steam cloud sync game save synching stopped/broke on OS X over the weekend

[johnnyburrita]

Hi - I bought the game over Steam on 12/31/16 (and LOVE it) and it had been seamlessly syncing saves between an OS X desktop and laptop from the start and then that stopped working this weekend.

I see there were some problems, and I read the thread about this being fixed today between Linux and Windows.

Not sure if this OS X problem is similar or different - guessing similar.

Also - neither machine has a `/Ludeon Studios/` folder inside `/Application Support`. The path is simply `/Library/Application Support/RimWorld/Saves`.

I thought uninstalling and reinstalling might help but also assumed that would wipe out my local save (since it isn't in the cloud anymore).

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[milon]

In another thread, Tynan recently stated he was aware of & has fixed this issue.  Restart Steam and see if it's fixed yet.

Please report either way.

[johnnyburrita]

Hi Milon - Steam has been fully stopped and restarted multiple times on both machines with no change in behavior.

thanks!

[johnnyburrita]

It seems these loglines from cloud_log.txt are relevant but I can't say for sure. The timing coincides with roughly when it seemed to stop working:

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[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100] Running AutoCloud on exit. Looking for new and updated files
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100]     Skipping rule 4 because it does not run on our platform
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100]     Skipping rule 5 because it does not run on our platform
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100]     Evaluating rule 6 with root="MacAppSupport" path="Ludeon Studios/RimWorld" pattern="*.rws" (recursive)
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100]         Found 0 files that match /Users/bridget/Library/Application Support/Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/*.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100]     Evaluating rule 7 with root="MacAppSupport" path="Ludeon Studios/RimWorld" pattern="*.rsc" (recursive)
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100]         Found 0 files that match /Users/bridget/Library/Application Support/Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/*.rsc
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100]     Skipping rule 8 because it does not run on our platform
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100]     Skipping rule 9 because it does not run on our platform
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100]     File /Users/bridget/Library/Application Support/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini last mondat.rws no longer matches any patterns. Removing from cloud
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100]     File /Users/bridget/Library/Application Support/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini late.rws no longer matches any patterns. Removing from cloud
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100]     File /Users/bridget/Library/Application Support/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini monday 2.rws no longer matches any patterns. Removing from cloud
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100]     File /Users/bridget/Library/Application Support/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini monday.rws no longer matches any patterns. Removing from cloud
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100]     File /Users/bridget/Library/Application Support/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini pre arrest attempt.rws no longer matches any patterns. Removing from cloud
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100]     File /Users/bridget/Library/Application Support/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini pre claim.rws no longer matches any patterns. Removing from cloud
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100]     File /Users/bridget/Library/Application Support/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini pre trade.rws no longer matches any patterns. Removing from cloud
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100]     File /Users/bridget/Library/Application Support/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini tues.rws no longer matches any patterns. Removing from cloud
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100]     File /Users/bridget/Library/Application Support/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini.rws no longer matches any patterns. Removing from cloud
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100]     File /Users/bridget/Library/Application Support/RimWorld/Saves/Autosave-2.rws no longer matches any patterns. Removing from cloud
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100]     File /Users/bridget/Library/Application Support/RimWorld/Saves/Autosave-3.rws no longer matches any patterns. Removing from cloud
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100]     File /Users/bridget/Library/Application Support/RimWorld/Saves/Crosbyton (Permadeath).rws no longer matches any patterns. Removing from cloud
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100]     File /Users/bridget/Library/Application Support/RimWorld/Saves/Rimville (Permadeath).rws no longer matches any patterns. Removing from cloud
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100] AutoCloud complete
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] Starting sync job
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100] Starting sync (upload)
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100] Need to forget file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/Rimville (Permadeath).rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100] Need to forget file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/Crosbyton (Permadeath).rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100] Need to forget file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/Autosave-2.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100] Need to forget file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/Autosave-3.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100] Need to forget file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini tues.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100] Need to forget file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini pre trade.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100] Need to forget file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100] Need to forget file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini pre claim.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100] Need to forget file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini monday.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100] Need to forget file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini monday 2.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100] Need to forget file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini pre arrest attempt.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100] Need to forget file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini last mondat.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100] Need to forget file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini late.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100] File is in sync Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/Autosave-1.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100] File is in sync Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/Autosave-4.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100] File is in sync Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/Autosave-5.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100] Forget OK for file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/Rimville (Permadeath).rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:02] [AppID 294100] Forget OK for file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/Crosbyton (Permadeath).rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:03] [AppID 294100] Forget OK for file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/Autosave-2.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:03] [AppID 294100] Forget OK for file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/Autosave-3.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:03] [AppID 294100] Forget OK for file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini tues.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:04] [AppID 294100] Forget OK for file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini pre trade.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:04] [AppID 294100] Forget OK for file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:04] [AppID 294100] Forget OK for file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini pre claim.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:04] [AppID 294100] Forget OK for file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini monday.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:05] [AppID 294100] Forget OK for file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini monday 2.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:05] [AppID 294100] Forget OK for file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini pre arrest attempt.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:05] [AppID 294100] Forget OK for file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini last mondat.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:06] [AppID 294100] Forget OK for file Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves/AstraGemini late.rws
[2017-01-15 12:39:06] [AppID 294100] Upload complete, result OK

[milon]

I'm really not sure what's going on with it right now.

Here's a temporary workaround (manual file sync with USB drive):
1. Play RimWorld on your computer of choice
2. Exit to main menu, click on Options -> Open save data folder
3. Copy your save to a USB flash drive
4. Switch to other computer
5. Launch RimWorld -> Options -> Open save data folder (copy save file here from USB drive)
6. Play

You could also setup a non-Steam automatic file sync if you're a sufficiently advanced computer user.