All player history data in the Accomplishments tabs missing after importing a saved game from OOTP17

J.L. Weezel · 07-24-2017, 06:04 PM

Hi,

After importing a saved game from OOTP17 I've noticed that all the history data available in the Accomplishments tabs (Complete history / General / Accomplisments /...) accumulated in the previous versions (my save is a historical league originally started with OOTP14) is completely missing. This applies to all the players in the game, whether active or retired.

The same problem applies also to 'Injury History' section in the player profile.

Prior to importing to OOTP18, I had simmed over 90 seasons starting with the year 1930 and in the time of importing was about to start the 2022 season.So what has basically happened is that all player data from 1930 to 2021 that should be visible in the Accomplishments tabs is not there any more!

In contrast, the sections above the tabs (awards summary, leaderboard appearances, game achievements, salary history) have not been affected at all, which makes all this more puzzling.

I played OOTP17 on Steam but with '18 I reverted back to the "standard". Maybe this has something to do with the problem...?

Any help would be much appreciated as I have found the 'Accomplishments' to be a very useful feature in OOTP

J.L. Weezel · 07-24-2017, 06:09 PM

This is an active player whose MLB career started in 2008. Notice the date of the first entry...

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Matt Arnold · 07-25-2017, 12:05 PM

The text data is stored separately from the rest of the DB files. By default, it is stored in data/saved_games/Name.lg/news/txt/players.

On import, it should bring the new data through to the new game, but there's always a chance something happened on import and it failed to copy over those files. The injury history is new, and we do not import that forward from previous games, though.

Slightly complicated is that the text data may be stored in a .dat file instead depending on league options. You can check this by going to the setting page and checking on the database tab, and see if there's a line that says something like "This saved game uses an SQLite database..."

If your new game is using the SQLite db, then unfortunately there is nothing we can do to import in the old files. They should have been copied into the DB either on import or after, and we don't support editing that file manually to insert specific lines. If you are using txt files in the new version, then you could in theory merge the files together. However that would require some manual work on your side, to essentially manually match up the player_xxx.txt file from the old version with the new data, copying in the new data, and then moving that to the appropriate place in the new folder.

If this was noticed immediately on import, there would have been a few more options to make sure that things copy over correctly. But if you're 1+ year after import, it would take a good amount of manual effort to fix now. Apologies.

07-24-2017, 06:04 PM	#1
J.L. Weezel Bat Boy Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Turku, Finland Posts: 4	All player history data in the Accomplishments tabs missing after importing a saved game from OOTP17 Hi, After importing a saved game from OOTP17 I've noticed that all the history data available in the Accomplishments tabs (Complete history / General / Accomplisments /...) accumulated in the previous versions (my save is a historical league originally started with OOTP14) is completely missing. This applies to all the players in the game, whether active or retired. The same problem applies also to 'Injury History' section in the player profile. Prior to importing to OOTP18, I had simmed over 90 seasons starting with the year 1930 and in the time of importing was about to start the 2022 season.So what has basically happened is that all player data from 1930 to 2021 that should be visible in the Accomplishments tabs is not there any more! In contrast, the sections above the tabs (awards summary, leaderboard appearances, game achievements, salary history) have not been affected at all, which makes all this more puzzling. I played OOTP17 on Steam but with '18 I reverted back to the "standard". Maybe this has something to do with the problem...? Any help would be much appreciated as I have found the 'Accomplishments' to be a very useful feature in OOTP Last edited by J.L. Weezel; 07-24-2017 at 06:35 PM.

07-24-2017, 06:09 PM	#2
J.L. Weezel Bat Boy Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Turku, Finland Posts: 4	This is an active player whose MLB career started in 2008. Notice the date of the first entry...

07-25-2017, 12:05 PM	#3
Matt Arnold OOTP Developer Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Here and there Posts: 15,925	The text data is stored separately from the rest of the DB files. By default, it is stored in data/saved_games/Name.lg/news/txt/players. On import, it should bring the new data through to the new game, but there's always a chance something happened on import and it failed to copy over those files. The injury history is new, and we do not import that forward from previous games, though. Slightly complicated is that the text data may be stored in a .dat file instead depending on league options. You can check this by going to the setting page and checking on the database tab, and see if there's a line that says something like "This saved game uses an SQLite database..." If your new game is using the SQLite db, then unfortunately there is nothing we can do to import in the old files. They should have been copied into the DB either on import or after, and we don't support editing that file manually to insert specific lines. If you are using txt files in the new version, then you could in theory merge the files together. However that would require some manual work on your side, to essentially manually match up the player_xxx.txt file from the old version with the new data, copying in the new data, and then moving that to the appropriate place in the new folder. If this was noticed immediately on import, there would have been a few more options to make sure that things copy over correctly. But if you're 1+ year after import, it would take a good amount of manual effort to fix now. Apologies.