How to disable Steam cloud sync?

[RevolverBigBosselote]

I wanted to download a mod, but it advises me to disable steam cloud sync before reaching chapter 2. The problem is I don't know how to just disable cloud sync for this game.

I looked up how to disable them online, but the few guides I could find says there should be an option in the game properties menu for Darkwood, but I cannot find any such option anywhere in the properties menu.

Does anyone know how to do this?

[MazyRun]

One possible solution could be to just launch the game directly from desktop. The game doesn't require steam to work (it's DRM free). I often run the game without steam (it's still technically the version obtained through steam it just doesn't require the client to be running).

I wonder if you can move the steam version to a different folder to make it a 'desktop version only' (that way maybe steam wont accidentally detect it and update it or rewrite save files when you do have steam running).

I plan on keeping v1.3 as my main non-steam desktop version and v1.4 (which might leave beta this year) as my steam version with cloud saves (because I prefer v1.3 overall).

[Zucker_Schock]

I think i know which mod you are talking about, i believe they ment that updates will break the mod and thus your save might get corrupted when auto update is enabled, a new patch arrives, gets automatically downloaded and you launch and start your save and save it.

1.3 Should not have any cloud sync, your saves are local, they wanted to add that feature in 1.4 but its been 2 years since than.

In steam just go to Darkwood, Properties, Updates, Automatic Updates and choose only update when i start the game. If you want to be safe, go to betas and choose 1.3 aswell.

It could take a good while until 1.4 might get officially released anyway. They said they would continue working on it at the start of 2023. But its been a few years (2) since they announced 1.4 and it doesn't change that much for pc players anyway. The prerelease can be played under betas though. Anyway, you should not worry that much about cloud sync in this case.

[Zucker_Schock]

Normally you find the cloud settings of games under "Properties...", "General", but Darkwood does not support steam cloud yet. Also global settings are under "Steam", "Settings", "Cloud".

[RevolverBigBosselote]

Originally posted by Zucker_Schock:

I think i know which mod you are talking about, i believe they ment that updates will break the mod and thus your save might get corrupted when auto update is enabled, a new patch arrives, gets automatically downloaded and you launch and start your save and save it.

1.3 Should not have any cloud sync, your saves are local, they wanted to add that feature in 1.4 but its been 2 years since than.

In steam just go to Darkwood, Properties, Updates, Automatic Updates and choose only update when i start the game. If you want to be safe, go to betas and choose 1.3 aswell.

It could take a good while until 1.4 might get officially released anyway. They said they would continue working on it at the start of 2023. But its been a few years (2) since they announced 1.4 and it doesn't change that much for pc players anyway. The prerelease can be played under betas though. Anyway, you should not worry that much about cloud sync in this case.

I probably should have mentioned the mod but it's the "Hard Mode" mod. Is that the one you thought it was?

[Zucker_Schock]

Originally posted by RevolverBigBosselote:

I probably should have mentioned the mod but it's the "Hard Mode" mod. Is that the one you thought it was?

Yep

[Zucker_Schock]

I know the paragraph, it's a little misleading.
Probably shouldn't worry about it.
Just make sure it doesn't update accidentally.