Problem: Words No Longer Showing Up On Game

chucksabr · 03-16-2014, 08:24 AM

All of a sudden, none of the words are showing up anywhere on my game:

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No words show up anywhere in the games I load, no matter what screen I go to. I have tried closing the game and restarting, and rebooting the computer, and neither of these fixed the problem.

Does anyone recognize this and have a fix for it?

Bluenoser · 03-16-2014, 08:45 AM

Did you modify any skins or fonts from what comes with the game?

Did you try a reinstall?

Did anything else happen to the league, like a crash or something that may have corrupted the file?

chucksabr · 03-17-2014, 04:53 PM

I already know that reinstalling the game can fix a parade of horribles. I was hoping that someone would recognize this specific problem and let me know whether they could fix it without reinstalling. Is it a corrupt .exe file? Or is it a .dat file problem and I am ****ed? That kind of thing.

Anyone?

chucksabr · 03-17-2014, 05:23 PM

Well, I don't think it's the .exe file. I tried reinstalling it and still the same problem.

03-18-2014, 04:33 AM

F-f-font problem?

chucksabr · 03-18-2014, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by dmytron

F-f-font problem?

Why did you write "f-f-font"? What do you mean by that?

RchW · 03-18-2014, 06:45 AM

I don't think he meant anything. It was f-f-funny, made me think of The Who. Your problem isn't so funny.

Did you by any chance delete messages and/or other files? Even then it shouldn't be so empty. Do you have a backup to restore? Sorry i can't be of more help.

03-18-2014, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by chucksabr

Why did you write "f-f-font"? What do you mean by that?

Just my imitation of Roger Rabbit. Remember "P-p-p-lease..." No back thoughts.

Honestly, I think the problem can be fonts. Have you tried changing skin or something else?

eriqjaffe · 03-18-2014, 08:53 AM

Make sure that there are fonts in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Out of the Park Developments\OOTP Baseball 14\data\fonts folder. In particular, I think you want to make sure that "regular.ttf" is there.

chucksabr · 03-21-2014, 05:36 AM

All my fonts are there.

None of this has anything to do with skins. I can't change anything--I can't DO anything--because I can't see anything, because there are no words showing up anywhere in the game, on any screen.

I guess I can only reinstall once I get back from vacation.

Bluenoser · 03-21-2014, 07:20 AM

Try deleting your skin.bin file for the skin you're using. These are located in the individual skin folders.

OOTP will rebuild it the next time you start the game.

chucksabr · 03-21-2014, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Bluenoser

Try deleting your skin.bin file for the skin you're using. These are located in the individual skin folders.

OOTP will rebuild it the next time you start the game.

Thanks for the suggestion, but that's not what happened. It just loaded another skin and showed no letters on that one, either. And when I "deleted" all skin.bin files, I got this:

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chucksabr · 03-26-2014, 06:12 PM

Well, I have just uninstalled and reinstalled the game, and again, I have no words showing up anywhere:

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Am I really the first person in the history of planet Earth that this has happened to? Has it really never happened to anyone else, ever?

Honorable_Pawn · 03-26-2014, 06:18 PM

Honorable_Pawn · 03-26-2014, 06:21 PM

Did you also delete the folder sub structure in program files before the reinstall?

chucksabr · 03-26-2014, 07:01 PM

I hadn't before, but I reinstalled, uninstalled, removed the folder, reinstalled, same problem.

Also, I cannot uninstall in the normal way. When I go to Program Files, Out Of The Park Developments is not listed. I had to uninstall through Add Remove Programs. And then when I reinstalled and saw it didn't work, I went back to uninstall through Add Remove Programs, and the game wasn't showing up there, either. So there was no way to uninstall the game anymore, other than restoring the system to a previous point. Which I did, successfully uninstalled, tried your suggestions which obviously did not work, and now if i want to uninstall the game again, I will have to system restore again.

It's all very sweet, isn't it?

shawa666 · 03-26-2014, 09:18 PM

Yeech.

I don't think OOTP is the problem here.

Questdog · 03-26-2014, 09:37 PM

I think you ordered the braille copy by mistake......

Lukas Berger · 03-26-2014, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by chucksabr

I hadn't before, but I reinstalled, uninstalled, removed the folder, reinstalled, same problem.

Also, I cannot uninstall in the normal way. When I go to Program Files, Out Of The Park Developments is not listed. I had to uninstall through Add Remove Programs. And then when I reinstalled and saw it didn't work, I went back to uninstall through Add Remove Programs, and the game wasn't showing up there, either. So there was no way to uninstall the game anymore, other than restoring the system to a previous point. Which I did, successfully uninstalled, tried your suggestions which obviously did not work, and now if i want to uninstall the game again, I will have to system restore again.

It's all very sweet, isn't it?

Between this and the problem you had a while ago, I really think there might be something quite wrong with your PC, most likely a nasty virus.

Once when I had a quite virulent virus I had lots of weird and unexplained stuff like this happening in multiple programs. I can't help but think that's the most likely answer.

chucksabr · 03-26-2014, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by shawa666

Yeech.

I don't think OOTP is the problem here.

You're right. I figured out the problem, and it was completely my fault, not the game.

Long story short, I accidentally erased the fonts in the C:\Users\[user name]\Documents\Out of the Park Developments\OOTP Baseball 14/fonts folder. Once I realized this and figured out how to restore the fonts, everything appears to be working fine.

The only potential glitch, again of my doing, is that I reinstalled the game several times and now I have to remember all the database settings and in-game settings, but I'll probably do that.

So eriqjaffe had it completely right, except upon installation my copy of the game dumped my Out of the Park Developments game files under My Documents instead of under Program Files (x86), which I don't know why, but I did not make the connection at the time.

I appreciate everyone's help on this. Now I can resume my work. Thanks!

03-16-2014, 08:24 AM	#1
chucksabr Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: In the canyons of your mind Posts: 3,194	Problem: Words No Longer Showing Up On Game All of a sudden, none of the words are showing up anywhere on my game: No words show up anywhere in the games I load, no matter what screen I go to. I have tried closing the game and restarting, and rebooting the computer, and neither of these fixed the problem. Does anyone recognize this and have a fix for it? __________________ The (English) Baseball League (est. 1888): A History The 1932 Season is Underway Dynasty Mission \| Creation Story \| Subscribe 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 (Great War Hiatus) 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 The OOTP Interview about the Baseball League

03-17-2014, 04:53 PM	#3
chucksabr Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: In the canyons of your mind Posts: 3,194	I already know that reinstalling the game can fix a parade of horribles. I was hoping that someone would recognize this specific problem and let me know whether they could fix it without reinstalling. Is it a corrupt .exe file? Or is it a .dat file problem and I am **ed? That kind of thing. Anyone? __________________ The (English) Baseball League (est. 1888): A History The 1932 Season is Underway Dynasty Mission \| Creation Story \| Subscribe** 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 (Great War Hiatus) 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 The OOTP Interview about the Baseball League

03-17-2014, 05:23 PM	#4
chucksabr Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: In the canyons of your mind Posts: 3,194	Well, I don't think it's the .exe file. I tried reinstalling it and still the same problem. __________________ The (English) Baseball League (est. 1888): A History The 1932 Season is Underway Dynasty Mission \| Creation Story \| Subscribe 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 (Great War Hiatus) 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 The OOTP Interview about the Baseball League

03-18-2014, 06:45 AM	#7
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	I don't think he meant anything. It was f-f-funny, made me think of The Who. Your problem isn't so funny. Did you by any chance delete messages and/or other files? Even then it shouldn't be so empty. Do you have a backup to restore? Sorry i can't be of more help. __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

03-18-2014, 08:53 AM	#9
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,731	Make sure that there are fonts in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Out of the Park Developments\OOTP Baseball 14\data\fonts folder. In particular, I think you want to make sure that "regular.ttf" is there. __________________

03-16-2014, 08:45 AM	#2
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 14,477	Did you modify any skins or fonts from what comes with the game? Did you try a reinstall? Did anything else happen to the league, like a crash or something that may have corrupted the file?

03-18-2014, 04:33 AM	#5
dmytron Guest Posts: n/a	F-f-font problem?

03-21-2014, 05:36 AM	#10
chucksabr Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: In the canyons of your mind Posts: 3,194	All my fonts are there. None of this has anything to do with skins. I can't change anything--I can't DO anything--because I can't see anything, because there are no words showing up anywhere in the game, on any screen. I guess I can only reinstall once I get back from vacation. __________________ The (English) Baseball League (est. 1888): A History The 1932 Season is Underway Dynasty Mission \| Creation Story \| Subscribe 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 (Great War Hiatus) 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 The OOTP Interview about the Baseball League

03-21-2014, 07:20 AM	#11
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 14,477	Try deleting your skin.bin file for the skin you're using. These are located in the individual skin folders. OOTP will rebuild it the next time you start the game.

03-26-2014, 06:12 PM	#13
chucksabr Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: In the canyons of your mind Posts: 3,194	Well, I have just uninstalled and reinstalled the game, and again, I have no words showing up anywhere: Am I really the first person in the history of planet Earth that this has happened to? Has it really never happened to anyone else, ever? __________________ The (English) Baseball League (est. 1888): A History The 1932 Season is Underway Dynasty Mission \| Creation Story \| Subscribe 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 (Great War Hiatus) 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 The OOTP Interview about the Baseball League

03-26-2014, 06:18 PM	#14
Honorable_Pawn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tampa Bay Posts: 6,407

03-26-2014, 06:21 PM	#15
Honorable_Pawn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tampa Bay Posts: 6,407	Did you also delete the folder sub structure in program files before the reinstall?

03-26-2014, 07:01 PM	#16
chucksabr Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: In the canyons of your mind Posts: 3,194	I hadn't before, but I reinstalled, uninstalled, removed the folder, reinstalled, same problem. Also, I cannot uninstall in the normal way. When I go to Program Files, Out Of The Park Developments is not listed. I had to uninstall through Add Remove Programs. And then when I reinstalled and saw it didn't work, I went back to uninstall through Add Remove Programs, and the game wasn't showing up there, either. So there was no way to uninstall the game anymore, other than restoring the system to a previous point. Which I did, successfully uninstalled, tried your suggestions which obviously did not work, and now if i want to uninstall the game again, I will have to system restore again. It's all very sweet, isn't it? __________________ The (English) Baseball League (est. 1888): A History The 1932 Season is Underway Dynasty Mission \| Creation Story \| Subscribe 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 (Great War Hiatus) 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 The OOTP Interview about the Baseball League

03-26-2014, 09:18 PM	#17
shawa666 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 601 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Yeech. I don't think OOTP is the problem here. __________________ Remove Selig from the premises.

03-26-2014, 09:37 PM	#18
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	I think you ordered the braille copy by mistake......