"Continue" button broken even on a fresh save with steam cloud sync turned on!

[Executor]

I'm extremely frustrated by this. I can load my save (any save, old or new) just fine without steam cloud sync on, but the second I turn cloud sync on, even with the exact same save files, I get the black screen of death as seen here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1955371776 (section "Corrupt Save Files")

None of the troubleshooting tips have done anything, and it's clearly a steam problem because when I back up all my saves and make a new, fresh save, close the game, and open it up again, I can't load it!

[Executor]

Edit: comment deleted. Was referring to someone who pointed me towards this page: https://steamcommunity.com/app/304650/discussions/0/2992044576642763427/

I've read that and did this:

"If you want to turn Steam cloud saving back on at some point in future then just boot the game, load your save file, undock from the port you're at, and redock in order to save the game. At this point it should be fine to turn cloud saving back on."

Immediately re-corrupts any save.

[Elitewrecker PT]

Ye, I noticed the troubleshoot guide was updated with that new bug so I deleted the link.

[Curly Brace]

I've had this same issue, and I am running the game on Linux. And I've tried a few things as well with no success.

[MagicHp]

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[Ragnaman]

Got this bug just now.

[Skinny Pete]

I hate to say don't turn cloud sync on but don't turn cloud sync on. Never trust anything called "cloud."

[Marblehead]

Is this still broken?

[\tg/ World Peace]

I'm having a similar issue, but the screen isn't all black, the top right is sea tiles. Using Load Game on my auto-save usually loads normally.

[Executor]

Originally posted by nwallace:

Is this still broken?

Still an issue for me

Originally posted by \tg/ World Peace ADAB:

I'm having a similar issue, but the screen isn't all black, the top right is sea tiles. Using Load Game on my auto-save usually loads normally.

Yes, this is what corrupted saves looks like for me as well

[The Toblin]

Yep, it has corrupted all my saves recently. I guess ♥♥♥♥ cloud save.

[MagicHp]

To make it clear, saves are not "corrupted" by this cloud issue. A .vdf file is added by the cloud in the save folder when you close the game, and since it is the most recent file created it is also the one that gets loaded by the "Continue" button.

The real corrupted saves as described in the guide in the first post is another issue entirely. If you just have a quarter of your screen filled with sea, your save is not corrupted.

As I said earlier, an easy fix is to not use the "Continue" button, and just load your autosave using the "Load" button and select the file named "Autosave".

No save corrupted or harmed in the process ;)

[Executor]

Originally posted by MagicHp:

To make it clear, saves are not "corrupted" by this cloud issue. A .vdf file is added by the cloud in the save folder when you close the game, and since it is the most recent file created it is also the one that gets loaded by the "Continue" button.

The real corrupted saves as described in the guide in the first post is another issue entirely. If you just have a quarter of your screen filled with sea, your save is not corrupted.

As I said earlier, an easy fix is to not use the "Continue" button, and just load your autosave using the "Load" button and select the file named "Autosave".

No save corrupted or harmed in the process ;)

I see, this makes sense.

Seems like a pretty dumb oversight that the continue button doesn't ignore the .vdf file

[MagicHp]

Originally posted by Executor:

I see, this makes sense.

Seems like a pretty dumb oversight that the continue button doesn't ignore the .vdf file

According to one of the sticky threads, it was a steam update dating back to December 2020 that added that file during cloud save. Why a simple issue like that hasn't been resolved in several months is beyond me though (either steam changes the way it is done or the game code is altered to load the file named "autosave" and not just the latest file, for example)