Attempting to extracting a cloud save onto the Steam Deck (Partially Solved, I think)

[V-Bro - The Titan's Driver]

Hello, I seem to be having trouble getting an old save onto my new Steam Deck.

The file is saved onto the cloud, but I can't seem to extract it from there. I haven't seen any in-game option to do so, either.
I found the files through Steam support, but when I click download... Steam doesn't seem to do anything. It certainly doesn't put the save onto my Deck, I checked.

Hm... I do have a dock, perhaps as an alternative I can transfer the file from my old computer via USB? I need to know the correct location to place it first.

Anyone have experience with this?

[Maya-Neko]

You can see and download your Steam Cloud contents here:
https://store.steampowered.com/account/remotestorage

if you can't find a save file there, then it is simply not saved into the cloud.

And i don't know exactely how the Steam Deck works, but if you can access the save file folders, then yes, it should be possible to just copy it over.

[V-Bro - The Titan's Driver]

Originally posted by Maya-Neko:

You can see and download your Steam Cloud contents here:
https://store.steampowered.com/account/remotestorage

if you can't find a save file there, then it is simply not saved into the cloud.

And i don't know exactely how the Steam Deck works, but if you can access the save file folders, then yes, it should be possible to just copy it over.

I confirmed the files are on the cloud... but getting them on the Deck itself has proven frustratingly unsuccessful. How exactly do you 'just' copy it over? I ask because it hasn't done so automatically.

I see no option to extract or download them directly, via Steam or in-game.
I did a manually download via the Firefox Browser on the deck, but I'm not sure where the game files should be placed. I figured they should be under .config/StardewValley/saves in the file system, but that hasn't worked; nothing showed up on the Load menu.

Edit: Oh come on, this is getting ridiculous. NOW it's synchronizing files back onto the old PC, and I have duplicate folders there. So now I know I'm putting it in the right location, but the Steam Deck REFUSES to read my old game file at all! This is awful, what am I doing wrong?

[V-Bro - The Titan's Driver]

(Partial Solution.)

Well... I did finally get the file to work. Never succeeded through Steam Cloud, however.
I just ended up transferring it directly with a USB drive through the docker.
Perhaps I should have just tried that first instead.

Well, at least that means I saved the file and it is not stranded on the old PC anymore. I still don't know why none of it worked trying to get it through Steam Cloud; my other games work with the service just fine. Concerning, but for now, it's less of a problem.

Sigh... but I did unwittingly make a mess of the Steam Cloud saves trying to work through this. Now there's a potentially corrupt data base online that I must clear out. Cloud sync has been turned off for the game until then - guess I'll have to backup these particular files the old-fashioned way (at least that method works).