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To disable Cloud saves for a single game, find that game in your list 

GOG implemented the cloud save update, and I discovered that the Gold Box Companion (GBC) wasn't finding any of my saved games created after the update. The problem appears to the a simple one - the location of the saved game files was moved from /SAVE to /cloud_saves/SAVE, and now GBC can't find them.


This can be a problem especially when writing new campaigns for FRUA like I am. for now the easiest workaround is this: every time you save and quit a Gold Box game, copy the /cloud_saves/SAVE folder up one level to /SAVE. That way GBC will find what it needs when you start playing next time. As long as you keep the contents of the two folders synced I think this will work.

SO! Be sure that after you quit your game you do that! And make sure the folder SAVE is in it too!

Disabling cloud saves in Galaxy should fix it (that worked for me at least). You can do it on a game by game basis or for Galaxy as a whole. To disable Cloud saves for a single game, find that game in your list and select settings (right click in the list on the left) and remove the checkmark in the Cloud saves setting under Overrid Features.

 To do it for all games open the Galaxy settings (found in the menu from the small GOG logo at the top of the list) then go to the Features tab and remove the check mark from Cloud saves. You can do it on a game by game basis or for Galaxy as a whole.

 To disable Cloud saves for a single game, find that game in your list and select settings (right click in the list on the left) and remove the check mark in the Cloud saves setting under Override Features. To do it for all games open the Galaxy settings (found in the menu from the small GOG logo at the top of the list) then go to the Features tab and remove the check mark from Cloud saves. Edit: You should probably verify/reinstall the game to make sure it can start up again.

A BETTER WAY WITH DOSBoX

Here's a better way. Lest say for Forgotten realms Unlimited adventures Or better still, POOL OF RADIANCE!!Try going into the dosbox_por_single.conf file and deleting the line (and only that line): mount C "..\cloud_saves" -t overlay

OH! And deleting the mount line in the configuration I believes also works!!

Oh! And if the start adress gives you an error, set it too $1000000.


Update:A new version of Gold Box Companion (v2.5) was released 3 July 2019 that claims to be compatible with GOG cloud saves. From the GBC site: 

What's new in v2.50 (03-July-2019) 
Support for cloud saves folders of the GOG-versions. There is a checkbox to check if you want to use them. If you configure the games with the "Setup GOG" button then it's set on in those games but can be disabled later if wanted. Note that GBC only sees saves from one folder while the game seems to see saves from both cloud folder and normal save folder. 
"Setup GOG" button now also configures FRUA. 
You no longer set the FRUA folder to a design subfolder but instead set it normally as the other games and then a design is selected from a dropdownlist. 
"GOG Settings" button should now work again. 
Lots of previously unknown effects identified (thanks to Null Null and others). 
Pool of Radiance's "two-handed sword +1, +3 vs undead" effect description corrected. 
Monster manuals for all games included in the Resources-folder but can also be launched from GBC's main window or from the homepage.