Transferring a save

[md40022]

I have never transferred a previous save to a new OOTP version. I have always started fresh every single OOTP version and that has always of course limited how deep I have been able to get with a given save.

I am seriously considering finally changing that and rolling my current save into next years game but as someone who has never done that before I have a few what might be stupid questions.... Mainly, the new features for the given version would be implemented into the save that you're rolling over I'm assuming? For example, if you rolled over a save from last years version into this year's OOTP would the development lab be automatically implemented?

I'm assuming the answer to this is yes given that so many people roll over saves from one version to the next, but I also know as updates are released along the way for a given version that certain updates DO require a new save to be started.

I know we're a long ways off from next years version still, but depending the feedback that I get from some of you will sort of let me decide how aggressive I need to be with cranking out season after season in my current save.

[md40022]

I don't think Ive ever gotten more than maybe 5 seasons into a save as that I do play out every game and I do always start fresh on the next OOTP version, but reading posts from some of you that are 20+ seasons deep and getting whole new waves of players and complete 100% turnover within your organization --- that really has me wanting to try this over time. My biggest fear though is operating my organization right now with the intention that I'm in it for the LONG haul, and then end up finding out that new shiny features in OOTP 26 won't be available to me if I roll the save over -- hence my question

[kq76]

Yeah, the dev lab will be in your league. I just converted my OOTP24 lg like a week ago.

If you're enjoying your league, definitely convert it. And while some people say they upgrade as soon as possible and at whatever point in the season they are, if you convert on the first day of the offseason in the game, and after the all-star break in real life, like we are now, that's probably as safe as you're going to get.

I'd think the only reason not to convert is if you really only like to play the current year.

You might want to read this doc that OOTP prepared for this conversion though.

[md40022]

Originally Posted by kq76

Yeah, the dev lab will be in your league. I just converted my OOTP24 lg like a week ago.

If you're enjoying your league, definitely convert it. And while some people say they upgrade as soon as possible and at whatever point in the season they are, if you convert on the first day of the offseason in the game, and after the all-star break in real life, like we are now, that's probably as safe as you're going to get.

I'd think the only reason not to convert is if you really only like to play the current year.

You might want to read this doc that OOTP prepared for this conversion though.

I think my tentative plan would be to keep playing my current save via the OOTP25 game until OOTP26 is deemed safe by the people on this forum just for I don't roll over a save that I'm really enjoying only to find some major bugs in OOTP26.

But to your point I'd probably like to get to an offseason of my current save before rolling over and then just try to align that point with when the forum chatter seems to indicate that the '26 bugs have been ironed out.