Importing Old OOTP Leagues

woodfeld · 06-16-2009, 09:57 AM

Hey, I'm having a bit of a problem importing my OOTP 8 league into OOTP 9 (in hopes of importing it into OOTP 10). This was a bit of a problem too when I imported from OOTP 7 to OOTP 8. Basically, the game freezes as soon as I click "Import"...my league is only 16 teams and is only 9 seasons in so it's not that big. Anyone have any suggestions for what I can do?

endgame · 06-16-2009, 10:25 AM

Instinctively, I'd say bear with it. It only looks like it freezes. It may not seem big to you, but there's a lot going on with those imports and messages.dat alone will occupy the machine for quite awhile. I've heard reports of an hour, but that's unusual. I don't think 9 had a progress bar so that made it worse. So again, wait. Let us know. Thanks.

woodfeld · 06-16-2009, 10:58 AM

Hmmm, okay, I can try that. When I click on anything else though, the OOTP program has a "Not Responding" in the title so I'm afraid it's just going to sit there. I let it sit for 10-15 minutes one of the times I tried and to no avail. I guess I'll let it sit for longer in hopes of it working it's way through it.

kcroyalgm · 06-16-2009, 12:31 PM

It's not unusual to get the "not responding" message. It's usually bogus and its working. And 15 minutes is definitely not enough time to wait. In converting, patience is definitely a virtue.

Another way to proceed:
Move the dat files from the old league folder to another folder and then convert from that folder. Then just copy all the sub folders from the old league to the converted league.

The conversion actually only "converts" the dat files. All the other files (images, box scores, etc) in the sub folders are just copied by the conversion program. Copying all those folders & files takes a long time as you'll see if you copy them yourself instead of converting them.

woodfeld · 06-17-2009, 10:08 AM

Thanks for all the help guys! I just let it run last night and it worked, so now I just have to import it into OOTP 10. Thanks again....

Solonor · 06-17-2009, 10:14 AM

I'm really glad they added a progress message for the v9 to v10 conversion!

06-16-2009, 09:57 AM	#1
woodfeld Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 198	Importing Old OOTP Leagues Hey, I'm having a bit of a problem importing my OOTP 8 league into OOTP 9 (in hopes of importing it into OOTP 10). This was a bit of a problem too when I imported from OOTP 7 to OOTP 8. Basically, the game freezes as soon as I click "Import"...my league is only 16 teams and is only 9 seasons in so it's not that big. Anyone have any suggestions for what I can do?

06-16-2009, 10:25 AM	#2
endgame Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 16,842	Instinctively, I'd say bear with it. It only looks like it freezes. It may not seem big to you, but there's a lot going on with those imports and messages.dat alone will occupy the machine for quite awhile. I've heard reports of an hour, but that's unusual. I don't think 9 had a progress bar so that made it worse. So again, wait. Let us know. Thanks. __________________ "Try again. Fail again. Fail better." -- Samuel Beckett _____________________________________________

06-16-2009, 12:31 PM	#4
kcroyalgm All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 645	It's not unusual to get the "not responding" message. It's usually bogus and its working. And 15 minutes is definitely not enough time to wait. In converting, patience is definitely a virtue. Another way to proceed: Move the dat files from the old league folder to another folder and then convert from that folder. Then just copy all the sub folders from the old league to the converted league. The conversion actually only "converts" the dat files. All the other files (images, box scores, etc) in the sub folders are just copied by the conversion program. Copying all those folders & files takes a long time as you'll see if you copy them yourself instead of converting them. __________________ Up Kerry! 39 Time All-Ireland Senior Football Champions

06-17-2009, 10:14 AM	#6
Solonor Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Maine Posts: 4,467	I'm really glad they added a progress message for the v9 to v10 conversion! __________________ Solonor's Groovy Computer Baseball League - Making baseball a hobbit since 2003! "Beings will come, Frodo. The one constant through all the years has been baseball. Middle Earth has rolled by like an army of Mumakil. It has been erased like a slate, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Frodo. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh... beings will come Frodo. Beings will most definitely come." - Gladden Field of Dreams

06-16-2009, 10:58 AM	#3
woodfeld Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 198	Hmmm, okay, I can try that. When I click on anything else though, the OOTP program has a "Not Responding" in the title so I'm afraid it's just going to sit there. I let it sit for 10-15 minutes one of the times I tried and to no avail. I guess I'll let it sit for longer in hopes of it working it's way through it.

06-17-2009, 10:08 AM	#5
woodfeld Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 198	Thanks for all the help guys! I just let it run last night and it worked, so now I just have to import it into OOTP 10. Thanks again....