your cloud hosted data.

[BMK43]

Originally posted by MizarAce:

Originally posted by bmkratoska:

So is it possible to use the cloud save data since the local save data no longer exists?

The cloud save data will be used if there is no save data present.

If you are plating the game currently that's your cloud hosted data.

Gotcha, so if the local files are gone, and I'm not able to find an import I have to restart?
Steam can see the achievements that I've earned and the hours I have logged. So at the very least it recognizes a few things.

Also, is there any way to find cloud save data back ups on steam? Cause if there is, I could dig through those.

[juicy]

practice safe internet habits next time mate.

[nfinite.recursion]

Originally posted by bmkratoska:

Also, is there any way to find cloud save data back ups on steam? Cause if there is, I could dig through those.

Yes.

For Elden Ring specifically:

https://store.steampowered.com/account/remotestorageapp/?appid=1245620

For all your games:

https://store.steampowered.com/account/remotestorage

[BMK43]

Originally posted by finally Beat Elden ring:

practice safe internet habits next time mate.

being hateful for a reason? or just feeling spicy?

[juicy]

Originally posted by bmkratoska:

Originally posted by finally Beat Elden ring:

practice safe internet habits next time mate.

being hateful for a reason? or just feeling spicy?

how is it hateful when its called common sense

[The destoyer of worlsd!!!]

Originally posted by finally Beat Elden ring:

Originally posted by bmkratoska:

being hateful for a reason? or just feeling spicy?

how is it hateful when its called common sense

You're basically stating the obvious. Anyone in their right mind would know that they should avoid malware (they might not be aware how to do so properly, but you didn't help with that either)

Maybe not exactly hateful, but certainly not very helpful

[Is Carl Around?]

i do not think you can get rid of viruses thou resting your pc

[Shinkiro]

Originally posted by bmkratoska:

I had everything stored on the steam cloud in terms of my save data

Just be aware that steam cloud is for syncing saves between devices. It is NOT meant to be used for backups.

It sucks you lost your save, but this is a chance to learn to have regular manual backups of your local save files. It's a good practice in general tbh.