Unable to restore from back-up

Tdog73 · 05-28-2023, 01:13 PM

I am unable to restore and save a 'new' game from my backed up game. In the previous version, if I hit the restore from backup button, I was able to highlight a backed up game and then type in a new folder (for example, in the screenshot if I wanted to save a new game from the end of the 2023 file as a new game of 2024). But it just keeps getting me this error (screenshot). Is there a new way to do this? Again, I basically want to keep my 2023 file, and start a new file called 2024 from where 2023 left off .
Hope that makes sense. Thanks in advance for your help.

Swiffle · 05-28-2023, 01:42 PM

Someone else posted that the field to enter the name of the new file to import the backup into was missing for some reason. It looks like you're having the same issue. Think you might need a dev/support team to help with this

Reed · 05-28-2023, 02:03 PM

When you first open the OOTP program, open setting. Change font setting to normal. Then you should be able to open your game and then go to restore backup and you should be set to go (if I remember correctly). Someplace in the bug forum this was mentioned.

mitchkenn · 05-28-2023, 07:57 PM

here's a step by step on how to back-up. it's OLD from earlier versions, but still accurate as far as i can tell. The how to begins on post 5 of the thread. Good luck.
Hope this helps.

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...97#post4084018

Swiffle · 05-28-2023, 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reed

When you first open the OOTP program, open setting. Change font setting to normal. Then you should be able to open your game and then go to restore backup and you should be set to go (if I remember correctly). Someplace in the bug forum this was mentioned.

Wow, I just tested some settings myself and managed to replicate the bug. It is definitely a UI issue.

I'm on FastSpring version, build 63. Windows 10.
Game is in dark mode, a user defined window sized 1904x1032(so the bars and stuff fit inside my 1920x1080 monitor)

I'm just looking at the main menu, default font. If I set the font size to very small(I don't restart) I can cause the field for the backup name to disappear when trying to Load Game -> Restore. It comes back on small size or higher. I imagine this is what is similar to what is happening for other people on different window sizes and font/size settings.

Ross333 · 10-23-2023, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swiffle

Wow, I just tested some settings myself and managed to replicate the bug. It is definitely a UI issue.

I'm on FastSpring version, build 63. Windows 10.
Game is in dark mode, a user defined window sized 1904x1032(so the bars and stuff fit inside my 1920x1080 monitor)

I'm just looking at the main menu, default font. If I set the font size to very small(I don't restart) I can cause the field for the backup name to disappear when trying to Load Game -> Restore. It comes back on small size or higher. I imagine this is what is similar to what is happening for other people on different window sizes and font/size settings.

Looks like you just saved my 15 season league with this input. Thank you!

05-28-2023, 01:13 PM	#1
Tdog73 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 21	Unable to restore from back-up I am unable to restore and save a 'new' game from my backed up game. In the previous version, if I hit the restore from backup button, I was able to highlight a backed up game and then type in a new folder (for example, in the screenshot if I wanted to save a new game from the end of the 2023 file as a new game of 2024). But it just keeps getting me this error (screenshot). Is there a new way to do this? Again, I basically want to keep my 2023 file, and start a new file called 2024 from where 2023 left off . Hope that makes sense. Thanks in advance for your help. Attached Images

05-28-2023, 07:57 PM	#4
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,872	here's a step by step on how to back-up. it's OLD from earlier versions, but still accurate as far as i can tell. The how to begins on post 5 of the thread. Good luck. Hope this helps. https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...97#post4084018 __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip.

05-28-2023, 01:42 PM	#2
Swiffle Minors (Single A) Join Date: Aug 2021 Posts: 70	Someone else posted that the field to enter the name of the new file to import the backup into was missing for some reason. It looks like you're having the same issue. Think you might need a dev/support team to help with this

05-28-2023, 02:03 PM	#3
Reed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 2,339	When you first open the OOTP program, open setting. Change font setting to normal. Then you should be able to open your game and then go to restore backup and you should be set to go (if I remember correctly). Someplace in the bug forum this was mentioned.