Have you lost a league because it got corrupted?

robc · 03-04-2010, 12:36 PM

I was wondering how prevalent this was. Have you ever had a league get corrupted so you either had to trash it or restore a backup of it?

I'm not counting problems caused by a computer or hard drive problem, just problems you believe were caused by an OOTP bug.

Please vote in new poll: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...rupt-lost.html

TribeFanInNC · 03-04-2010, 01:03 PM

I can't think of any times I got a corrputed league. The only times I can think of are when I've setup things wrong.

Kelric · 03-04-2010, 02:04 PM

Ever? Yes. But I have been playing since 2002...

SandMan · 03-04-2010, 02:09 PM

I answered yes, but it only happened once and it has been a while since this happened. I was using OOTP 2007 when I got the dreaded "an error has occured in OOTP". Went to restart league and the file was toast. I have not had this issue with any other league.

Cooleyvol · 03-04-2010, 03:03 PM

I can honestly say never.

fhomess · 03-04-2010, 03:05 PM

Might be better to rephrase the question as relating to leagues created in OOTP10. I answered no, but I know that my OOTP6.5 online leagues have occasionally had to restore from backup. Usually, this has been the result of a wonky team export that messed up the league file.

snnort · 03-04-2010, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fhomess

Might be better to rephrase the question as relating to leagues created in OOTP10. I answered no, but I know that my OOTP6.5 online leagues have occasionally had to restore from backup. Usually, this has been the result of a wonky team export that messed up the league file.

Yep. I have even had an export corrupt things in OOTP 10 once (about 6 months back).... but since I backup it was not that much of an issue other than time... but I certainly did not "lose the league."

Simmo13 · 03-04-2010, 03:12 PM

I started with 6.12 (just before 6.5 I think?) but fortunately have never lost a league.

Cryomaniac · 03-04-2010, 03:57 PM

Yes, but not recently.

robc · 03-04-2010, 04:01 PM

Yikes, it is a little scary how frequently things get screwed up. I didn't state this originally, but I didn't mean only multiplayer leagues. I am counting single player leagues too.

robc · 03-04-2010, 04:06 PM

Should I create another poll and make separate choices for version and single-player / online and allow multiple selections?

For example:
Pre OOTP 9
OOTP 9
OOTP 10
single player
online

pstrickert · 03-04-2010, 04:27 PM

Why not make a poll to find out if you should create another poll?

knockahoma · 03-04-2010, 04:40 PM

I've had that problem a few times.

In 9, I had a league three seasons deep go bye-bye.

I started a new 8 team league a few weeks ago. Since I play out all the games for all teams from the 5th inning on, I dread losing the league.

Maybe this will help diagnose the issue. I've had to restore this league three times in 45 games. A white screen comes up and says it's checking to see why OOTP stopped running while I was messing around with lineups. This has happened a few times. I shut down the game and re-open it without incident. But, other times I have no clue a problem exists. The shut down was fine and then on re-opening, the game tells me it failed to import a file.

The first time the file corrupted was just after I added some free agents. Because I like to know my players, I gave each team 25 to start. No minors. No extra players. I began filtering in free agents as the season progressed to fill in injuries (on low), or replace a guy who was 1-24, that kind of thing.

I got 15 agents in the pool and edited them to better fit my needs. Then I closed up game. Next time I went to play the file was corrupted. And the backup didn't work either.

Luckily, I have a habit of saving the game as a quick-start every week, or so. So, I just lost a couple of games.

About 30 games into the season, I did a small bit of editing on pitchers. My league was a bit low on lefties, so I transformed a few pitchers to southpaws. Closed the game. Tried to open it. File corrupted.

That time the backup worked. And I've had to use backup a third time. So, 3 crashes in 45 games. Not sure what's up. Most of the time I close the game and it opens right back up.

Hope that adds a bit of useful info.

Kelric · 03-04-2010, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robc

Yikes, it is a little scary how frequently things get screwed up.

I wouldn't say that. I've had hundreds of leagues and it has maybe only happened two or three times, if that.

kingcharlesxii · 03-04-2010, 05:26 PM

The OTBA has run into some corruption problems but we were able to work around them and didn't lose too much. This league has been imported through quite a few versions though.

It is the only league I've ever had corruption problems with.

robc · 03-04-2010, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelric

I wouldn't say that. I've had hundreds of leagues and it has maybe only happened two or three times, if that.

But almost 50% of players have reported corruption problems so far. That seems pretty bad.

I myself have not had any, but I have only had versions 9 and 10. I also play out my games so I don't get very far. I have only done single player leagues.

Cryomaniac · 03-04-2010, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robc

But almost 50% of players have reported corruption problems so far. That seems pretty bad.

I myself have not had any, but I have only had versions 9 and 10. I also play out my games so I don't get very far. I have only done single player leagues.

I've only had it happen once or twice out of hundreds of leagues.

robc · 03-04-2010, 08:00 PM

Please vote in new poll: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...rupt-lost.html
Sorry I screwed up.

endgame · 03-04-2010, 08:00 PM

I've had the message that it was corrupt and couldn't load, but I've always managed to find a way or workaround to re-establish its integrity to almost, if not, 100%. Now I will add that this hasn't happened since . . . probably v9, and then only once, IIRC.

Athletics17 · 03-04-2010, 08:01 PM

I have had files get corrupted, but the game was able to restore the backups and ididn't lose anything.

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03-04-2010, 12:36 PM	#1
robc Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,086	Obsolete-----Have you lost a league because it got corrupted? I was wondering how prevalent this was. Have you ever had a league get corrupted so you either had to trash it or restore a backup of it? I'm not counting problems caused by a computer or hard drive problem, just problems you believe were caused by an OOTP bug. Please vote in new poll: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...rupt-lost.html Last edited by robc; 03-04-2010 at 08:02 PM. Reason: Created new poll

03-04-2010, 03:05 PM	#6
fhomess Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,627	Might be better to rephrase the question as relating to leagues created in OOTP10. I answered no, but I know that my OOTP6.5 online leagues have occasionally had to restore from backup. Usually, this has been the result of a wonky team export that messed up the league file. __________________ StatsLab- PHP/MySQL based utilities for Online Leagues Baseball Cards - Full list of known templates and documentation on card development.

03-04-2010, 03:57 PM	#9
Cryomaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Hucknall, Notts, UK Posts: 4,903	Yes, but not recently. __________________

03-04-2010, 04:40 PM	#13
knockahoma All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 792	I've had that problem a few times. In 9, I had a league three seasons deep go bye-bye. I started a new 8 team league a few weeks ago. Since I play out all the games for all teams from the 5th inning on, I dread losing the league. Maybe this will help diagnose the issue. I've had to restore this league three times in 45 games. A white screen comes up and says it's checking to see why OOTP stopped running while I was messing around with lineups. This has happened a few times. I shut down the game and re-open it without incident. But, other times I have no clue a problem exists. The shut down was fine and then on re-opening, the game tells me it failed to import a file. The first time the file corrupted was just after I added some free agents. Because I like to know my players, I gave each team 25 to start. No minors. No extra players. I began filtering in free agents as the season progressed to fill in injuries (on low), or replace a guy who was 1-24, that kind of thing. I got 15 agents in the pool and edited them to better fit my needs. Then I closed up game. Next time I went to play the file was corrupted. And the backup didn't work either. Luckily, I have a habit of saving the game as a quick-start every week, or so. So, I just lost a couple of games. About 30 games into the season, I did a small bit of editing on pitchers. My league was a bit low on lefties, so I transformed a few pitchers to southpaws. Closed the game. Tried to open it. File corrupted. That time the backup worked. And I've had to use backup a third time. So, 3 crashes in 45 games. Not sure what's up. Most of the time I close the game and it opens right back up. Hope that adds a bit of useful info. Last edited by knockahoma; 03-04-2010 at 04:43 PM.

03-04-2010, 01:03 PM	#2
TribeFanInNC Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4,019	I can't think of any times I got a corrputed league. The only times I can think of are when I've setup things wrong.

03-04-2010, 02:04 PM	#3
Kelric Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greater Boston Area Posts: 3,992	Ever? Yes. But I have been playing since 2002...

03-04-2010, 02:09 PM	#4
SandMan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,946	I answered yes, but it only happened once and it has been a while since this happened. I was using OOTP 2007 when I got the dreaded "an error has occured in OOTP". Went to restart league and the file was toast. I have not had this issue with any other league.

03-04-2010, 03:03 PM	#5
Cooleyvol Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Union City, TN Posts: 6,383	I can honestly say never.

03-04-2010, 03:12 PM	#8
Simmo13 All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: those blue remembered hills Posts: 955	I started with 6.12 (just before 6.5 I think?) but fortunately have never lost a league.

03-04-2010, 04:01 PM	#10
robc Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,086	Yikes, it is a little scary how frequently things get screwed up. I didn't state this originally, but I didn't mean only multiplayer leagues. I am counting single player leagues too.

03-04-2010, 04:06 PM	#11
robc Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,086	Should I create another poll and make separate choices for version and single-player / online and allow multiple selections? For example: Pre OOTP 9 OOTP 9 OOTP 10 single player online

03-04-2010, 04:27 PM	#12
pstrickert Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 16,342	Why not make a poll to find out if you should create another poll?

03-04-2010, 05:26 PM	#15
kingcharlesxii Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 2,730	The OTBA has run into some corruption problems but we were able to work around them and didn't lose too much. This league has been imported through quite a few versions though. It is the only league I've ever had corruption problems with.

03-04-2010, 08:00 PM	#18
robc Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,086	Please vote in new poll: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...rupt-lost.html Sorry I screwed up.

03-04-2010, 08:00 PM	#19
endgame Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 16,842	I've had the message that it was corrupt and couldn't load, but I've always managed to find a way or workaround to re-establish its integrity to almost, if not, 100%. Now I will add that this hasn't happened since . . . probably v9, and then only once, IIRC. __________________ "Try again. Fail again. Fail better." -- Samuel Beckett _____________________________________________

03-04-2010, 08:01 PM	#20
Athletics17 All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: jackson Hole, Wy Posts: 1,187	I have had files get corrupted, but the game was able to restore the backups and ididn't lose anything. __________________ Compilation of Uniforms