A sync problem led to some losing progress
In the past week, quite a fewElden Ringplayers have suffered problems with save files on Steam. They weren’t being synced properly online with the Steam Cloud, which led to Steam asking whether they wanted to use the cloud save or local save. This question spooked some, leading them to choose poorly and end up with an old save, missing maybe hours of progress. Oh no. That ssshould be fixed now, by a Steam patch Valve released on Friday. But do be cautious if you’re asked.
“Under certain conditions, save data may not sync properly with the Steam Cloud in the PC version ofElden Ring,“the game’s Twitterwarned on Friday night. It pointed toa support pagewhich explained that when prompted to resolve the conflict, you have to carefully check the timestamps lest you lose your newest save. The page even advised manually backing up your local saves.
Elden boy Ed says he saw this problem last week and was prompted to pick his saves. Thankfully, he chose wisely. But I’ve seen quite a few people lamenting losing hours of progress.
The game’s Twitter followed up on Sunday with apparent news of a fix:
An update for the#Steamclient has been released which should prevent the issue of conflicting local and cloud save data. Please update your Steam client to the latest version.
I assume that’sthis Steam update, which does have quite a few changes with Steam Cloud bits. Steam should automatically check for an update and go to install it. If not, go to the ‘Steam’ dropdown menu in Steam and hit that “Check for Steam Client Updates…” option.
Still, if you did lose hours of a save, you might try to salvage that time by making a big show of going back and beating those bosses and baddies ‘blind, on your first try’. That’ll surely impress spectators.
The PC version of Elden Ring has also suffered problems withperformance, crashes, and assorted frustrations. They’ve said they’re working on fixes. A shame this marred the launch, because the game’s a good’un. Ed’sElden Ring reviewcalled it “an unmissable journey through the most impressive open world to date”.
