OOTP can't load this database because it's from an earlier version of OOTP

[edg1931]

Yesterday I saved my game and closed it out. This morning I loaded it up and it said it was not able to load because it was from an earlier version of OOTP. It says to try and import from ootp17. I went and tried to do that, but it can't recognize it because it's an ootp18 file. Is there any way to salvage this file? I'm about 15 seasons in and would hate to start over.

[Lukas Berger]

That will occasionally happen when the file becomes corrupt. The best solution is probably to try to restore from an auto-save.

To restore from the automatic backup, do the following:

1) Open the game and on the start screen, click on Settings (or Preferences in OOTP 11-14).

2) Now click on the tab "Troubleshooting".

3) Click "Open folder containing saved games".

4) Now open up the league folder you're wanting to restore.

5) Then select all of the .dat files in the folder and back them up (just in case) by copying them to a temporary folder or creating a zipped file with them

6) Open the folder called "auto-save".

7) In there, select all of the ".dat" files and copy them to the league folder (the parent of the current folder) overwriting all of the ".dat" files in the league folder.

Now start the game and load your league. If it's successful, it will display a message letting you know it's cleaning up text files. This might take several minutes to complete (or even longer if the auto-save backup is older, like from the beginning of the year).

[edg1931]

Thank you so much! It worked!!

[The Game]

Originally Posted by Lukas Berger

That will occasionally happen when the file becomes corrupt. The best solution is probably to try to restore from an auto-save.

To restore from the automatic backup, do the following:

1) Open the game and on the start screen, click on Settings (or Preferences in OOTP 11-14).

2) Now click on the tab "Troubleshooting".

3) Click "Open folder containing saved games".

4) Now open up the league folder you're wanting to restore.

5) Then select all of the .dat files in the folder and back them up (just in case) by copying them to a temporary folder or creating a zipped file with them

6) Open the folder called "auto-save".

7) In there, select all of the ".dat" files and copy them to the league folder (the parent of the current folder) overwriting all of the ".dat" files in the league folder.

Now start the game and load your league. If it's successful, it will display a message letting you know it's cleaning up text files. This might take several minutes to complete (or even longer if the auto-save backup is older, like from the beginning of the year).

This should be stickied.