Corrupt Save -- Looking for any help whatsoever (I think it's lost for good)

bryonato · 08-02-2024, 04:33 PM

Originally posted this in the bug reports forum, apologies.

My game crashed in the middle of saving during the offseason and did not appear in the "Continue Game" section of the main menu.

I followed the typical instructions to restore from an autosave, but I think I really messed up due to misreading them. The instructions say to backup everything in the League folder, then copy over the files from the autosave folder. I uh... I backed up the correct files but then copied them and overwrote the autosave folder. Yeah, I know.

I tried deleting the temp folder that I saw but I keep getting the error "could not load players file!"

I think it's lost, yeah? I can send over any files for analysis but I think it's all lost. I would imagine it has to do with the timestamp on my world.dat file not matching the rest of the .dat's.

mitchkenn · 08-05-2024, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by bryonato

Originally posted this in the bug reports forum, apologies.

My game crashed in the middle of saving during the offseason and did not appear in the "Continue Game" section of the main menu.

I followed the typical instructions to restore from an autosave, but I think I really messed up due to misreading them. The instructions say to backup everything in the League folder, then copy over the files from the autosave folder. I uh... I backed up the correct files but then copied them and overwrote the autosave folder. Yeah, I know.

I tried deleting the temp folder that I saw but I keep getting the error "could not load players file!"

I think it's lost, yeah? I can send over any files for analysis but I think it's all lost. I would imagine it has to do with the timestamp on my world.dat file not matching the rest of the .dat's.

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i was going to suggest auto save feature - it's worked for me in the past. Do you have a full backup of the game. It's fairly easy to restore the game to a previous point if you do have one. If not, it's a good practice to start making one on a regular basis. i create a new restore point after EVERY session i have on OOTP on an external HD.
Anyway - hope this helps. Starting over is a huge pain, which i learned the hard way before i started making regular back-ups.

here's a link on how to back-up and restore - starting at post 5, with some pics. hope it's helpful.

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...97#post4084018

mitchkenn · 08-16-2024, 09:03 PM

ever get this fixed or is it still out there in never never land?

mitchkenn · 09-03-2024, 11:16 AM

guess none of the above info was of any help. Sorry. i tried.

08-02-2024, 04:33 PM	#1
bryonato Bat Boy Join Date: Aug 2024 Posts: 13	Corrupt Save -- Looking for any help whatsoever (I think it's lost for good) Originally posted this in the bug reports forum, apologies. My game crashed in the middle of saving during the offseason and did not appear in the "Continue Game" section of the main menu. I followed the typical instructions to restore from an autosave, but I think I really messed up due to misreading them. The instructions say to backup everything in the League folder, then copy over the files from the autosave folder. I uh... I backed up the correct files but then copied them and overwrote the autosave folder. Yeah, I know. I tried deleting the temp folder that I saw but I keep getting the error "could not load players file!" I think it's lost, yeah? I can send over any files for analysis but I think it's all lost. I would imagine it has to do with the timestamp on my world.dat file not matching the rest of the .dat's.

08-16-2024, 09:03 PM	#3
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,872	ever get this fixed or is it still out there in never never land? __________________ "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.

09-03-2024, 11:16 AM	#4
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,872	guess none of the above info was of any help. Sorry. i tried. __________________ "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.