OOTP 17 Update #10, Version 17.11.72 Available! - Page 2

Déjà Bru · 09-25-2016, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by davidwright77

I've done the update, twice now, and am still being told that I cannot load my one and only league because a "world.dat" file is missing. (1) No idea what purpose that file serves... (2) The game was working fine before I attempted the update... (3) Unless I can fix this, somehow, I'll have lost 3/4 of a season, and have to start back from scratch, which is thoroughly unappealing.

Any information or advice that can be provided is much appreciated.

"world.dat" file is missing" is just code for "I cannot find the game that you want me to call up and play." Unless the file itself is missing, that is, which is another problem. World.dat is located in your league's saved game folder, seen below (first screen print). It's probably the most important .dat file in the game, hence the message referring to it in this situation.

If you can navigate to that folder with Windows Explorer (or the equivalent file manager in your system) then it could be just a matter of going to Game, Game Settings, Database and checking to see if the program is looking at that folder. Check what it says for "Path to game folder" (second screen print).

If this does not match the actual folder location, the easiest thing to do is to move your game folder (MLB.lg in this case) to wherever the program is pointing to; that is, into the saved_games folder indicated in "Path to game folder." If you cannot locate your game folder with Windows Explorer and, hopefully, you have backed up your game recently, copy/restore the backup to this location.

sdw1000 · 09-25-2016, 10:36 AM

My game keeps crashing now..

eagles920 · 09-25-2016, 11:36 AM

Seems I hit some magic combination of game settings to cause it. Basic game out of the box didn't have it and even a second game with most of my typical options didn't repeat. So hopefully a corner case is all this was.

bss007 · 09-25-2016, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by bss007

Hmm.. This is an offline league but i'm having the same releasing players glitch. even with the update. Like a player trades for someone, they never assign him to their roster and after 10 days they get released

Note on this, it appears to happen only in trades. When players get signed in fre agency they get assigned no problems. But after a trade, they go ten days without being assigned then released.

Habsfan18 · 09-25-2016, 01:58 PM

Are a lot of people having this issue? http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...ml#post4094409

I may wait to download and install.

Rockfan616 · 09-25-2016, 03:50 PM

I've tried to download the update twice now, and it failed both times. Not sure if I'm doing something wrong but it has failed twice on me now. Is there something else I'm not doing right??

Habsfan18 · 09-25-2016, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by BusterKing

oh oh, that's a big one if it isn't working right:

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...aiver-bug.html

Yeah, I'm waiting to install until we can get confirmation on this.

Anyone else experiencing this?

Trebro · 09-25-2016, 10:03 PM

Guys, I gotta be honest--this version has been so buggy it makes me not want to start a long-term league.

I'm going to have to think a lot before grabbing 18 as a pre-order. Which makes me kinda sad.

tward13 · 09-26-2016, 12:48 PM

Maybe drop online league support and get these bugs fixed.

Just a crazy idea I had.

james17 · 09-26-2016, 05:34 PM

Gee...I was just getting ready to download it when I read the last few posts. I'm definitely waiting now.

mitchkenn · 09-26-2016, 05:56 PM

haven't had any issue that i can recognize .... doesn't mean they aren't there, just haven't surfaced to affect my game thus far.

Andy · 09-26-2016, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Habsfan18

Yeah, I'm waiting to install until we can get confirmation on this.

Anyone else experiencing this?

Yeah, I'm seeing it. Players are getting released 10 days after being traded.

Trebro · 09-27-2016, 02:53 AM

Same here. Game is now completely unplayable. Again. Frustrated doesn't even begin to describe it.

themonk · 09-27-2016, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Trebro

Guys, I gotta be honest--this version has been so buggy it makes me not want to start a long-term league.

I'm going to have to think a lot before grabbing 18 as a pre-order. Which makes me kinda sad.

Unfortunately, though I really love the game, I have to admit, too, that this version is buggy.

The code base of the game is based on code written 8 or 9 years ago. I don't know how the code of the game is structured, but is it possible that the code base needs a complete rewrite? Fixing one part seems to break other parts of the game.

In any case, the idea to revert to last year's version of the game -- OOTP 16 -- seems to be getting to be a more sensible and attractive idea to me...

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Habsfan18 · 09-27-2016, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Andy

Yeah, I'm seeing it. Players are getting released 10 days after being traded.

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Originally Posted by Trebro

Same here. Game is now completely unplayable. Again. Frustrated doesn't even begin to describe it.

Ugh. Looks like I'll be waiting again and hopefully another patch is released.

Any word from Markus or Matt?

Andy · 09-27-2016, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Habsfan18

Ugh. Looks like I'll be waiting again and hopefully another patch is released.

Any word from Markus or Matt?

I'm not one to really be nit picky about things (though I'm glad a lot of people on here are), but this is a big deal and makes the game unplayable. The updates to this version have been very disappointing. I'd love to hear from Markus or Matt about this.

Matt Arnold · 09-27-2016, 11:41 AM

There haven't been any changes made to AI roster/trade/release logic in either this build or the last couple before this. We can certainly have a look, but it seems to be more isolated cases.

Unless if you can clarify more - is it every team and every player that it's happening to? Anything specific in your league setup? Anything set on the AI teams that could explain it? Anything specific to the released players? Basically would need something to look into more in these cases, since nothing in the AI logic should have changed.

Andy · 09-27-2016, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt Arnold

There haven't been any changes made to AI roster/trade/release logic in either this build or the last couple before this. We can certainly have a look, but it seems to be more isolated cases.

Unless if you can clarify more - is it every team and every player that it's happening to? Anything specific in your league setup? Anything set on the AI teams that could explain it? Anything specific to the released players? Basically would need something to look into more in these cases, since nothing in the AI logic should have changed.

Thanks, Matt. Hopefully I'll have time to look into it tonight after work. I'm not sure if it's every team and player. I did have to chuckle last night, though. In the 2016 offseason the Yankees traded Betances to the Tigers for Stephen Moya. 10 days later each player was released and then the Yankees resigned Moya and signed Betances.

hluraven · 09-27-2016, 02:47 PM

Just checked my game and upsetting to find lots of players released after being traded.

It is not every trade, or every player traded. It is many players though.

Standard modern game with no particular settings changed.

Matt Arnold · 09-27-2016, 03:23 PM

Okay, dug in deeper, and looks like the tweak to fix the online league issue caused certain players acquired in trade to get missed when the AI puts together their roster in the off-season. We'll work to get a patch out for this over the next day or two. Sorry for the inconvenience.

09-25-2016, 10:03 PM	#28
Trebro All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 753	Guys, I gotta be honest--this version has been so buggy it makes me not want to start a long-term league. I'm going to have to think a lot before grabbing 18 as a pre-order. Which makes me kinda sad. __________________ 2020 2021

09-26-2016, 05:56 PM	#31
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,872	haven't had any issue that i can recognize .... doesn't mean they aren't there, just haven't surfaced to affect my game thus far. __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip.

09-27-2016, 02:53 AM	#33
Trebro All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 753	Same here. Game is now completely unplayable. Again. Frustrated doesn't even begin to describe it. __________________ 2020 2021

09-25-2016, 10:36 AM	#22
sdw1000 All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: SC USA Posts: 928 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	My game keeps crashing now..

09-25-2016, 11:36 AM	#23
eagles920 Bat Boy Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 12	Seems I hit some magic combination of game settings to cause it. Basic game out of the box didn't have it and even a second game with most of my typical options didn't repeat. So hopefully a corner case is all this was.

09-25-2016, 01:58 PM	#25
Habsfan18 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 2,249	Are a lot of people having this issue? http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...ml#post4094409 I may wait to download and install.

09-25-2016, 03:50 PM	#26
Rockfan616 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 275	I've tried to download the update twice now, and it failed both times. Not sure if I'm doing something wrong but it has failed twice on me now. Is there something else I'm not doing right??

09-26-2016, 12:48 PM	#29
tward13 All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,964	Maybe drop online league support and get these bugs fixed. Just a crazy idea I had.

09-26-2016, 05:34 PM	#30
james17 All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,305	Gee...I was just getting ready to download it when I read the last few posts. I'm definitely waiting now.

09-27-2016, 11:41 AM	#37
Matt Arnold OOTP Developer Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Here and there Posts: 15,841	There haven't been any changes made to AI roster/trade/release logic in either this build or the last couple before this. We can certainly have a look, but it seems to be more isolated cases. Unless if you can clarify more - is it every team and every player that it's happening to? Anything specific in your league setup? Anything set on the AI teams that could explain it? Anything specific to the released players? Basically would need something to look into more in these cases, since nothing in the AI logic should have changed.

09-27-2016, 02:47 PM	#39
hluraven Major Leagues Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: London, England Posts: 355	Just checked my game and upsetting to find lots of players released after being traded. It is not every trade, or every player traded. It is many players though. Standard modern game with no particular settings changed.

09-27-2016, 03:23 PM	#40
Matt Arnold OOTP Developer Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Here and there Posts: 15,841	Okay, dug in deeper, and looks like the tweak to fix the online league issue caused certain players acquired in trade to get missed when the AI puts together their roster in the off-season. We'll work to get a patch out for this over the next day or two. Sorry for the inconvenience.