Game locks up at Loading Teams 22%

RayofHope · 07-04-2008, 07:46 PM

Program stops responding. Can't figure out why. I did update to 9.0.27.

Fictional League, 56 teams, 2 levels of Minors.

Maybe it is the size of the league (roughly 300 teams total including feeders), but that isn't that smaller than the MLB Universe?

Driving me up the wall . . . the league is in testing, and I can play and run it for as long as I want, but when I save it and shut the program down, every time I try to reload the game, it freezes at 22% done loading teams.

I don't think it's system resources . . . 2GB RAM, 3 GHZ Pentium D running XP, Geforce 8500 graphics card . . .

STUMPED & FRUSTRATED.

bp_ · 07-05-2008, 01:31 AM

When you upgraded to .27 did you delete all remaining OOTP stuff from program files and my docs or just run the uninstaller? If the latter please try deleting all the extra stuff as well and reinstalling.

You may also want to defrag if you haven't done that in a while as it can help.

Finally, you may just want to let it run a bit longer even if it looks stuck. I've seen OOTP look like it wasn't working only to finish the process a few minutes later and work fine after.

Tony M · 07-05-2008, 07:24 AM

Out of interest, what are the structures of your various leagues? Number of subleagues, number of divisions, number of teams in each division.

RayofHope · 07-05-2008, 01:19 PM

Starting to think it could be a system resource issue after all.

But, I just installed 27 over the top of 26, so first thing I'll try here is a complete uninstall of everything then a reinstall of 27.

As for league structure, that's all over the place too, may try and simplify it, see what shales out.

Problem could be I'm using 7 different nations in one league with the league nationality (a thorn in my side) set to USA. But that's a different kettle of fish.

RayofHope · 07-05-2008, 04:41 PM

Well it's not system resources.

Uninstaleld and reinstalled with 27.

I turned off all back ground apps except the ones needed to run the computer, no difference.

I deleted all the feeder leagues, and reduced it to the majors and two feeders, no good.

I disabled face gen, no good.

I tried No Foreigners and 6 foreigners, foreigners according to team nationality, I tried with feeders and additional, I tried no feeders.

The starting league setup is this:

2 sub leagues, I division each sub league of 28 teams in division.

League one has 16 teams from USA, 6 from Mexico, 6 from Canada.
League two has 10 teams from Japan, 8 from Cuba, 6 from Domican Republic, 4 from China.

AAA and AA have 2 sub leagues divisions, 3 divisions in each sub league, each division holds the equivalent number of teams from each country in the bigs (ie div 1 league 1 has 16 US teams, div 2 has 6 mexican . . . the difference here is div 1 in league two combines Japanese and Chinese teams).

Maybe this is what is causing the problem, I'll try switching the Minor Leagues to the same structure as the Major League.

I am really going nuts here. I can play the league as long as I want after league creation with absolutely ZERO issues, but as soon as I save and come back to load the game up, it hangs on "Loading database, Loading teams 22%" the game just quites responding.

EDIT: One thing that keeps cropping up during league set up is regarding the amateur draft - it keeps insisting there are not enough players in the draft pool (even after I delete all the feeders and just run regular draft settings with 12 rounds or 20 rounds, or whatever), and that I need to turn the # of rounds in the draft to something idiotic like 220.

EDIT 2: Thinking maybe the fact that the template I'm using was from the 26/27 overwrite combo may be messing it up. Deleted that template and starting entirely from scratch.

EDIT 3: Progress using the steps from EDIT 2 (deleted old template, started from scratch - also balanced out the teams from each country a little more, 12 US, 8 Canada, 8 Mexico and 12 Japan, 8 Cuba, 8 Domincan - no Feeder leagues at all, successfully loaded the league from a saved file right after the inaugural draft . . . think it may be fixed. Saved that template, now going to try a new template based off that WITH feeder leagues).

Nutlaw · 07-09-2008, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by RayofHope

EDIT 3: Progress using the steps from EDIT 2 (deleted old template, started from scratch - also balanced out the teams from each country a little more, 12 US, 8 Canada, 8 Mexico and 12 Japan, 8 Cuba, 8 Domincan - no Feeder leagues at all, successfully loaded the league from a saved file right after the inaugural draft . . . think it may be fixed. Saved that template, now going to try a new template based off that WITH feeder leagues).

Still doing okay now?

Nutlaw · 07-14-2008, 06:48 PM

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07-04-2008, 07:46 PM	#1
RayofHope Minors (Triple A) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Centreville, VA Posts: 275	Game locks up at Loading Teams 22% Program stops responding. Can't figure out why. I did update to 9.0.27. Fictional League, 56 teams, 2 levels of Minors. Maybe it is the size of the league (roughly 300 teams total including feeders), but that isn't that smaller than the MLB Universe? Driving me up the wall . . . the league is in testing, and I can play and run it for as long as I want, but when I save it and shut the program down, every time I try to reload the game, it freezes at 22% done loading teams. I don't think it's system resources . . . 2GB RAM, 3 GHZ Pentium D running XP, Geforce 8500 graphics card . . . STUMPED & FRUSTRATED.

07-05-2008, 01:31 AM	#2
bp_ Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New York, NY Posts: 2,804	When you upgraded to .27 did you delete all remaining OOTP stuff from program files and my docs or just run the uninstaller? If the latter please try deleting all the extra stuff as well and reinstalling. You may also want to defrag if you haven't done that in a while as it can help. Finally, you may just want to let it run a bit longer even if it looks stuck. I've seen OOTP look like it wasn't working only to finish the process a few minutes later and work fine after. __________________ Commish: Over The Mound

07-05-2008, 07:24 AM	#3
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07-05-2008, 04:41 PM	#5
RayofHope Minors (Triple A) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Centreville, VA Posts: 275	Well it's not system resources. Uninstaleld and reinstalled with 27. I turned off all back ground apps except the ones needed to run the computer, no difference. I deleted all the feeder leagues, and reduced it to the majors and two feeders, no good. I disabled face gen, no good. I tried No Foreigners and 6 foreigners, foreigners according to team nationality, I tried with feeders and additional, I tried no feeders. The starting league setup is this: 2 sub leagues, I division each sub league of 28 teams in division. League one has 16 teams from USA, 6 from Mexico, 6 from Canada. League two has 10 teams from Japan, 8 from Cuba, 6 from Domican Republic, 4 from China. AAA and AA have 2 sub leagues divisions, 3 divisions in each sub league, each division holds the equivalent number of teams from each country in the bigs (ie div 1 league 1 has 16 US teams, div 2 has 6 mexican . . . the difference here is div 1 in league two combines Japanese and Chinese teams). Maybe this is what is causing the problem, I'll try switching the Minor Leagues to the same structure as the Major League. I am really going nuts here. I can play the league as long as I want after league creation with absolutely ZERO issues, but as soon as I save and come back to load the game up, it hangs on "Loading database, Loading teams 22%" the game just quites responding. EDIT: One thing that keeps cropping up during league set up is regarding the amateur draft - it keeps insisting there are not enough players in the draft pool (even after I delete all the feeders and just run regular draft settings with 12 rounds or 20 rounds, or whatever), and that I need to turn the # of rounds in the draft to something idiotic like 220. EDIT 2: Thinking maybe the fact that the template I'm using was from the 26/27 overwrite combo may be messing it up. Deleted that template and starting entirely from scratch. EDIT 3: Progress using the steps from EDIT 2 (deleted old template, started from scratch - also balanced out the teams from each country a little more, 12 US, 8 Canada, 8 Mexico and 12 Japan, 8 Cuba, 8 Domincan - no Feeder leagues at all, successfully loaded the league from a saved file right after the inaugural draft . . . think it may be fixed. Saved that template, now going to try a new template based off that WITH feeder leagues). Last edited by RayofHope; 07-05-2008 at 05:38 PM.

07-05-2008, 01:19 PM	#4
RayofHope Minors (Triple A) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Centreville, VA Posts: 275	Starting to think it could be a system resource issue after all. But, I just installed 27 over the top of 26, so first thing I'll try here is a complete uninstall of everything then a reinstall of 27. As for league structure, that's all over the place too, may try and simplify it, see what shales out. Problem could be I'm using 7 different nations in one league with the league nationality (a thorn in my side) set to USA. But that's a different kettle of fish.

07-14-2008, 06:48 PM	#7
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	As the original poster has not responded to this thread in five days, this thread will be closed for housekeeping reasons. If you need any further assistance with this matter whatsoever, please don't hesitate to post a link to this thread in Tech Support and we will be happy to continue to help you. Thanks.