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Originally Posted by battists
I will add to Bluenoser's comment about the backups - if you spend a lot of time setting up a league, there's always value in doing periodic SEPARATE backups. NOT overwriting the same single backup!!
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i may be wrong, but i believe you'' have to start over, if you don't have a back-up of pre-changes or have exited (saved) game after you made changes/mistakes.
i back up - under a new name EVERY month of my game, if not sooner. i keep a pre-opening day backup on an external HD for all the seasons of the current game i am playing. When i tire of the current game, and start trying something else, i'll delete those no longer to be used files, but only after i've gotten immersed in the new game.
But as said above, back-up. you can't do it too often, as long as you have HD space. i keep 2 copes of back-ups. One that is only of the current playing year on my game pc, but another for the full year, as well as my "Essential" opening day back-ups on an external HD.
I've been playing since v. 14 and YES i've had to restore from back-up many times, due to dumb moves, huge miscalculations and other assorted issues - almost ALL due to operator stupidity. The longest i've had to rerun is a month. i learned this the hard way, losing a 50 year game due to the fact i didn't make back-ups with different names, just kept writing over same one.
As said above, enjoy, try a hundred different ideas and find one that works for you, no matter how simple or complex it is. It's your game - play it for yourself and enjoy it. But keep them back-ups. They are essential.
And have fun.