can't delete savefiles

[strathmeyer]

I can't delete my savefiles, they keep piling up and now my steam cloud is full. If I delete them from the load menu they reappear when I reload the game. Same thing if I use file manager.

[strathmeyer]

This behavior continues even if I disable cloud saves in Steam. The game is unplayable until this issue is resolved. Searching for this issue reveals people saying the game should save to the cloud when shut down and restore it when restarted. It is restoring it when it is shut down! Nothing is working as expected.

[Loewchen]

Post the complete log of a session with the issue, see 52433.

[strathmeyer]

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   0.001 2025-09-18 16:45:24; Factorio 2.0.66 (build 83840, win64, steam, space-age)
   0.002 Operating system: Windows 11 (build 26100) 
   0.000 Initializing Steam API.
   0.002 Program arguments: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\bin\x64\Factorio.exe" 
   0.002 Config path: C:/Users/nefar/AppData/Roaming/Factorio/config/config.ini
   0.002 Read data path: C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/data
   0.002 Write data path: C:/Users/nefar/AppData/Roaming/Factorio [489796/1954076MB]
   0.002 Binaries path: C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/bin
   0.046 System info: [CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz, 12 cores, RAM: 4404/16307 MB, page: 6135/17331 MB, virtual: 4359/134217727 MB, extended virtual: 0 MB]
   0.082 Memory info:
   0.082  [0]: 029E CMK16GX4M2Z4000C18 8192 MB 2133 MHz 1.2 v 64|64
   0.082  [1]: 029E CMK16GX4M2Z4000C18 8192 MB 2133 MHz 1.2 v 64|64
   0.146 Display options: [FullScreen: true] [VSync: true] [UIScale: automatic (100.0%)] [Native DPI: true] [Screen: 255] [Special: lmw] [Lang: en]
   0.326 Video driver: windows
   0.326 Available displays: 2
   0.327  [0]: \\.\DISPLAY1 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti {0x05, [0,0], 3840x2160, 32bit, 60Hz}
   0.327  [1]: \\.\DISPLAY2 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti {0x01, [-3840,0], 3840x2160, 32bit, 60Hz}
   0.425 [Direct3D11] Display: 0, Output: 0, DisplayAdapter: 0, RenderingAdapter: -1; d3dcompiler_47.dll
   0.783 Initialised Direct3D[0]: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti; id: 10de-1b06; driver: nvldumdx.dll 32.0.15.6614
   0.783   D3D Feature Level: 11.1, DXGI 1.5+, SwapChain: 3,flip-discard,-,-,-,none
   0.783   [Local Video Memory] Budget: 10338MB, CurrentUsage: 10MB, Reservation: 0/5297MB
   0.783   [Non-Local Vid.Mem.] Budget: 7490MB, CurrentUsage: 0MB, Reservation: 0/3873MB
   0.783   Tiled resources: Tier 2
   0.783   Unified Memory Architecture: No
   0.783   BGR 565 Supported: Yes
   0.783   MaximumFrameLatency: 3, GPUThreadPriority: 0
   0.786 Graphics settings preset: very-high
   0.786   Dedicated video memory size 11106 MB
   0.962 Desktop composition is active.
   0.962 Graphics options: [Graphics quality: high] [Video memory usage: all] [DXT: high-quality]
   0.962                   [Max threads (load/render): 32/12] [Max texture size: 0] [Tex.Stream.: false] [Rotation quality: normal] [Other: STDCWTl] [B:0,C:0,S:100]
   1.099 [Audio] Driver:wasapi, Device:Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio), Depth:16, Frequency:44100, Channels:2, Interpolation:linear
   1.845 Info ModManager.cpp:444: FeatureFlag expansion-shaders = true
   1.845 Info ModManager.cpp:444: FeatureFlag freezing = true
   1.845 Info ModManager.cpp:444: FeatureFlag quality = true
   1.845 Info ModManager.cpp:444: FeatureFlag rail-bridges = true
   1.845 Info ModManager.cpp:444: FeatureFlag segmented-units = true
   1.845 Info ModManager.cpp:444: FeatureFlag space-travel = true
   1.845 Info ModManager.cpp:444: FeatureFlag spoiling = true
   1.906 Loading mod settings RateCalculator 3.3.5 (settings.lua)
   1.932 Loading mod core 0.0.0 (data.lua)
   2.804 Loading mod base 2.0.66 (data.lua)
   6.277 Loading mod elevated-rails 2.0.66 (data.lua)
   6.672 Loading mod flib 0.16.0 (data.lua)
   6.681 Loading mod quality 2.0.66 (data.lua)
   6.970 Loading mod RateCalculator 3.3.5 (data.lua)
   6.980 Loading mod space-age 2.0.66 (data.lua)
  13.574 Loading mod base 2.0.66 (data-updates.lua)
  13.598 Loading mod quality 2.0.66 (data-updates.lua)
  13.633 Loading mod space-age 2.0.66 (data-updates.lua)
  13.769 Checksum for core: 2271245941
  13.769 Checksum of base: 1151377329
  13.769 Checksum of elevated-rails: 2230435255
  13.769 Checksum of flib: 728527376
  13.769 Checksum of quality: 1979782460
  13.769 Checksum of RateCalculator: 1295360039
  13.769 Checksum of space-age: 3941455082
  14.435 Prototype list checksum: 2638989146
  14.490 Loading sounds...
  30.544 Info PlayerData.cpp:66: Local player-data.json unavailable
  30.544 Info PlayerData.cpp:69: Cloud player-data.json available, timestamp 1758226735
  30.592 Post-data load graphics options: [Light occlusion: YES]
  30.964 Initial atlas bitmap size is 16384
  30.979 Created an atlas bitmap (size 16384x16364) [none]
  30.995 Created an atlas bitmap (size 16384x16384) [none]
  31.021 Created an atlas bitmap (size 16384x16372) [none]
  31.022 Created an atlas bitmap (size 16384x15084) [none]
  31.027 Created an atlas bitmap (size 16384x16384) [low-object]
  31.028 Created an atlas bitmap (size 4096x2496) [low-object]
  31.031 Created an atlas bitmap (size 16384x16324) [corpse-decay]
  31.031 Created an atlas bitmap (size 4096x2176) [corpse-decay]
  31.032 Created an atlas bitmap (size 16384x9268) [decal]
  31.032 Created an atlas bitmap (size 16384x5596) [none]
  31.032 Created an atlas bitmap (size 1676x79) [not-compressed]
  31.033 Created an atlas bitmap (size 16384x4240) [mipmap, linear-minification, linear-magnification, linear-mip-level]
  31.034 Created an atlas bitmap (size 4096x3040) [smoke, mipmap, linear-minification, linear-magnification]
  31.039 Created an atlas bitmap (size 16384x16352) [terrain, mipmap, linear-minification, linear-mip-level]
  31.039 Created an atlas bitmap (size 16384x4944) [terrain, mipmap, linear-minification, linear-mip-level]
  31.040 Created an atlas bitmap (size 8192x5728) [terrain-effect-map, mipmap, linear-minification, linear-mip-level]
  31.040 Created an atlas bitmap (size 8192x2608) [mipmap]
  31.041 Created an atlas bitmap (size 3504x768) [mipmap]
  31.041 Created an atlas bitmap (size 4096x3152) [mipmap]
  31.041 Created an atlas bitmap (size 4096x3152) [mipmap]
  31.041 Created an atlas bitmap (size 4096x3152) [mipmap]
  31.042 Created an atlas bitmap (size 8192x4144) [icon, not-compressed, mipmap, linear-minification, linear-magnification, linear-mip-level]
  31.043 Created an atlas bitmap (size 16384x6120) [alpha-mask]
  31.062 Created an atlas bitmap (size 16384x16384) [shadow, linear-magnification, alpha-mask]
  31.066 Created an atlas bitmap (size 16384x16384) [shadow, linear-magnification, alpha-mask]
  31.066 Created an atlas bitmap (size 16384x3840) [shadow, linear-magnification, alpha-mask]
  31.067 Created an atlas bitmap (size 8192x4000) [shadow, mipmap, linear-magnification, alpha-mask]
  31.067 Created an atlas bitmap (size 4096x336) [icon-background, not-compressed, mipmap, linear-minification, linear-magnification, linear-mip-level, ]
  31.067 Loading 3D bitmaps.
  31.094 Texture processor created (4096). GPU accelerated compression Supported: yes, Enabled: yes/yes. Test passed. YCoCgDXT PSNR: 35.83, BC3 PSNR: 33.82
  31.147 Parallel sprite loader initialized (threads: 11, bitmaps: 8417)
  61.481 Sprites loaded
  61.535 Generated mipmaps (4) for atlas [4] of size 16384x16384   
  61.546 Generated mipmaps (4) for atlas [5] of size 4096x2496   
  61.557 Generated mipmaps (3) for atlas [11] of size 16384x4240   
  61.568 Generated mipmaps (3) for atlas [12] of size 4096x3040   
  61.600 Generated mipmaps (3) for atlas [13] of size 16384x16352   
  61.611 Generated mipmaps (3) for atlas [14] of size 16384x4944   
  61.623 Generated mipmaps (3) for atlas [15] of size 8192x5728   
  61.684 Generated mipmaps (3) for atlas [16] of size 8192x2608   
  61.695 Generated mipmaps (3) for atlas [17] of size 3504x768   
  61.706 Generated mipmaps (3) for atlas [18] of size 4096x3152   
  61.746 Generated mipmaps (3) for atlas [19] of size 4096x3152   
  61.757 Generated mipmaps (3) for atlas [20] of size 4096x3152   
  61.768 Generated mipmaps (5) for atlas [21] of size 8192x4144   
  61.780 Generated mipmaps (3) for atlas [26] of size 8192x4000   
  61.817 Custom mipmaps uploaded (3496)
  61.854 Video memory usage: 3661.30 MB (Atlases: 3530.99 MB, Textures: 130.30 MB)
  61.867 Custom inputs active: 2
  62.561 Factorio initialised
  62.567 Steam Storage Quota: 2/23841
 116.996 Error PackageListGui.cpp:247: PackageListGui error when getting file size: file_size(p): unknown error: The system cannot find the file specified.: "C:\Users\nefar\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\saves\dw134.zip"
 117.008 Error PackageListGui.cpp:247: PackageListGui error when getting file size: file_size(p): unknown error: The system cannot find the file specified.: "C:\Users\nefar\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\saves\dw141.zip"
 117.024 Error PackageListGui.cpp:247: PackageListGui error when getting file size: file_size(p): unknown error: The system cannot find the file specified.: "C:\Users\nefar\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\saves\dw146.zip"
 173.214 Quitting: user-quit.
 173.555 Steam API shutdown.
 173.565 Goodbye

[strathmeyer]

I can't delete the topic, so I'll just say, I got it working. I think the problem was it was still syncing when I shut it down because it was taking a long time to sync, dozens of minutes. And I would do things like restart Steam or the computer because everything was running so slolyl.

[pioruns]

Consider playing directly from downloaded version of the game, not through Steam which messes up syncing to the cloud. No Steam, no problem.

[Tertius]

With a reliable internet connection and a reliable PC, Steam doesn't mess up its cloud sync. I'm glad I have this as backup and as option to continue playing on a different machine, and this is one of the reasons I'm playing the Steam version and not the standalone version.

Good to know is the link into your personal Steam cloud storage to retrieve single files:
https://store.steampowered.com/account/remotestorage