Witcher 3 GOG cloud saves
Hi, I just cleaned up my GOG cloud saves for Witcher 3. I manually deleted everything I did'nt want anymore in game playing via GeforceNow and also using GOG's manage cloud saves website.
However, when I try to download my saves via Heroic, it says there are over 1400 cloud saves (should now be less than 10 after clean up).
Why does Heroic still see deleted saves?
48 Replies
harsh-harlequin•6mo ago
because they are technically still there
they just won't be downloaded
fair-roseOP•6mo ago
this is what happens when I press "download" - but if I where to use "force download" next it would download all 1449 saves, wouldn't it?
I just want the ones that I didn't delete
fair-roseOP•6mo ago
I double checked on the GOG manage cloud saves page and I have 10 saves there
harsh-harlequin•6mo ago
right.
but you had more previously
those 1449 entries are records of what was there previously
they are tags that they are deleted
and Heroic won't download them like I told you
fair-roseOP•6mo ago
ah ok, sorry, I didn't understand the part about heroic not downloading those that are tagged as deleted. I thought it would download all 1449 as it mentions that number. thanks for your patience
I'll try to force download then
you don't happen to have any knowledge about Witcher 3 cross saves to xbox? I can't for the life of me get my saves to show up on xbox - even thought I am logged in to gog
harsh-harlequin•6mo ago
you need to check if you have them toggled in game settings
fair-roseOP•6mo ago
yep, toggled them off and on, tried saving again... still not showing up on xbox
harsh-harlequin•6mo ago
have you checked if they are also enabled on Xbox?
game restart may be advised
fair-roseOP•6mo ago
yes. also tried toggling off and on
restarted both on xbox and pc uncountable times 😦
harsh-harlequin•6mo ago
I've never used the feature myself so I'm not really sure how it behaves ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
a save may only get uploaded for cross-platform upon creation as far as I know
you may want to try loading into the game and creating a new manual save
that should get uploaded immediately for Xbox to access too
fair-roseOP•6mo ago
I will try that. Thank you!
nope, doesn't work. the newly created save won't show up 😦
thanks for your help though
harsh-harlequin•6mo ago
did the cloud icon appear next to it?
harsh-harlequin•6mo ago
like this
fair-roseOP•6mo ago
When I create a new save on xbox, yes it does. But when I save on the PC version (Heroic or GFN), it does not. But it does show up in the manage cloud saves page on gog
Maybe I need to figure out a way to run it through gog galaxy via wine on mac (although gfn uses gog galaxy so it should work already)
harsh-harlequin•6mo ago
that means cross progression is not enabled for the game or
comet service Heroic ships doesn't work on Mac for some reason
could you upload the GOG log from Heroic?
Please see the following images on how to send a Heroic / Legendary / GOGDL / Nile log file:
fair-roseOP•6mo ago
harsh-harlequin•6mo ago
that is a game log
I'm talking about GOG's log itself
fair-roseOP•6mo ago
harsh-harlequin•6mo ago
those logs don't show anything, because you've restarted Heroic since you played the game
fair-roseOP•6mo ago
Oh sorry. Didn‘t know how that system works. I‘ll retry when the kids are in bed. Thanks for your patience.
harsh-harlequin•6mo ago
no worries. We are not in any hurry or anything
fair-roseOP•6mo ago
I had my one kids-free morning today, so I was kinda hoping to play my old savegame on xbox 😄
https://0x0.st/Xhy6.log there is the GOG log
harsh-harlequin•6mo ago
hmm... yeah looks good on this side
fair-roseOP•6mo ago
darn, I was hoping you'd find something..
hi again, I just checked a couple YouTube videos and apparently the PC version should also display the little cloud icon next to a synced save. Which for me, it doesn't. Is there anything I can do in Heroic to get this enabled? When I try to log in to my GOG account (via "My Rewards" as on the xbox) it just tells me I need to be signed in via GOG Galaxy. However, Heroic doesn't launch Witcher 3 via GOG Galaxy. Could that be the issue? Where would I even start?
harsh-harlequin•6mo ago
first of all you should check if you have the cross platform saves enabled on PC
Heroic should provide the functionality the game needs just fine
are you skipping the RED Launcher by any chance?
at least for Cyberpunk, RED Launcher is required
fair-roseOP•6mo ago
how do I check for that? I just did install in Heroic, so I would assume it's using the launcher by default?
harsh-harlequin•6mo ago
it should
fair-roseOP•6mo ago
this is how it looks like for me.
fair-roseOP•6mo ago
I don't see that launcher when starting the game. How do I make Heroic use that launcher?
harsh-harlequin•6mo ago
it looks like its being launched based on your log
I'm not sure how that works on Mac with Whisky. Maybe there is some workaround that automatically skips the client?
this is the launch command generated by Heroic
Launch command: ['/Users/vincentschwarz/Library/Application Support/com.isaacmarovitz.Whisky/Libraries/Wine/bin/wine64', '/Users/vincentschwarz/Games/Heroic/The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt GOTY/REDprelauncher.exe']
it calls REDprelauncher.exe like it shouldfair-roseOP•6mo ago
but come to think of it: it doesn't ask me for any credentials... so how would it be logged in to GOG?
I remember when playing via GFN it does show the GOG Galaxy launcher and it does ask me for credentials
harsh-harlequin•6mo ago
yeah, you need to explicitly login to RED Account in there
harsh-harlequin•6mo ago
I had to go in there and log in manually for Cyberpunk to pick it up for example
fair-roseOP•6mo ago
but how do I get there? When I click play in Heroic, I get right into the game. When I try to run "REDprelauncher.exe" via "Run exe in prefix" nothing happens...
harsh-harlequin•6mo ago
here's the thing
it should show you the launcher without you doing anything
fair-roseOP•6mo ago
if I try to run only the prelauncher, there seems to be a very brief moment where it tries to open a window or something. maybe the launcher crashes?
would that be visible in the log ?
harsh-harlequin•6mo ago
possibly yeah
alternatively you can try running the
REDlauncher.msi
that should re-install it
but it's entirely possible that the launcher won't work on Mac, and will simply skip over to launching the game without itfair-roseOP•6mo ago
I can't find that one
harsh-harlequin•6mo ago
it should be extracted next to REDprelauncher.exe
the name may not be exactly like that, but it has an .msi extension
fair-roseOP•6mo ago
no .msi file in the Witcher folder
harsh-harlequin•6mo ago
I'm lost then...
seems like it may not be achievable on Mac
fair-roseOP•6mo ago
So, today I got it working via Parallels (using the 14 day trial it’s possible to do without any cost, it even comes with Windows 11).
The issue seemes to be with the red launcher. In parallels it starts, does the login and enables cloud saving ingame.
Don’t know if there is anything that heroic can do to make the launcher work.
harsh-harlequin•6mo ago
i don't know this is more of an WINE issue than Heroic
fair-roseOP•6mo ago
Where would be a good way to place this? Heroic git issue? Wine issue?
harsh-harlequin•6mo ago
I'm not sure, it's definitely not a Heroic issue. It calls the game as expected.
Maybe good enough for Whiskey bug?
not sure what underlying component of the translation layer is the culprit here
fair-roseOP•6mo ago
Will try
Thanks for all your help!