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Nico Jan 31, 2024 @ 5:59am
PLEASE READ: Important info about save files
I recently had an SSD malfunction. Long story short, all of my Steam games were on it.

When I re-downloaded DRG on my main SSD, I was shocked to see that my character was rollbacked over 400 levels. I'm over 1k so seeing my level back at 800+ was irritating to say the least, not to mention all of my loadouts were also rollbacked. Everything.

After looking into this, I found that your save game limit for DRG's cloud storage is only 1MB. ONE stupid little megabyte. What is this, 2003?

Worst thing is, the devs never tell anyone about this. There's no ingame notification that your save game is nearing the limit and you should back it up. It's extremely irresponsible to let people keep on playing, when, if, something happens to their PC, their save is gone.

Potentially hundreds of hours down the drain.

I was able to recover my data through 3rd party means but not everyone will be as lucky. If you're higher level as I am, your save game is in danger. IF anything happens to your storage/PC and your savegame data is over 1MB, it's gone and it defaults to the last cloud save, which will be many, many months back.

So please, BACKUP YOUR SAVE GAME DATA!

Navigate to: Deep Rock Galactic/FSD/Saved/SaveGames folder and see your _Player.sav files

More info here: https://drg.pleasefix.gg/projects/DEEP-ROCK-GALACTIC/issues/DRG-165
Last edited by Nico; Jan 31, 2024 @ 6:16am
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Vault Traveler Jan 31, 2024 @ 6:03am 
The 3 steps of data management.

1. Backup your files.
2. Backup your files!
3. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ you moron back them up now!!!
Last edited by Vault Traveler; Jan 31, 2024 @ 6:04am
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babuk.fracal Jan 31, 2024 @ 6:05am 
Originally posted by Furzkissen Macher:
The 3 steps of data management.

1. Backup your files.
2. Backup your files!
3. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ you moron back them up now!!!
4. Did you thought about backing up your files ?
5. Did you backup your files ?
Last edited by babuk.fracal; Jan 31, 2024 @ 6:06am
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Mountain King Jan 31, 2024 @ 6:06am 
Originally posted by Furzkissen Macher:
The 3 steps of data management.

1. Backup your files.
2. Backup your files!
3. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ you moron back them up now!!!

That's literally what Steam cloud storage is supposed to do.
Last edited by Mountain King; Jan 31, 2024 @ 6:06am
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Vault Traveler Jan 31, 2024 @ 6:08am 
Originally posted by Mountain King:
Originally posted by Furzkissen Macher:
The 3 steps of data management.

1. Backup your files.
2. Backup your files!
3. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ you moron back them up now!!!

That's literally what cloud storage is supposed to do.

But its out of your control, and backup out of your control is no backup at all.

Data redundancy 101.
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babuk.fracal Jan 31, 2024 @ 6:08am 
Originally posted by Mountain King:
Originally posted by Furzkissen Macher:
The 3 steps of data management.

1. Backup your files.
2. Backup your files!
3. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ you moron back them up now!!!

That's literally what Steam cloud storage is supposed to do.
Well yeah

Supposed
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Chibbity Jan 31, 2024 @ 6:08am 
Uhhh...how is DRG's Steam cloud save limited to 1Mb, when mine is storing 9.24Mb?
Last edited by Chibbity; Jan 31, 2024 @ 6:08am
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Vault Traveler Jan 31, 2024 @ 6:09am 
Originally posted by Chibbity:
Uhhh...how is DRG's Steam cloud save limited to 1Mb, when mine is storing 9.24Mb?

Shhhh, dont wake Gabe.
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Mountain King Jan 31, 2024 @ 6:12am 
Originally posted by Furzkissen Macher:
Originally posted by Mountain King:

That's literally what cloud storage is supposed to do.

But its out of your control, and backup out of your control is no backup at all.

Data redundancy 101.

I have exactly as much control over it as I need. But I also know how it works and don't just take any random claim on a Steam forum at face value, so I guess I have that advantage.
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Vault Traveler Jan 31, 2024 @ 6:13am 
Originally posted by Mountain King:
Originally posted by Furzkissen Macher:

But its out of your control, and backup out of your control is no backup at all.

Data redundancy 101.

I have exactly as much control over it as I need. But I also know how it works and don't just take any random claim on a Steam forum at face value, so I guess I have that advantage.

Ignorance is a blessing.
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Nico Jan 31, 2024 @ 6:14am 
Originally posted by Chibbity:
Uhhh...how is DRG's Steam cloud save limited to 1Mb, when mine is storing 9.24Mb?

Can you check what you see at Deep Rock Galactic/FSD/Saved/SaveGames folder?

Specifically, what size is your _Player.sav files? Any info is welcome, thanks.
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Chibbity Jan 31, 2024 @ 6:19am 
Originally posted by Nico:
Originally posted by Chibbity:
Uhhh...how is DRG's Steam cloud save limited to 1Mb, when mine is storing 9.24Mb?

Can you check what you see at Deep Rock Galactic/FSD/Saved/SaveGames folder?

Specifically, what size is your _Player.sav files? Any info is welcome, thanks.

1.02Mb a piece.

Also, looking at the amount of storage I have left for DRG on the Steam cloud; it would seem the actual limit is 10Mb.
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Vault Traveler Jan 31, 2024 @ 6:22am 
Originally posted by Chibbity:
Originally posted by Nico:

Can you check what you see at Deep Rock Galactic/FSD/Saved/SaveGames folder?

Specifically, what size is your _Player.sav files? Any info is welcome, thanks.

1.02Mb a piece.

Also, looking at the amount of storage I have left for DRG on the Steam cloud; it would seem the actual limit is 10Mb.

But you have full control and know how it works? Why dont you know the basic limits of the service?

I mean isnt that what someone a few seconds said?
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Chibbity Jan 31, 2024 @ 6:28am 
Originally posted by Furzkissen Macher:
But you have full control and know how it works? Why dont you know the basic limits of the service?

I mean isnt that what someone a few seconds said?

Well, after a quick Google search it seems there are some "hacky" ways to delete things from your Cloud save to free up space, but no I wouldn't say we have full control; and I surely don't understand everything about how it works lol.

I keep a manual back up not only on my home computer, but also in a separate Dropbox cloud.
Last edited by Chibbity; Jan 31, 2024 @ 6:29am
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RUCKUS RELOADED Jan 31, 2024 @ 6:53am 
nobody realises the importance of manual backups until they inevitably lose something important to them
we should really be teaching this sort of stuff in schools by now. gen alpha kids are going on to become one of the least tech-literate generations in history (rivalling that of baby boomers) because all technology now is so streamlined and babyproof
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Nico Jan 31, 2024 @ 7:30am 
Originally posted by kestrel:
nobody realises the importance of manual backups until they inevitably lose something important to them

Yes backing up is a good practice, but how is anyone supposed to know there's a file size limit on DRG's Steam Cloud? This is not an user issue, but a failure of communication from GSG.

The whole point of cloud storage is that you shouldn't have to worry about it. I backup tons of my important files into the cloud. If my PC craps out and then the cloud said "sorry, there was an invisible file limit here" and it didn't upload half of my files, what good is it?

You use Steam Cloud with the express understanding that failing a fatal system error, your game progress is saved when synced. In DRG's case, it eventually fails on you.
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