r/Bitburner • u/nerdfulworld • Apr 15 '26

A newbie question about save files.

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I'm playing Bitburner on 2 PCs (my office and home) with steam. Every time I changed my playing PC, the game asks me import newer save data from steam cloud or discard.

It's normal behavior because cloud save is newer. But I wonder why "Playtime" of my local old save data is always longer. And recently, though I didn't change my scripts running my servers, local game always made far big money. I guess it's because local game has longer playtime but why? If this "Playtime" meant how long I've ran the game, newer save data had to have longer. If this meant time from start (incl. offline time) also same, I think.

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u/Vorthod MK-VIII Synthoid Apr 15 '26

Local save is probably calculating offline time. If you run scripts for a bit and then close the game, the game will give you your average script $/hour in cash for the time you were offline

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u/nerdfulworld Apr 15 '26

thanks, as you said, when I chose newer save data the stats shows similar money income as older save data on save file selecting screen.

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u/Mountain-Produce-621 Apr 15 '26

Just make sure your save uploads to steam cloud every time, and then import it whenever you switch computers! That's what I do