Steam Will Store Your Saved Games in the "Cloud"

Iria · May 30, 2008, 04:59 AM

Ever lose your saved games? Frustrating, right? On Thursday Valve Software announced a solution, the Steam Cloud. It will be an an upcoming update to their Steam download service and it will not only store saved games, but also graphics settings, and key binding in the "cloud," or server-side.
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Source: Tech-Ex

[hobo]eclipse · May 30, 2008, 05:04 AM

i wondered about a solution to this situation awhile back. kudos valve!

Vikingod · May 30, 2008, 05:07 AM

Great idea, I'm surprised it took someone this long to get this together. Great move by Valve.

**MIG-31** · May 30, 2008, 07:38 PM

That is defiantly a good idea... and perhaps this should of been an option a little while ago..

BlueMak · May 30, 2008, 08:52 PM

I hope it just copies them and not require to be online to play.
Also, what happens if the server has different settings than your (new?) installation? All in all, it sounds like a good idea.

May 30, 2008, 04:59 AM	#1
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May 30, 2008, 08:52 PM	#5
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	I hope it just copies them and not require to be online to play. Also, what happens if the server has different settings than your (new?) installation? All in all, it sounds like a good idea. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

May 30, 2008, 05:04 AM	#2
[hobo]eclipse ...just bummin 'round Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,907 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	i wondered about a solution to this situation awhile back. kudos valve!

May 30, 2008, 05:07 AM	#3
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Great idea, I'm surprised it took someone this long to get this together. Great move by Valve.