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Difference between revisions of "Glossary:Save game cloud syncing"

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* Seamlessly continue a game on another PC without having to manually transfer save data.
 
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* Ability to store save games for long term retrieval (useful for series such as [[Mass Effect]] which spanned over 4 years).
 
* Ability to store save games for long term retrieval (useful for series such as [[Mass Effect]] which spanned over 4 years).
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-Doesn't always work - new computers but all saved game files will be either corrupted or gone if importing all games onto new System, regardless all games off of STEAM do work and moved over - do to copyrites = all game(s) saved game file(s) are gone - YOU HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH on new System - SORRY! -
 
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Steam Cloud - cloud sync conflict.
Steam Cloud - cloud sync conflict.

Save game cloud syncing is the process of having save game data automatically synced to cloud storage.

Advantages

Cloud syncing has a number of benefits:

  • Automatic backup protects against catastrophic data loss like hard drive crashes.
  • Seamlessly continue a game on another PC without having to manually transfer save data.
  • Ability to store save games for long term retrieval (useful for series such as Mass Effect which spanned over 4 years).

-Doesn't always work - new computers but all saved game files will be either corrupted or gone if importing all games onto new System, regardless all games off of STEAM do work and moved over - do to copyrites = all game(s) saved game file(s) are gone - YOU HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH on new System - SORRY! -