[The Game]

Originally Posted by chucksabr

Two things that occur to me as I'm waiting:

• I like the idea of backing up a game, but when it does it, the backup is the same size as the original. Games can balloon to several gigs, and that can pose a challenge to the remaining free space on your machine. How about backing it up through a zipping utility like WinRAR that is built into the game? When I ZIP my saved games through WinRAR, it compresses to something like 25% of the original size. That could be a huge space saver.
• When I do back up or otherwise save a game, the game locks up and doesn't allow me to do anything else. When you're backing up a game that has bunches of almanacs, that can take a long, long time. How about allowing for backing up and saving in the background while the game lets you continue on to other things?

a solution to keeping you file size smaller. This may not work for all leagues. Make a ew folder on your desktop, label it the same as your league/backup and copy & paste just the .DAT files into it then ZIP it. This will chop the size my 2/3. It seems that BB cards, images and uniforms take up most of the space in a backup.
I make 3 backups per season January which is complete since this is when I make uniform changes. Opening day which is just .dat files and start of offseason which is also just .dat files.
The only problem with doing it this way is that if your league fails you will have to put in all uniforms , logos and parks again. Works easier for MLB leagues since the game will find the logos and uniforms again from the main OOTP folders.
I agree with both your points and suggestions.