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beorn · 09-02-2012, 10:36 AM

1) Be sure that you are including the players and retired dat files in your upload. Not doing so has caused weird problems in many leagues.

2) I believe that this is unrelated, but since I am a little unsure what you are describing, it is worth a check: If this is a freeze up during the download rather than a crash putting the GM out of the game, instruct the GM to leave it for 20 minutes and see whether it resolves itself. Scattered GMs in various leagues find that a particular league file does not show the graphic showing download progress, so they think it is frozen -- but, in truth, it is working fine.

3) What happens if you give him the server link for the file update and instead of updating in-game, he downloads the file and extracts it 7-Zip? (If the GM is not particularly tech savvy, be sure it gets extracted to the correct folder level.) This workaround is very often needed, and it is totally unpredictable who will need it. The in-game update might work for almost all GMs, but not one or two... and those one or two might have in-game updates work in other leagues, but not this particular one.

4) If all else fails, what happens if you have the GMs delete or rename their league folders and start with scratch, first with a fresh download of the dat files, then with a fresh download of the accountsgm file in the settings folder? (And just the single file in the settings folder, not all the other stuff)

09-02-2012, 10:36 AM	#3
beorn All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: near Rochester, NY Posts: 1,269	1) Be sure that you are including the players and retired dat files in your upload. Not doing so has caused weird problems in many leagues. 2) I believe that this is unrelated, but since I am a little unsure what you are describing, it is worth a check: If this is a freeze up during the download rather than a crash putting the GM out of the game, instruct the GM to leave it for 20 minutes and see whether it resolves itself. Scattered GMs in various leagues find that a particular league file does not show the graphic showing download progress, so they think it is frozen -- but, in truth, it is working fine. 3) What happens if you give him the server link for the file update and instead of updating in-game, he downloads the file and extracts it 7-Zip? (If the GM is not particularly tech savvy, be sure it gets extracted to the correct folder level.) This workaround is very often needed, and it is totally unpredictable who will need it. The in-game update might work for almost all GMs, but not one or two... and those one or two might have in-game updates work in other leagues, but not this particular one. 4) If all else fails, what happens if you have the GMs delete or rename their league folders and start with scratch, first with a fresh download of the dat files, then with a fresh download of the accountsgm file in the settings folder? (And just the single file in the settings folder, not all the other stuff) __________________ Commish of Dog Days Baseball Commish Pennant Chase Baseball League (PCBL) Commish and Blue Jays GM Extra Innings Baseball Last edited by beorn; 09-02-2012 at 10:38 AM.