• Anno 1800,  Help

    [ANNO 1800] Corrupt Cloud-Save prevents game from starting

    Problem When I try to start my game, it simply crashes . The last message I see is: Synchronizing your save games with the cloud. I’ve already played quite a few hours so it should run. I also try to play with a friends account and that works fine. Cause Unfortunately cloud save games can corrupt and prevent the game from starting because of that. Especially game updates/patches can have unexpected side effects. Solution You need to turn off cloud synchronization and get rid of the faulty cloud saves to solve this issue. To do so, follow these steps: Create…

  • Tutorial,  UPlay

    [UPLAY] Cloud Saves

    Introduction Most of the newer games today offer cloud saving. Saves will be uploaded to the Ubisoft servers and can be used by simply logging in with the same Ubisoft account. Cloud saves are a convenient way to exchange data between computers and to create a backup. In my opinon, they don’t replace local backups though since something can go wrong when synchronizing with the cloud. Because of this it’s still important to keep local backup. Ubisoft games create a lokal folder in your Windows documents folder which allows for easy backing up via copy/pasting the folders. How do the…