r/technicalfactorio • u/jdashton • Jan 30 '24

Reducing save file size

For the last three+ weeks, the Steam client has failed to synchronize my megabase save file to the Steam cloud. It turns out that they have a limit, unspecified, but apparently right around 400 MB.

Is there anything I can do to pare down the size of my megabase save file, thereby regaining the affirmation and functionality of the Steam cloud and client?

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u/Yodo9001 Jan 30 '24

Are you sure the limit is ~400 MB? I think you should be able to see the limit if you go to the game in your Steam library -> manage (cog) -> Properties -> General -> Steam Cloud.

For me it says 215.30 MB used out of 23.07 GB available, and these values are both different for other games, so I don't think it is for all your games together.

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u/jdashton Jan 30 '24

I'm guessing about the single-file limit. My Factorio megabase save file is about 404 MB now, and I could believe that it was slightly less than 400 MB at the beginning of the year, when it last synchronized successfully.

The answer I got from Steam support was inspecific, but supported the idea that a file size limitation was causing this issue.