Accidentally deleted player in OOTP4

fearofmimes · 04-28-2003, 01:02 PM

I accidentally deleted a free agent in a solo league that is still using OOTP4. Is there any way to recover the player. I've looked at the file in a hex editor and it appears that the player's information is still there, but it is not clear how the deletion might have been indicated. Any help would be appreciated.

Steve Kuffrey · 04-28-2003, 02:19 PM

Use "create a player".

fearofmimes · 04-29-2003, 01:44 AM

Okay, I figured it out and was able to undelete the player. Apparently, there are two fields that are changed when a player is deleted. The first is the free agent indicator (79 bytes from the beginning of the last name field), which is toggled from 1 to 0. The second is an otherwise unknown field (I'm assuming it is a record deletion indicator, 9796 bytes from the beginning of the last name field), which is toggled from 0 to 1. By reversing these toggles, I was able to recover the deleted player. I am now testing this theory against some scenarios to see how well it works in the general case. I'm writing a little utility to automate the process.

D Love · 04-29-2003, 10:16 AM

I'm at work so I can't test it out, but can you delete players outside of the initial draft for a league? And if so, how? I was toying around last night and couldn't figure it out. I accidentally imported duplicates of certain players. They're current on rosters and I didn't see how to delete them. Would this utility allow for it?

fearofmimes · 04-30-2003, 10:41 AM

Within the game, you can only delete players in the free agent pool as far as I know. I'm not sure of the cause of your particular problem, but you can delete duplicate players on a roster by first releasing the players and then deleting them when they are in the free agent pool. If you have financials on, you probably want to turn them off when you are releasing the players and then you can turn financials back on.

04-28-2003, 01:02 PM	#1
fearofmimes Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 31	Accidentally deleted player in OOTP4 I accidentally deleted a free agent in a solo league that is still using OOTP4. Is there any way to recover the player. I've looked at the file in a hex editor and it appears that the player's information is still there, but it is not clear how the deletion might have been indicated. Any help would be appreciated.

04-28-2003, 02:19 PM	#2
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 17,036	Use "create a player". __________________ Steve Kuffrey DABS Atlanta Braves - 2008 Eastern Division Champ *DBLC Atlanta Braves - 2011, 2014 East Division Champ, 2012, 2013 NL Wildcard Baseball Maelstrom-Montreal Expos-2013 Tourney winner, 2014 WC Team Sparky's League - Tampa Bay D'Rays Epicenter Baseball League - Astros 2014 The CBL Rewind - Phillies '95

04-29-2003, 01:44 AM	#3
fearofmimes Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 31	Figured it out Okay, I figured it out and was able to undelete the player. Apparently, there are two fields that are changed when a player is deleted. The first is the free agent indicator (79 bytes from the beginning of the last name field), which is toggled from 1 to 0. The second is an otherwise unknown field (I'm assuming it is a record deletion indicator, 9796 bytes from the beginning of the last name field), which is toggled from 0 to 1. By reversing these toggles, I was able to recover the deleted player. I am now testing this theory against some scenarios to see how well it works in the general case. I'm writing a little utility to automate the process.

04-29-2003, 10:16 AM	#4
D Love All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 904	I'm at work so I can't test it out, but can you delete players outside of the initial draft for a league? And if so, how? I was toying around last night and couldn't figure it out. I accidentally imported duplicates of certain players. They're current on rosters and I didn't see how to delete them. Would this utility allow for it?

04-30-2003, 10:41 AM	#5
fearofmimes Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 31	Within the game, you can only delete players in the free agent pool as far as I know. I'm not sure of the cause of your particular problem, but you can delete duplicate players on a roster by first releasing the players and then deleting them when they are in the free agent pool. If you have financials on, you probably want to turn them off when you are releasing the players and then you can turn financials back on.