[Solved] Steam Cloud Directories for MacOS and Linux?

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[Solved] Steam Cloud Directories for MacOS and Linux?

#1 Post by SypherZent »

Hi, I'm looking for someone who can help me with the directories for Cloud integration on Steam.
I have a functional example for Windows:

Format is Root -- Subdirectory

WinAppDataRoaming -- RenPy/(Game Name)
App Install Directory -- (Build Name)/game/saves

^ These settings work for Windows OS in order to save the files in the Roaming directory as well as the local saves stored in the App Install directory.

Now, I do not have experience with Steam Cloud on Mac or Linux. I don't know how they handle Roaming, nor what directories to store on the cloud for those platforms. Can anyone who has experience with this please provide the Root -- Subdirectory information for MacOS / Linux? If you can also share your Windows Root -- Subdirectory information (for both Roaming and App Install directories) so that I can compare, it would really help me understand the Mac/Linux ones, too.
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Re: Steam Cloud Directories for MacOS and Linux?

#2 Post by Zetsubou »

Check out the thread here: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=65578&p=558114&hili ... ud#p556177
My first answer covers Windows and Linux, the second covers MacOS.
That should give you a cross-platform cloud sync in Steam for all 3 platforms.
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Re: [Solved] Steam Cloud Directories for MacOS and Linux?

#3 Post by SypherZent »

Thank you, Zetsubou! Based on your information and the information in options.rpy I was able to set everything up.
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