"Creating Baseball Card"

Cigar_City_Rays · 03-28-2015, 10:56 PM

I opened the game this evening with the game date at July 12, 2015. It said it was "Creating Baseball Card" and it took forever. Who is the game creating cards for and why does it take so long? My PC is only ~8 months old so I don't think my PC is bogged down, but, I'm not tech savvy enough to determine if my PC may be the cause.

Any way for me to determine what is causing this issue?

gads · 03-28-2015, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Cigar_City_Rays

I opened the game this evening with the game date at July 12, 2015. It said it was "Creating Baseball Card" and it took forever. Who is the game creating cards for and why does it take so long? My PC is only ~8 months old so I don't think my PC is bogged down, but, I'm not tech savvy enough to determine if my PC may be the cause.

Any way for me to determine what is causing this issue?

You can disable its creation if you want to.

Cigar_City_Rays · 03-28-2015, 11:06 PM

Thank you. What setting is it under?

gads · 03-28-2015, 11:08 PM

Game > Game Settings > Players & FaceGen > The last checkbox at the top right.

Cigar_City_Rays · 03-28-2015, 11:11 PM

Thank you sir!

SwedishChef · 03-30-2015, 01:13 PM

i have been having the same delay/lag problem. i assumed "creating baseball card" was just something it said when updating the database because it would happen at random intervals.

did turning that feature off have any affect for you?

thanks

megamanmatt · 03-30-2015, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Cigar_City_Rays

I opened the game this evening with the game date at July 12, 2015. It said it was "Creating Baseball Card" and it took forever. Who is the game creating cards for and why does it take so long? My PC is only ~8 months old so I don't think my PC is bogged down, but, I'm not tech savvy enough to determine if my PC may be the cause.

Any way for me to determine what is causing this issue?

July 12th sounds like it would be the date All Star rosters are released so it is creating baseball cards for all the All Stars. By default it gets done for All Star selection, winning Awards, and I would assume HoF induction now, but not sure 100% on that.

Matt Arnold · 03-30-2015, 02:38 PM

I think it's All-Stars and awards by default. HOF is done when you go to the HOF page.

All-Stars is the biggest wait, because you will have 60 cards to generate all at once. Even on a pretty strong laptop I've found it could take up to a second or 2 per card, so it could be a wait of 1-2 minutes on that date. Really not a long time when you think about it, but in our era of fast everything, it's brutally noticeable.

We'll look into seeing if there's any small fixes we can do over the summer to speed this up. It's on our list of things to look into.

Cigar_City_Rays · 03-30-2015, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by SwedishChef

i have been having the same delay/lag problem. i assumed "creating baseball card" was just something it said when updating the database because it would happen at random intervals.

did turning that feature off have any affect for you?

thanks

Yes it worked for me.

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Originally Posted by Matt Arnold

I think it's All-Stars and awards by default. HOF is done when you go to the HOF page.

All-Stars is the biggest wait, because you will have 60 cards to generate all at once. Even on a pretty strong laptop I've found it could take up to a second or 2 per card, so it could be a wait of 1-2 minutes on that date. Really not a long time when you think about it, but in our era of fast everything, it's brutally noticeable.

We'll look into seeing if there's any small fixes we can do over the summer to speed this up. It's on our list of things to look into.

This was happening for a good 5-10 minutes. Once I turned it off, I have not had an issue with slow loads or delays.

megamanmatt · 03-31-2015, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Cigar_City_Rays

This was happening for a good 5-10 minutes. Once I turned it off, I have not had an issue with slow loads or delays.

As he explained the All Star roster generates some 60 baseball cards and that takes some time. That is why you had those slow downs. Turn off the cards and it doesn't generate them.

Cigar_City_Rays · 03-31-2015, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by megamanmatt

As he explained the All Star roster generates some 60 baseball cards and that takes some time. That is why you had those slow downs. Turn off the cards and it doesn't generate them.

Yep. I have already done that. As noted in my post above. I was just letting him know it what I was experiencing since he mentioned it might take a minute or two. I wanted him to know it was taking significantly longer for me in the off-chance there may be an issue with other users.

Matt Arnold · 03-31-2015, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Cigar_City_Rays

Yep. I have already done that. As noted in my post above. I was just letting him know it what I was experiencing since he mentioned it might take a minute or two. I wanted him to know it was taking significantly longer for me in the off-chance there may be an issue with other users.

I have a good laptop

Yes, it could definitely be longer than that.

03-28-2015, 10:56 PM	#1
Cigar_City_Rays Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 41	"Creating Baseball Card" I opened the game this evening with the game date at July 12, 2015. It said it was "Creating Baseball Card" and it took forever. Who is the game creating cards for and why does it take so long? My PC is only ~8 months old so I don't think my PC is bogged down, but, I'm not tech savvy enough to determine if my PC may be the cause. Any way for me to determine what is causing this issue?

03-28-2015, 11:06 PM	#3
Cigar_City_Rays Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 41	Thank you. What setting is it under?

03-28-2015, 11:08 PM	#4
gads Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 137	Game > Game Settings > Players & FaceGen > The last checkbox at the top right.

03-28-2015, 11:11 PM	#5
Cigar_City_Rays Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 41	Thank you sir!

03-30-2015, 01:13 PM	#6
SwedishChef Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 109	i have been having the same delay/lag problem. i assumed "creating baseball card" was just something it said when updating the database because it would happen at random intervals. did turning that feature off have any affect for you? thanks

03-30-2015, 02:38 PM	#8
Matt Arnold OOTP Developer Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Here and there Posts: 16,330	I think it's All-Stars and awards by default. HOF is done when you go to the HOF page. All-Stars is the biggest wait, because you will have 60 cards to generate all at once. Even on a pretty strong laptop I've found it could take up to a second or 2 per card, so it could be a wait of 1-2 minutes on that date. Really not a long time when you think about it, but in our era of fast everything, it's brutally noticeable. We'll look into seeing if there's any small fixes we can do over the summer to speed this up. It's on our list of things to look into.