Help With Importing League

Dennis Bernstein · 06-14-2002, 06:52 AM

I am trying to import an ootp4 league into the game and when I do, the players names do not show up, only boxes. The team names are all there and you can read them. I am not sure what is wrong. Can someone help me ASAP?

Thanks!

[ 06-14-2002, 12:54 PM: Message edited by: Dennis Bernstein ]

Scott Vibert · 06-14-2002, 08:38 AM

What exactly are you trying to do? Post step by step what you are doing, which version of the game you are running and other pertienent specs.

It sounds like players.dat got corrupted during the download/install.

I'd suggest retrying the download.

Dennis Bernstein · 06-14-2002, 08:43 AM

I am trying to load the league file from <a href="http://www.sportplanet.com/sbb/gmc/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.sportplanet.com/sbb/gmc/index.html</a> and when I download it from the site, extract it to the ootp4 folder and then import the league in the game, when it finally loads, the players names are all loaded as boxes. I have tried doing this twice now and both times it did the same thing. What is the process of importing a league file once I have downloaded it from a site. I am running ootp4, which I downloaded the first day it was available.

Thanks for any help you can give!

Steve Kuffrey · 06-14-2002, 09:53 AM

<a href="http://www.tresclub.com/downloads/downloads.htm" target="_blank">Get the database from here.</a> Then make certain that you have the latest update for the game.

Your problem is that the two things you are trying to use don't work well together, it's just the differing versions. If you make sure you are using the above you should have no problems.

[ 06-14-2002, 03:54 PM: Message edited by: Steve Kuffrey ]

Scott Vibert · 06-14-2002, 10:44 AM

To install your file you need to:

Download the file to your hard disk... (*note* do not use an AOL browser to download this file, use the external IE browser window, for some reason AOL seems to cut downloads short).</li>
Right click on the file and choose extract all.</li>
Extract all contents into your OOTP4 folder, make sure you click overwrite all. The data should go into the GMC.lg folder.</li>
Open OOTP4</li>
Go to File Open League and select GMC.lg</li>
The league should show up, if it isn't coming up for you then you need to contact your commissioner, as something is happening either during your download, or during his upload that is corrupting the file. (If its during upload then you probably aren't the only person having this problem)
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Hope this helps.

Dean Gordon · 06-19-2002, 02:55 AM

I think Dennis is the only one having a problem with the league file - the others can all download it and import it fine....

The only thing that is different from other leagues perhaps is the extractino process - because of the way i zip the file, owners extrct it to the root c:/ootp4 directory (where gmc./lg is a sub-directory within) and not to c:\ootp4\gmc.lg - if somebody does that it creates a sub-directory (c:\ootp4\gmc.lg\gmc.lg), which is a bad thing....

Dean
Commish - GMC

Steve Kuffrey · 06-19-2002, 08:21 AM

If that is the problem he just needs to "NOT" select "use original path" option, but make sure that the program is pointing to the OOTP directory.

06-14-2002, 06:52 AM	#1
Dennis Bernstein Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2	Help With Importing League I am trying to import an ootp4 league into the game and when I do, the players names do not show up, only boxes. The team names are all there and you can read them. I am not sure what is wrong. Can someone help me ASAP? Thanks! <small>[ 06-14-2002, 12:54 PM: Message edited by: Dennis Bernstein ]</small>

06-14-2002, 09:53 AM	#4
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 17,036	<a href="http://www.tresclub.com/downloads/downloads.htm" target="_blank">Get the database from here.</a> Then make certain that you have the latest update for the game. Your problem is that the two things you are trying to use don't work well together, it's just the differing versions. If you make sure you are using the above you should have no problems. <small>[ 06-14-2002, 03:54 PM: Message edited by: Steve Kuffrey ]</small> __________________ Steve Kuffrey DABS Atlanta Braves - 2008 Eastern Division Champ *DBLC Atlanta Braves - 2011, 2014 East Division Champ, 2012, 2013 NL Wildcard Baseball Maelstrom-Montreal Expos-2013 Tourney winner, 2014 WC Team Sparky's League - Tampa Bay D'Rays Epicenter Baseball League - Astros 2014 The CBL Rewind - Phillies '95

06-14-2002, 10:44 AM	#5
Scott Vibert Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: My Computer Posts: 8,268	To install your file you need to: </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Download the file to your hard disk... (note do not use an AOL browser to download this file, use the external IE browser window, for some reason AOL seems to cut downloads short).</font></li> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Right click on the file and choose extract all.</font></li> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Extract all contents into your OOTP4 folder, make sure you click overwrite all. The data should go into the GMC.lg folder.</font></li> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Open OOTP4</font></li> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Go to File Open League and select GMC.lg</font></li> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">The league should show up, if it isn't coming up for you then you need to contact your commissioner, as something is happening either during your download, or during his upload that is corrupting the file. (If its during upload then you probably aren't the only person having this problem) </font></li> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Hope this helps.

06-19-2002, 02:55 AM	#6
Dean Gordon Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: vancouver, canada Posts: 354	I think Dennis is only one having problems I think Dennis is the only one having a problem with the league file - the others can all download it and import it fine.... The only thing that is different from other leagues perhaps is the extractino process - because of the way i zip the file, owners extrct it to the root c:/ootp4 directory (where gmc./lg is a sub-directory within) and not to c:\ootp4\gmc.lg - if somebody does that it creates a sub-directory (c:\ootp4\gmc.lg\gmc.lg), which is a bad thing.... Dean Commish - GMC

06-19-2002, 08:21 AM	#7
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 17,036	If that is the problem he just needs to "NOT" select "use original path" option, but make sure that the program is pointing to the OOTP directory. __________________ Steve Kuffrey DABS Atlanta Braves - 2008 Eastern Division Champ *DBLC Atlanta Braves - 2011, 2014 East Division Champ, 2012, 2013 NL Wildcard Baseball Maelstrom-Montreal Expos-2013 Tourney winner, 2014 WC Team Sparky's League - Tampa Bay D'Rays Epicenter Baseball League - Astros 2014 The CBL Rewind - Phillies '95

06-14-2002, 08:38 AM	#2
Scott Vibert Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: My Computer Posts: 8,268	What exactly are you trying to do? Post step by step what you are doing, which version of the game you are running and other pertienent specs. It sounds like players.dat got corrupted during the download/install. I'd suggest retrying the download.

06-14-2002, 08:43 AM	#3
Dennis Bernstein Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2	I am trying to load the league file from <a href="http://www.sportplanet.com/sbb/gmc/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.sportplanet.com/sbb/gmc/index.html</a> and when I download it from the site, extract it to the ootp4 folder and then import the league in the game, when it finally loads, the players names are all loaded as boxes. I have tried doing this twice now and both times it did the same thing. What is the process of importing a league file once I have downloaded it from a site. I am running ootp4, which I downloaded the first day it was available. Thanks for any help you can give!