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Originally Posted by tijas2
How difficult is it to convert from OOTP 6 to OOTP 8? What do I stand to lose in the conversion? I really want to buy the game, but I am invested in a league I have started in OOTP 6. Thanks.
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Very good question. Unfortunately not everything comes over from the switch. All your players from your entire history and **most** of their stats will convert. Their text-based history does not, but their Awards and HoF status do convert.
The big problem is that League history does not convert at all. You will lose your entire team history and team stats and all league history (including championships). The reason is that all of that was stored in flat text files and not in a DB making it hard to convert. In the end it was decided that it wasn't worried. The general consensus is that that was a bad idea, but nothing we can do about it. I had over 100 years of history in OOTP6. I just keep a quick link to my 6 history, so that although it is not saved in game, it is saved on my computer.
Another thing that didn't convert that annoyed many people was minor leagues. You'll have to reconstruct them.
Here is my suggestion: Use the demo to convert your league. Try it out for a week and see if the new game behaves to your liking. If you are comfortable with loss of data, buy the game and play on. Otherwise enjoy OOTP6.