Trying to figure out how to test Steam Cloud. I found the following in the documentation:
If you are adding Steam Auto-Cloud to a game which has already been released and you have enabled developer-only mode during the Initial Setup then you must complete some additional steps to test the functionality.
- Sign in to Steam with an account that owns the app that you are testing.
- Open the Steam Console by navigating to
steam://open/console
in your browser.- Enter
testappcloudpaths <AppId>
into the console with the given App ID that you are testing. Ex:testappcloudpaths 480
- Enter
set_spew_level 4 4
into the console.- Launch your app from Steam.
https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/cloud
I already have developer-only mode disabled, so all I need to do to verify that the auto cloud saves are working, aside from testing, is to run set_spew_level 4 4
. This lets me see a log that looks something like this, when the game closes:
[2025-06-01 15:13:50] [AppID 2840590] Starting sync (up,AC Exit,)
[2025-06-01 15:13:50] [AppID 2840590] Running AutoCloud on exit. Looking for new and updated files
[2025-06-01 15:13:50] [AppID 2840590] Evaluating rule 0 with root="GameInstall" path="" pattern="save_*.bin"
[2025-06-01 15:13:50] [AppID 2840590] Found 4 files that match /home/exodrifter/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/2840590/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Application Data/exodrifter/no-signal/save_*.bin
[2025-06-01 15:13:50] [AppID 2840590] Persisting file /home/exodrifter/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/2840590/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Application Data/exodrifter/no-signal/save_1748814084.bin to the cloud
[2025-06-01 15:13:50] [AppID 2840590] Skipping un-modified file save_1748814084.bin
[2025-06-01 15:13:50] [AppID 2840590] Persisting file /home/exodrifter/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/2840590/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Application Data/exodrifter/no-signal/save_1748459546.bin to the cloud
[2025-06-01 15:13:50] [AppID 2840590] Skipping un-modified file save_1748459546.bin
[2025-06-01 15:13:50] [AppID 2840590] Persisting file /home/exodrifter/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/2840590/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Application Data/exodrifter/no-signal/save_1748815036.bin to the cloud
[2025-06-01 15:13:50] [AppID 2840590] Skipping un-modified file save_1748815036.bin
[2025-06-01 15:13:50] [AppID 2840590] Persisting file /home/exodrifter/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/2840590/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Application Data/exodrifter/no-signal/save_1748815022.bin to the cloud
[2025-06-01 15:13:50] [AppID 2840590] Skipping un-modified file save_1748815022.bin
[2025-06-01 15:13:50] [AppID 2840590] AutoCloud complete
Looks like it’s working!