What is up with Backup ?????????

BCStone57 · 04-13-2007, 03:04 PM

What is up with Backup ?????????

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I just bought the game recently and I got my league ready to go and decided to do a test season before I actually started to play out a solo season. Before my test run to see if the stats looked acceptable I backed up the season so I could return to the beginning of the season. I also hit the save button before I started and went to load saved game after my test run but all I got was the saved stats for the whole season. I hope there is a way to return to the beginning of my season since all I wanted to do originally was do a test run, now I'm having trouble getting back to the start. Seems this isnt as easy as 6.5 was in doing this. Please help ......
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sfgiants88 · 04-13-2007, 03:17 PM

Best way to backup is to manully copy the contents of the actual game folder. The in-game backup only saves the essential.dat files.

BCStone57 · 04-13-2007, 03:25 PM

So this means I can't go back to the start of the season ???? I made a backup before my test season and went to my backup folder after the test season was over, copied and pasted over the saved games folder within my league and it does not return to the start of the season of which I backed up.

BCStone57 · 04-13-2007, 03:31 PM

Whatever happened to the easy way where you make a backup folder on your hard drive and set a path to it in the game and presto it's there, not this confusing extra step crap............

Giants44 · 04-13-2007, 03:47 PM

I preferred the old backup system as well and used it often in previous versions.

I understand how to do it in windows, outside of the game, but I far preferred the old in game system.

bababui · 04-13-2007, 04:06 PM

Maybe you could just save game and rename the file.

Giants44 · 04-13-2007, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by bababui

Maybe you could just save game and rename the file.

yes that would work

however it doesn't change the point that the previous versions backup was far easier and user friendly.

with the end result being (like all backups) that when it was easy I backed up often, now that it is a pain I rarely do.

Solonor · 04-13-2007, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by BCStone57

So this means I can't go back to the start of the season ???? I made a backup before my test season and went to my backup folder after the test season was over, copied and pasted over the saved games folder within my league and it does not return to the start of the season of which I backed up.

It had better! That's what backup is for. It won't get you your txt files and html and stuff, but copying the dat files from the backup folder into your saved games folder should take you to the point where you made the backup....then you just have to delete all the txt and html files so the player histories and box scores go away.

It's not as easy as a "restore" button or a "reset league" (which I thought I saw was coming back), but it should work fine.

bababui · 04-13-2007, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Giants44

yes that would work

however it doesn't change the point that the previous versions backup was far easier and user friendly.

with the end result being (like all backups) that when it was easy I backed up often, now that it is a pain I rarely do.

I totally agree. However, it would be much easier to eliminate the back-up and simply have a 'save as' option like SI's other game uses coupled with an option to turn off auto save.

Giants44 · 04-14-2007, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by bababui

I totally agree. However, it would be much easier to eliminate the back-up and simply have a 'save as' option like SI's other game uses coupled with an option to turn off auto save.

absolutely! I have been requesting a save as for some time - would be the best possible solution IMO.

04-13-2007, 03:04 PM	#1
BCStone57 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 129	What is up with Backup ????????? What is up with Backup ????????? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I just bought the game recently and I got my league ready to go and decided to do a test season before I actually started to play out a solo season. Before my test run to see if the stats looked acceptable I backed up the season so I could return to the beginning of the season. I also hit the save button before I started and went to load saved game after my test run but all I got was the saved stats for the whole season. I hope there is a way to return to the beginning of my season since all I wanted to do originally was do a test run, now I'm having trouble getting back to the start. Seems this isnt as easy as 6.5 was in doing this. Please help ...... __________________ Former member of.... iMLB (California Angels) SSB (Pittsburgh Pirates) PWBL (St. Louis Cardinals) Crackerjack Baseball League (Cleveland Indians) and many,many more....... Former Commissioner and League founder of.... The Lords of Baseball (Out of Business) Now presently retired from OOTP online leagues. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________ Former member of.... iMLB (California Angels) SSB (Pittsburgh Pirates) PWBL (St. Louis Cardinals) Crackerjack Baseball League (Cleveland Indians) and many,many more....... Former Commissioner and League founder of.... The Lords of Baseball (Out of Business) Now presently retired from OOTP online leagues.

04-13-2007, 03:25 PM	#3
BCStone57 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 129	So this means I can't go back to the start of the season ???? I made a backup before my test season and went to my backup folder after the test season was over, copied and pasted over the saved games folder within my league and it does not return to the start of the season of which I backed up. __________________ Former member of.... iMLB (California Angels) SSB (Pittsburgh Pirates) PWBL (St. Louis Cardinals) Crackerjack Baseball League (Cleveland Indians) and many,many more....... Former Commissioner and League founder of.... The Lords of Baseball (Out of Business) Now presently retired from OOTP online leagues.

04-13-2007, 03:31 PM	#4
BCStone57 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 129	Whatever happened to the easy way where you make a backup folder on your hard drive and set a path to it in the game and presto it's there, not this confusing extra step crap............ __________________ Former member of.... iMLB (California Angels) SSB (Pittsburgh Pirates) PWBL (St. Louis Cardinals) Crackerjack Baseball League (Cleveland Indians) and many,many more....... Former Commissioner and League founder of.... The Lords of Baseball (Out of Business) Now presently retired from OOTP online leagues.

04-13-2007, 03:47 PM	#5
Giants44 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 2,408	I preferred the old backup system as well and used it often in previous versions. I understand how to do it in windows, outside of the game, but I far preferred the old in game system. __________________ "In a text sim - Immersion is everything" -Me "Judge a man not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character" -Martin Luther King "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." -Einstein "The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." -Muhammad Ali "Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything." -Toby Harrah

04-13-2007, 03:17 PM	#2
sfgiants88 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 885	Best way to backup is to manully copy the contents of the actual game folder. The in-game backup only saves the essential.dat files.

04-13-2007, 04:06 PM	#6
bababui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 14,147 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Maybe you could just save game and rename the file.