Problem With In-Game League File

Driver 8 · 08-30-2007, 10:26 PM

Several owners in my league have mentioned that when they download the league-file in-game, they are getting odd errors, such as links working incorrectly.

Also, there seem to be a lot of problems with "Joe Unknown" players appearing in the files they download. I don't know if there are two separate problems, or not, but can someone let me know how to go about correcting these issues? Thanks!

Kaitiaki · 08-31-2007, 10:47 AM

I believe this just got answered for you in the General Discussion forum, but just for the sake of completeness I'll mention it here as well: this occurs when your GMs have an old/out-of-date copy of the retired.dat file. Check the box to include that file when you create your next league file, and the problem should go away.

Retired.dat only needs to be included whenever player(s) retire, but as that can be several times a year (especially if you have multiple leagues with different end-dates for their seasons), I'd personally suggest including it in every league file. Until you have many seasons worth of history and retired players to worry about, the additional filesize (for my 17-year-old, 20-team, 3-level-of-minors league, the retired.dat file is currently only ~500KB when compressed) just isn't worth worrying about.

Please let us know if including the retired.dat file solves your problem so that we can close this thread out or provide more help if needed.

- Kai

Nutlaw · 09-04-2007, 05:59 PM

As this thread has gone more than three days without a reply, it will now be closed for housekeeping reasons. If you need any further assistance with it, please post in Tech Support along with a link to this thread. Thanks.

08-30-2007, 10:26 PM	#1
Driver 8 Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: gurnee, il Posts: 397	Problem With In-Game League File Several owners in my league have mentioned that when they download the league-file in-game, they are getting odd errors, such as links working incorrectly. Also, there seem to be a lot of problems with "Joe Unknown" players appearing in the files they download. I don't know if there are two separate problems, or not, but can someone let me know how to go about correcting these issues? Thanks!

08-31-2007, 10:47 AM	#2
Kaitiaki Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,065	I believe this just got answered for you in the General Discussion forum, but just for the sake of completeness I'll mention it here as well: this occurs when your GMs have an old/out-of-date copy of the retired.dat file. Check the box to include that file when you create your next league file, and the problem should go away. Retired.dat only needs to be included whenever player(s) retire, but as that can be several times a year (especially if you have multiple leagues with different end-dates for their seasons), I'd personally suggest including it in every league file. Until you have many seasons worth of history and retired players to worry about, the additional filesize (for my 17-year-old, 20-team, 3-level-of-minors league, the retired.dat file is currently only ~500KB when compressed) just isn't worth worrying about. Please let us know if including the retired.dat file solves your problem so that we can close this thread out or provide more help if needed. - Kai __________________ BJHL: Commissioner; Owner: Wichita War Eagles

09-04-2007, 05:59 PM	#3
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	As this thread has gone more than three days without a reply, it will now be closed for housekeeping reasons. If you need any further assistance with it, please post in Tech Support along with a link to this thread. Thanks.