Save files?

lucash · 07-30-2021, 12:38 AM

I wound up having to move my C drive documents folder content over to my D drive because the former was getting way too low in terms of storage, and recently I went to play OOTP and found I couldn't load a game. Now, when I got to settings and click Troubleshooting>Open folder containing save dgames...no problem, it shows the folders for the saved games, etc.

But yet it won't let me load them in game? Is this a pathing problem, is it looking for the saves on the C drive where the documents folder used to be located? Any way to fix this so I can continue my save?

micropterus58 · 07-30-2021, 01:58 PM

I have never done this myself. I suggest you make a backup of your league file first. Verify the change works, then delete the backup.
Go to the league setup screen. Click on database. There you will see on the right side something similar. "This game uses the default database folder Z:\OOTP Baseball 22\data\database" Click on EDIT. Change the location to your D: drive.
Since you have more that one hard drive I would install the game to D:\Games\OOTP Baseball 22\. This is more organized. You won't fill up your C: drive which is usually a SSD drive that has limited space. OOTP does not need the faster speed that SSD drives provide. This is my opinion and experience. I have never had a game that needed the speed SSDs provide. Games load a little slower but you can measure the difference in less than a minute. OOTP's use of 64 bit has speed up the loading times from the last version.

NoOne · 07-31-2021, 12:54 AM

i would reinstall the game onto the new drive. moving the data before or after at this point does not matter, as the structure exists... it won't overwrite saves or backups.. or even templates, unless named the same as an existing file of course... anything like that will need to be copied over again after installation.

unless you used a single folder install, may be much easier than tracking down any files and altering paths etc etc... just remove it, start clean and you'll still have your saved game.

07-30-2021, 12:38 AM	#1
lucash Bat Boy Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 5	Save files? I wound up having to move my C drive documents folder content over to my D drive because the former was getting way too low in terms of storage, and recently I went to play OOTP and found I couldn't load a game. Now, when I got to settings and click Troubleshooting>Open folder containing save dgames...no problem, it shows the folders for the saved games, etc. But yet it won't let me load them in game? Is this a pathing problem, is it looking for the saves on the C drive where the documents folder used to be located? Any way to fix this so I can continue my save?

07-30-2021, 01:58 PM	#2
micropterus58 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,226	I have never done this myself. I suggest you make a backup of your league file first. Verify the change works, then delete the backup. Go to the league setup screen. Click on database. There you will see on the right side something similar. "This game uses the default database folder Z:\OOTP Baseball 22\data\database" Click on EDIT. Change the location to your D: drive. Since you have more that one hard drive I would install the game to D:\Games\OOTP Baseball 22\. This is more organized. You won't fill up your C: drive which is usually a SSD drive that has limited space. OOTP does not need the faster speed that SSD drives provide. This is my opinion and experience. I have never had a game that needed the speed SSDs provide. Games load a little slower but you can measure the difference in less than a minute. OOTP's use of 64 bit has speed up the loading times from the last version.

07-31-2021, 12:54 AM	#3
NoOne Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,273 Infractions: 0/1 (3)	i would reinstall the game onto the new drive. moving the data before or after at this point does not matter, as the structure exists... it won't overwrite saves or backups.. or even templates, unless named the same as an existing file of course... anything like that will need to be copied over again after installation. unless you used a single folder install, may be much easier than tracking down any files and altering paths etc etc... just remove it, start clean and you'll still have your saved game.