Cloud saves¶
OpenPak keeps backups of your game saves under your account, whichever machine made them.
Alpha
Cloud saves are partial during the alpha and may be reset. Keep your own copies of saves you care about.
How saves get there¶
- Switch (firmware 23.0.0 and 23.0.1): use the console's own Save Data Cloud screen. OpenPak Setup lets the console accept OpenPak's save keys; reboot through the hekate entry for the system OpenPak runs on after selecting OpenPak.
- Harbor: the same Save Data Cloud screen, in the emulated console.
- Other OpenPak emulators sync saves automatically around a game session, with a conflict prompt when both sides changed. Those emulators are not ready yet; see emulators.
Restoring a backup made in Harbor onto a physical Switch has not been tested yet.
Managing your saves¶
On openpak.org/account/saves or in the app you can:
- see how much of your allowance is used;
- open a game's backups, each with its date, size and the console that made it;
- Make current an older version, Download a version, or Delete one or all of them. Deleting also removes the backup from your console's list, and cannot be undone.
Storage allowance¶
OpenPak keeps a small allowance per account, and the newest two versions of each save (plus any you pin). When the allowance is full, uploads are refused until you connect your own storage.
Use your own storage¶
Under Your own storage you can send saves to storage you own. OpenPak then keeps only the index:
- Google Drive or OneDrive: sign in and OpenPak keeps your saves in a folder there.
- S3-compatible bucket (Amazon S3, MinIO, and other providers): endpoint, region, bucket, optional folder, access key and secret key.
- WebDAV (Nextcloud, ownCloud, a NAS): the folder URL, a username and a password or app password.
The connection is tested when you save it, and the secret is never shown again. Move my saves here moves existing backups to the new storage. Disconnecting keeps the list, but versions stored there cannot be read until you connect it again.