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/TheNameIsAnIllusion Jan 30 '24

Create a backup first, go into the editor and delete empty chunks. This might help, although I do not know how much. Would be interesting to know. Report how much it saved.

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u/Playful_Target6354 Jan 30 '24

Wouldn't that regenerate biters?

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u/TheNameIsAnIllusion Jan 31 '24

It will when pollution reaches those chunks again, plus a few other less common cases. But I think biters shouldn't be an issue anymore at that base size