Another crash problem...

blackrussian · 04-06-2002, 04:48 PM

i cant get the program to start anymore. "OOTP.exe has generated errors and will need to be restarted etc..." it just wont start; i coldbooted the system and shut down almost everything in the taskbar with the same results.

i run windows 2000, athlon 1.2gHz, about 30GB of space free, 256MB of ram.

i did have problems with the program taking up almost all the processing power before.

any help is appreciated (havent tried reinstalling it yet)

v'

Steve Kuffrey · 04-06-2002, 05:02 PM

Can you tell me the last thing you did with the game? Did you happen to delete a league? As much detail as you can give will enable me to help you much quicker.

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blackrussian · 04-06-2002, 06:04 PM

i was in the process of editing a historical league. i created a 1979 league using the lahman database and was transferring players from their teams to the free agent pool so that i could delete coffee cup players.

i saved every time i finished removing players for a team. the last time i used the game, i just did that; i closed out a transaction screen for some team, saved and exited. however: when the game was closing it simply froze my entire system (ctrl-alt-del) included. i had to use the reset button to restart the cpu.

im just hoping the thing is not just corrupted...

v'

Scott Vibert · 04-06-2002, 07:08 PM

It sounds like the file never finished saving and as a result the game is having problems loading the league file.

At least that is my guess... if this is the case well then the league is hosed... sorry.

blackrussian · 04-07-2002, 04:21 AM

if this is the case, then i dont need to reinstall the game, i just need to manually delete the league files?

are they confined to one directory?

also, any ideas about the processor heavy load the game put on my system (win2000)? that was the strange part, considering i have quite a bit of cpu resources available (e.g., i can run photoshop, explorer, word at the same time with no latency). ive tried shutting down as much as possible when i run ootp4 and it does work, but i really cant have anything else open at the same time.

v'

blackrussian · 04-07-2002, 12:54 PM

<strong>It sounds like the file never finished saving and as a result the game is having problems loading the league file.

At least that is my guess... if this is the case well then the league is hosed... sorry.</strong>

Yes, looks like that was the case. i moved the entire directory out of the OOTP folder, and the game started fine, no errors. Fortunately, i only put in a few hrs of work on the league so starting over is no biggie.

ill just have to keep a backup handy so i dont waste weeks of effort. thanks for the help.

v'

04-06-2002, 04:48 PM	#1
blackrussian All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 954	Another crash problem... i cant get the program to start anymore. "OOTP.exe has generated errors and will need to be restarted etc..." it just wont start; i coldbooted the system and shut down almost everything in the taskbar with the same results. i run windows 2000, athlon 1.2gHz, about 30GB of space free, 256MB of ram. i did have problems with the program taking up almost all the processing power before. any help is appreciated (havent tried reinstalling it yet) v' __________________ v'

04-06-2002, 05:02 PM	#2
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 17,036	Can you tell me the last thing you did with the game? Did you happen to delete a league? As much detail as you can give will enable me to help you much quicker. [ 04-06-2002: Message edited by: OOTP1 ]</p> __________________ Steve Kuffrey DABS Atlanta Braves - 2008 Eastern Division Champ *DBLC Atlanta Braves - 2011, 2014 East Division Champ, 2012, 2013 NL Wildcard Baseball Maelstrom-Montreal Expos-2013 Tourney winner, 2014 WC Team Sparky's League - Tampa Bay D'Rays Epicenter Baseball League - Astros 2014 The CBL Rewind - Phillies '95

04-06-2002, 06:04 PM	#3
blackrussian All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 954	i was in the process of editing a historical league. i created a 1979 league using the lahman database and was transferring players from their teams to the free agent pool so that i could delete coffee cup players. i saved every time i finished removing players for a team. the last time i used the game, i just did that; i closed out a transaction screen for some team, saved and exited. however: when the game was closing it simply froze my entire system (ctrl-alt-del) included. i had to use the reset button to restart the cpu. im just hoping the thing is not just corrupted... v' __________________ v'

04-07-2002, 04:21 AM	#5
blackrussian All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 954	if this is the case, then i dont need to reinstall the game, i just need to manually delete the league files? are they confined to one directory? also, any ideas about the processor heavy load the game put on my system (win2000)? that was the strange part, considering i have quite a bit of cpu resources available (e.g., i can run photoshop, explorer, word at the same time with no latency). ive tried shutting down as much as possible when i run ootp4 and it does work, but i really cant have anything else open at the same time. v' __________________ v'

04-07-2002, 12:54 PM	#6
blackrussian All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 954	<strong>It sounds like the file never finished saving and as a result the game is having problems loading the league file. At least that is my guess... if this is the case well then the league is hosed... sorry.</strong> Yes, looks like that was the case. i moved the entire directory out of the OOTP folder, and the game started fine, no errors. Fortunately, i only put in a few hrs of work on the league so starting over is no biggie. ill just have to keep a backup handy so i dont waste weeks of effort. thanks for the help. v' __________________ v'

04-06-2002, 07:08 PM	#4
Scott Vibert Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: My Computer Posts: 8,249	It sounds like the file never finished saving and as a result the game is having problems loading the league file. At least that is my guess... if this is the case well then the league is hosed... sorry.