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That's simply not true at all, Heroic Launcher supports both cloud saves and achievements. I've been using them for a long time on Deck now.

Please don't lie :/

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Heroic's cloud save support is flaky; I've had it upload saves to the wrong path so Galaxy on another machine can't download them.

As for achievements, I wouldn't say it's had support for "a long time"; they were added in August 2024 (v2.15.1).

So it supports both for a year and a half, what are you nitpicking now exactly?

That it’s had either for “a long time”. Maybe once they’ve been there and working correctly for five years I’d feel that’s an accurate adjective.

I was mixing up the fact that "Linux native games do not support GOG's Cloud Saves feature" (direct quote from the app itself), with a general lack of support. Given it says "Use the Windows version instead", I am quite wrong, it clearly does support them for Windows games.

If you think that's a "lie", consult a dictionary.

As for whether my general point stands, I think it's a reasonable inference that if GOG Galaxy supported Linux, it would support Linux games and cloud saves for those games, and only then would Heroic and the like be able to implement such a feature. I could be wrong, as it depends on details I don't know, and I'm just making an educated guess.

I just installed a GOG Windows game in Heroic, and the Settings state "This game does not support Cloud Saves" even though my account has cloud saves clearly visible for that same game on the GOG website.

Given I'm using Heroic from AUR on a supported OS, and installed with default settings, I consider this cloud save support to be less than stellar, but that's a separate matter, I'm not trying to turn this thread into a support issue.

And yet somehow you outright opened it with a direct falsehood.

Yeah I was wrong and admitted it and explained the genesis and nuances of it. "And yet somehow"... why say "somehow" as if it's a mystery now? "outright opened" is a very poor construction as well. "direct" in "direct falsehood" is not doing much there either. Please work a little harder at your scolding and condescension, the quality is somewhat low. Better yet, engage thoughtfully and charitably instead.

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