"Jim Unknown"

MooK881 · 03-28-2018, 02:14 AM

Hi,

I am getting Jim Unknown as a Name generated for all new Canadian players and coaches and owners

Is there a fix for this?

Thanks!

Lukas Berger · 03-28-2018, 10:39 AM

This typically happens when there's some corruption in your save.

Did you change your nation file at all?

First thing to try is to see if restoring from the autosave will help.

To restore from the automatic backup, do the following:

1) Open the game and on the start screen, click on Settings (or Preferences in OOTP 11-14).

2) Now click on the tab "Troubleshooting".

3) Click "Open folder containing saved games".

4) Now open up the league folder you're wanting to restore.

5) Then select all of the .dat files in the folder and back them up (just in case) by copying them to a temporary folder or creating a zipped file with them

6) Open the folder called "auto-save".

7) In there, select all of the ".dat" files and copy them to the league folder (the parent of the current folder) overwriting all of the ".dat" files in the league folder.

Let me know how that goes.

MooK881 · 03-29-2018, 10:14 PM

thanks, I will try that if the answer is NO to the question below:

Is there any way to edit my nations file now and fix the Canadian names to avoid losing my season progress?

thanks again!

Lukas Berger · 03-29-2018, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by MooK881

thanks, I will try that if the answer is NO to the question below:

Is there any way to edit my nations file now and fix the Canadian names to avoid losing my season progress?

thanks again!

If you go to commish mode you can do this. You'd have to do it manually though and I'd worry that whatever caused the corruption in the first place could cause trouble in the game down the road.

MooK881 · 03-30-2018, 02:01 AM

well...looks like my nations database has been slowly getting messed up over the last few versions but I didn't notice because it hit countries that don't appear in my league.

but now the bug hit Canada and there will be no way to restore from any save that is remotely close to my game date currently

I couldn't manually edit the states either...something definitely wrong

any chance if I send you guys the save it could be salvaged?

thanks!

03-28-2018, 02:14 AM	#1
MooK881 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 178	"Jim Unknown" Hi, I am getting Jim Unknown as a Name generated for all new Canadian players and coaches and owners Is there a fix for this? Thanks!

03-28-2018, 10:39 AM	#2
Lukas Berger OOTP Developments Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Nice, Côte d'Azur, France Posts: 21,365	This typically happens when there's some corruption in your save. Did you change your nation file at all? First thing to try is to see if restoring from the autosave will help. To restore from the automatic backup, do the following: 1) Open the game and on the start screen, click on Settings (or Preferences in OOTP 11-14). 2) Now click on the tab "Troubleshooting". 3) Click "Open folder containing saved games". 4) Now open up the league folder you're wanting to restore. 5) Then select all of the .dat files in the folder and back them up (just in case) by copying them to a temporary folder or creating a zipped file with them 6) Open the folder called "auto-save". 7) In there, select all of the ".dat" files and copy them to the league folder (the parent of the current folder) overwriting all of the ".dat" files in the league folder. Let me know how that goes. __________________ lukas@ootpdevelopments.com PreOrder Out of the Park Baseball 26! Need to upload files for us to check out? Instructions can be found here

03-29-2018, 10:14 PM	#3
MooK881 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 178	thanks, I will try that if the answer is NO to the question below: Is there any way to edit my nations file now and fix the Canadian names to avoid losing my season progress? thanks again!

03-30-2018, 02:01 AM	#5
MooK881 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 178	well...looks like my nations database has been slowly getting messed up over the last few versions but I didn't notice because it hit countries that don't appear in my league. but now the bug hit Canada and there will be no way to restore from any save that is remotely close to my game date currently I couldn't manually edit the states either...something definitely wrong any chance if I send you guys the save it could be salvaged? thanks!