Sync game data and save files with Steam between Linux and Windows

[pinnerup]

Indeed, sadly this issue seems still to be there. I've just recently installed Wesnoth 1.17 via Steam on both my Linux desktop and my Mac laptop, and even with the appropriate options checked ("Keep games saves in the Steam Cloud for Battle for Wesnoth") the saves do not seem to sync. That is, on each computer I am unable to see the save games from the other computer, even if both say that they're synced with Steam Cloud.

Switching to 1.16.6 on both computers, I can make the Linux desktop sync saves to Steam Cloud, but the Mac won't sync saves.

[Pentarctagon]

There isn't anything we can do about 1.17 not syncing - the SteamWorks functionality for syncing only seems to be able to be setup to sync for a single branch, so that's currently setup to be 1.16.

macOS should work though. What the path to your saves on macOS?

[pinnerup]

macOS should work though. What the path to your saves on macOS?

Sorry for the late reply; Christmas got in the way.

On my Macbook (running Wesnoth through Steam), the "Saved games" path is:

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/Users/pinnerup/Library/Containers/org.wesnoth.Wesnoth/Data/Library/Application Support/Wesnoth_1.16/saves

It seems the saves from there are not being put on the Steam Cloud. But doing some creative save file naming and command line searching I've managed to find some of the save files from my PC in this directory:

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/Users/pinnerup/Library/Application Support/Containers/org.wesnoth.Wesnoth/Data/Library/Application Support/Wesnoth_1.16/saves/

[Pentarctagon]

The first /Users/pinnerup/Library/Containers/org.wesnoth.Wesnoth/Data/Library/Application Support/Wesnoth_1.16/saves is what it's expected to be for Wesnoth when it's sandboxed (since 1.14.6). Unsandboxed (1.14.5 and earlier) is expected to be /Users/pinnerup/Library/Application Support/Wesnoth_1.16/saves. So I'm not sure why for you it's putting saves in /Users/pinnerup/Library/Application Support/Containers/org.wesnoth.Wesnoth/Data/Library/Application Support/Wesnoth_1.16/saves/.

[pinnerup]

Yeah, that sounds weird indeed.

So it would seem that Wesnoth for Mac/Steam is saving its files in the intended place, but that Steam is synching files with another directory? Is this something hard-coded, or can I change either the save or synch directory manually, do you know?

[Pentarctagon]

Can you provide the build information? Instructions for that are listed in viewtopic.php?t=25660

[pinnerup]

Can you provide the build information? Instructions for that are listed in viewtopic.php?t=25660

Certainly. The full report goes:

The Battle for Wesnoth version 1.16.6 x86_64
Running on Apple macOS 12.6.2 (21G320) x86_64
Distribution channel: Steam

Game paths
==========

Data dir: /Users/USER/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/wesnoth/The Battle for Wesnoth.app/Contents/Resources
User config dir: /Users/USER/Library/Containers/org.wesnoth.Wesnoth/Data/Library/Application Support/Wesnoth_1.16
User data dir: /Users/USER/Library/Containers/org.wesnoth.Wesnoth/Data/Library/Application Support/Wesnoth_1.16
Saves dir: /Users/USER/Library/Containers/org.wesnoth.Wesnoth/Data/Library/Application Support/Wesnoth_1.16/saves
Add-ons dir: /Users/USER/Library/Containers/org.wesnoth.Wesnoth/Data/Library/Application Support/Wesnoth_1.16/data/add-ons
Cache dir: /Users/USER/Library/Containers/org.wesnoth.Wesnoth/Data/Library/Application Support/Wesnoth_1.16/cache

Libraries
=========

Boost: 1.76
Lua: 5.4.2
Cairo: 1.16.0 (runtime 1.16.0)
Pango: 1.48.7 (runtime 1.48.7)
SDL: 2.0.14 (runtime 2.0.14)
SDL_image: 2.0.5 (runtime 2.0.5)
SDL_mixer: 2.0.4 (runtime 2.0.4)

Features
========

Lua console completion: yes
Cocoa notifications back end: yes

Current video settings
======================

SDL video drivers: [cocoa] dummy
Window size: 1440x900
Screen refresh rate: 60
Screen dots per inch: 128.000000x128.000000
Screen dpi scale factor: 1.333333x1.333333

Current audio settings
======================

SDL audio drivers: [coreaudio] disk
Number of channels: 2
Output rate: 44100 Hz
Sample format: signed 16 bit little-endian
Sample size: 1024 bytes

Installed add-ons
=================

Genesis: 0.2.12
Genesis_Resources: 0.0.9

[Pentarctagon]

Alright, I've updated the Steam cloud syncing for macOS to sync to ~Library/Containers/org.wesnoth.Wesnoth/Data/Library/Application Support/Wesnoth_1.16/saves, so I think that should fix it.

[pinnerup]

Thank you – that sounds awesome! Will the change propagate on its own, or should I do something to reset my installation?

[Pentarctagon]

It should propagate on its own, but I don't know how/when Steam determines to sync the data.