Best way to transfer a saved game to a different computer

HoustonGM · 07-26-2016, 05:29 PM

Simple question. What's the best practice for copying a league from one computer to another? looking to preserve as much as possible.

mitchkenn · 07-26-2016, 06:40 PM

i am assuming you'll not be using the other computer anymore? Saved game or a back-up game? Here's how to do it on a backed-up. Not certain how to do it for just a saved game.

you have two licences given when you purchase the game. If you are not going to use the 1st computer anymore, you shouild uninstall the licence, that will preserve it's use for the 2nd computer and have a spare in case something horrid happens to the PC and you can't unistall down the line. (if you want to use both computers ....this is not necessary.) The uninstall licence is under FILE on the main game screen, licence .... follow those instructions, pretty basic.

i ALWAYS save the game to an external HD. It's easier to reinstall game in case you have a HD crash on the PC.

Once game is unlicenced on PC a, install game on PC b. Then put in the licence. (i always keep the email with my licence, as well as keeping those numbers in a notepad file, so i can cut and paste it in the spaces, and not try to type it...) and then basic game should load.

You can then direct the game to reinstall from a back-up (this is where an external HD makes it mucheasier.) That is on the Load games screen menu. Tell it what files (from external HD), and where you want them to go (on the new PC) ... and you should be set.

if you plan using two computers to play the same game for some reason, that will probably change unlicencing option. i've never done that, so hopefully if you're doing that, someone else can be of assistance on the nuances of doing that.

Hope this helps. Good luck.

jpeters1734 · 07-26-2016, 06:48 PM

Apple Airdrop. I can move an entire 10 GB game folder in about a minute

Orcin · 07-26-2016, 06:49 PM

Copy the entire contents of the saved_games folder (the one under the OOTP Baseball 17 folder) to the equivalent folder on the new computer. The first use will require you to use the Load Game function to find the league.

martyjay75 · 11-03-2016, 11:49 PM

Got lost on this task myself. I'm trying to transfer a league from an older iMac to the new one I just bought. I transferred the lg folder over to the new OOTP saved games folder but it's not showing up when I try to load it from the "load game" button.

Can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

polydamas · 11-04-2016, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by martyjay75

Got lost on this task myself. I'm trying to transfer a league from an older iMac to the new one I just bought. I transferred the lg folder over to the new OOTP saved games folder but it's not showing up when I try to load it from the "load game" button.

Can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

Take a screenshot of the saved_games folder and the contents of the .lg file. We can probably figure it out.

Edit: Also, you could try making a copy and the use the import from early version option (or whatever it is called). It might not work, but I swear I've had a few saves misread as an earlier version of the game.

martyjay75 · 11-04-2016, 01:50 AM

I did notice that the build I had on my old computer was build 73 and that the one I installed on my new one was 75. That's probably what's throwing things off. Unfortunately I'll have to wait until the morning to try and hook my old Mac back up to the internet to update the OOTP on the old Mac and try and recopy the lg folder again and see if it shows up. If not, I'll be back.....

Thanks!

RchW · 11-04-2016, 07:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by martyjay75

Got lost on this task myself. I'm trying to transfer a league from an older iMac to the new one I just bought. I transferred the lg folder over to the new OOTP saved games folder but it's not showing up when I try to load it from the "load game" button.

Can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

That means the new install is not pointing to the same folder as you copied the league file to.

RchW · 11-04-2016, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by martyjay75

I did notice that the build I had on my old computer was build 73 and that the one I installed on my new one was 75. That's probably what's throwing things off. Unfortunately I'll have to wait until the morning to try and hook my old Mac back up to the internet to update the OOTP on the old Mac and try and recopy the lg folder again and see if it shows up. If not, I'll be back.....

Thanks!

Don't need the same version to copy paste and load a league file. Every time you install a new build the same issue occurs. Find where your copied file is on your new computer first. Then see where OOTP is looking. Make them the same.

martyjay75 · 11-04-2016, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by RchW

Don't need the same version to copy paste and load a league file. Every time you install a new build the same issue occurs. Find where your copied file is on your new computer first. Then see where OOTP is looking. Make them the same.

Funny thing is I made a test league beforehand to see where it saved the lg folder and I put my transfer lg folder in the same location. The test league shows up but the transferred one doesn't.

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RchW · 11-04-2016, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by martyjay75

Funny thing is I made a test league beforehand to see where it saved the lg folder and I put my transfer lg folder in the same location. The test league shows up but the transferred one doesn't.

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Hmmm.. must be a Mac thing of which I know nothing.

martyjay75 · 11-04-2016, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by polydamas

Take a screenshot of the saved_games folder and the contents of the .lg file. We can probably figure it out.

Edit: Also, you could try making a copy and the use the import from early version option (or whatever it is called). It might not work, but I swear I've had a few saves misread as an earlier version of the game.

Here's a screen shot of the target folder for saved games. I placed the "jimenezmlbseason7 lg folder in the saved games folder. The "test" league I created to basically figure out where OOTP would look for files to load. I dropped a copy of my lg folder from my old computer onto my new computer via a thumb drive. When I try to load a saved game it reads only the test league even though it's in the same folder as the saved game that I want to load.

I guess I'll try updating my old computer's OOTP, re-save it, and try dropping the lg folder in again to see if that does anything. If you guys have any other ideas for a mac user, let me know. Thanks again for your suggestions.

martyjay75 · 11-05-2016, 01:21 AM

Ended up working. I guess the thumb drive that I was hanging up on one particular file and not completing the transfer. Tried to migrate the file via airdrop and it worked like a charm.

Thank you everyone for trying to help.

Rozo14 · 09-01-2020, 11:43 AM

How do you unlicense ? I want to install to a new computer.

Rozo14 · 09-01-2020, 11:48 AM

disregard, i figured it out

07-26-2016, 05:29 PM	#1
HoustonGM Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 448	Best way to transfer a saved game to a different computer Simple question. What's the best practice for copying a league from one computer to another? looking to preserve as much as possible.

07-26-2016, 06:40 PM	#2
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,868	i am assuming you'll not be using the other computer anymore? Saved game or a back-up game? Here's how to do it on a backed-up. Not certain how to do it for just a saved game. you have two licences given when you purchase the game. If you are not going to use the 1st computer anymore, you shouild uninstall the licence, that will preserve it's use for the 2nd computer and have a spare in case something horrid happens to the PC and you can't unistall down the line. (if you want to use both computers ....this is not necessary.) The uninstall licence is under FILE on the main game screen, licence .... follow those instructions, pretty basic. i ALWAYS save the game to an external HD. It's easier to reinstall game in case you have a HD crash on the PC. Once game is unlicenced on PC a, install game on PC b. Then put in the licence. (i always keep the email with my licence, as well as keeping those numbers in a notepad file, so i can cut and paste it in the spaces, and not try to type it...) and then basic game should load. You can then direct the game to reinstall from a back-up (this is where an external HD makes it mucheasier.) That is on the Load games screen menu. Tell it what files (from external HD), and where you want them to go (on the new PC) ... and you should be set. if you plan using two computers to play the same game for some reason, that will probably change unlicencing option. i've never done that, so hopefully if you're doing that, someone else can be of assistance on the nuances of doing that. Hope this helps. Good luck. __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip. Last edited by mitchkenn; 07-26-2016 at 06:41 PM.

07-26-2016, 06:48 PM	#3
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11-03-2016, 11:49 PM	#5
martyjay75 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 121	Migrating franchise to a new iMac Got lost on this task myself. I'm trying to transfer a league from an older iMac to the new one I just bought. I transferred the lg folder over to the new OOTP saved games folder but it's not showing up when I try to load it from the "load game" button. Can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

09-01-2020, 11:43 AM	#14
Rozo14 Bat Boy Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 6	Question to that question How do you unlicense ? I want to install to a new computer.

07-26-2016, 06:49 PM	#4
Orcin Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 9,798	Copy the entire contents of the saved_games folder (the one under the OOTP Baseball 17 folder) to the equivalent folder on the new computer. The first use will require you to use the Load Game function to find the league.

11-04-2016, 01:50 AM	#7
martyjay75 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 121	I did notice that the build I had on my old computer was build 73 and that the one I installed on my new one was 75. That's probably what's throwing things off. Unfortunately I'll have to wait until the morning to try and hook my old Mac back up to the internet to update the OOTP on the old Mac and try and recopy the lg folder again and see if it shows up. If not, I'll be back..... Thanks!

11-05-2016, 01:21 AM	#13
martyjay75 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 121	Ended up working. I guess the thumb drive that I was hanging up on one particular file and not completing the transfer. Tried to migrate the file via airdrop and it worked like a charm. Thank you everyone for trying to help.

09-01-2020, 11:48 AM	#15
Rozo14 Bat Boy Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 6	Question to that question disregard, i figured it out