I'm getting old ... how to transfer OOTP between two computers

Rizon · 04-09-2010, 01:08 PM

I use to do this all the time back in the days ... copy my season folder and put it on another computer, and send them back and forth that way.

Trying this with OOTP9, I keep getting "cannot load world file".

What I did:

* Zipped up saved game directory on Computer1 and then unzipped it to the saved game directory on Computer2. I get the same error.

* Backed up the game file within OOTP on Computer1, zipped up the backed up file, unzipped it to the saved game directory on Computer2, same error.

* Backed up the game file within OOTP on Computer1, zipped up the backed up file, unzipped it to the backup directory on Computer2, and then used the restore option. Same error.

And yeah, I have the same version (9.2.13) on both computers.

What am I doing wrong??

TribeFanInNC · 04-09-2010, 01:45 PM

Have you tried doing it without zipping? I usually just copy the .lg folder directly to a flash drive, then copy directly to the other computer. In concept, you shouldn't have to do anything else. You wouldn't think just archiving would mess things up, but you never know.

Rizon · 04-09-2010, 01:49 PM

Nope, my flash drive is only 8g and the game file is 11g.

Rizon · 04-09-2010, 01:54 PM

Weird, I just searched through the zip file, and I don't see the world.dat file within it for my league.

Maybe there is something going wrong in the zipping process (and I've done it twice now).

Rizon · 04-12-2010, 06:56 PM

Hmm, odd, I looked at what was in the zipped file and what was actually in the original folder, and just copied the missing files, and that worked.

I wonder if it's just a problem with the windows zip program.

04-09-2010, 01:08 PM	#1
Rizon Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: SF Area, California Total Posts: 531,691 Posts: 2,370	I'm getting old ... how to transfer OOTP between two computers I use to do this all the time back in the days ... copy my season folder and put it on another computer, and send them back and forth that way. Trying this with OOTP9, I keep getting "cannot load world file". What I did: * Zipped up saved game directory on Computer1 and then unzipped it to the saved game directory on Computer2. I get the same error. * Backed up the game file within OOTP on Computer1, zipped up the backed up file, unzipped it to the saved game directory on Computer2, same error. * Backed up the game file within OOTP on Computer1, zipped up the backed up file, unzipped it to the backup directory on Computer2, and then used the restore option. Same error. And yeah, I have the same version (9.2.13) on both computers. What am I doing wrong?? __________________ JML MILKSHAKES

04-09-2010, 01:49 PM	#3
Rizon Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: SF Area, California Total Posts: 531,691 Posts: 2,370	Nope, my flash drive is only 8g and the game file is 11g. __________________ JML MILKSHAKES

04-09-2010, 01:54 PM	#4
Rizon Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: SF Area, California Total Posts: 531,691 Posts: 2,370	Weird, I just searched through the zip file, and I don't see the world.dat file within it for my league. Maybe there is something going wrong in the zipping process (and I've done it twice now). __________________ JML MILKSHAKES

04-12-2010, 06:56 PM	#5
Rizon Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: SF Area, California Total Posts: 531,691 Posts: 2,370	Hmm, odd, I looked at what was in the zipped file and what was actually in the original folder, and just copied the missing files, and that worked. I wonder if it's just a problem with the windows zip program. __________________ JML MILKSHAKES

04-09-2010, 01:45 PM	#2
TribeFanInNC Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4,019	Have you tried doing it without zipping? I usually just copy the .lg folder directly to a flash drive, then copy directly to the other computer. In concept, you shouldn't have to do anything else. You wouldn't think just archiving would mess things up, but you never know.