OOTP5 Crash in FA on just one team

MisawaTD91 · 04-23-2004, 03:26 PM

I've been running my online league for the past year using OOTP5 with little to no problems. This is the first time I've had to come to tech support with a game issue, since I'm totally baffled.

We are in the free agent signing period before the 2007 season, and we have a new GM for the New York Yankees (Team 3). The first set of offers (Days 1-3) went without a hitch. He contacted me about a problem he was having in making offers for Day 4, where he would right-click on a player to make an offer, it would ask for his password, and then the game crashed when he would enter it.

We thought it might be a password problem, but when I tried it on my end, his password worked. Then he emailed the offers for me to place for him, and when I tried doing it, it also crashed on me every time I right-clicked on a player. I tried advancing a few days to see if maybe it was a freak thing with Day 4, since 1-3 worked, but no luck on that. I also reset his password but that didn't work either. I'm not sure how to remedy this situation, so any help is appreciated. If you want to check it out and download the league file, the link to the main page is here: http://hcbl.ootp-leagues.com

Thanks,
Jeff

MisawaTD91 · 04-24-2004, 04:24 AM

Emergency Bump...

I don't want to be a pest, but the thread has only had 1 other view besides my own, and without any possible direction or help, we really can't move on in the league.

Steve Kuffrey · 04-24-2004, 07:39 AM

Has this team or players been edited, (I'm talking legally even)?

MisawaTD91 · 04-24-2004, 01:29 PM

Steve,

Not to my knowledge. I haven't edited any of the players or team data. Whether or not the GM did is unbeknownst to me. As far as I know, the only thing that he changed was the manager name in Team Setup, but that has never been a problem in the past.

Treches · 04-24-2004, 02:11 PM

This issue, albeit extremely rare, was reported here a couple of times after one of the patches was released. There never was a final explanation or fix for this oddity that I can remember. Try a seach, maybe the leagues involved came with a solution.

JDOldSchool · 04-25-2004, 03:54 PM

Does anybody have any idea how to fix this problem? It'd be a shame for a long-running league to end just because nobody could help with this issue.

rem · 04-26-2004, 12:47 AM

Bump.

rem · 04-26-2004, 02:41 PM

Gonna have to invoke my bumpage rights once again.

rem · 04-26-2004, 05:22 PM

Let me suggest making a dummy yankees team and either using that one to either sign free agents and then trade them to the real yanks (delete the team once FA is over) or move all the yanks players to the dummy team and call it the yanks and delete the old yanks team.

MisawaTD91 · 04-27-2004, 02:34 PM

Thanks for the suggestion, Sebastion. As you know, it's what we have decided to do (the first one). Just updating this news for the rest of the board and for archival purposes, since there was no apparent fix for the crash.

rem · 06-07-2004, 03:37 PM

We've finally made it opening day (don't ask) and we're still having problems. I made a new Yankees team (used the ingame exporter to move players) and the game crashes when trying to sim. If I try and play the game out, it doesn't crash till I attempt to have the first pitch thrown.

It's 5.14B.

rem · 06-08-2004, 12:16 AM

Let the bumpage begin.

rem · 06-08-2004, 01:00 PM

Steve:

I'm not expecting you to fix the problem but if you could just tell me what it could be.

Steve Kuffrey · 06-08-2004, 01:07 PM

The best I can remember, this had something to do with either a team that had been edited or an unknown reason. Have you tried sending the league file to Markus?

rem · 06-08-2004, 01:55 PM

I'd be happy to try that. Should I use a pm or what?

rem · 06-08-2004, 10:52 PM

Bump.

Henry · 06-08-2004, 11:44 PM

remangiii,

Email Markus with full explanation.

rem · 06-08-2004, 11:50 PM

Thanks Henry.

JDOldSchool · 07-04-2004, 03:01 PM

After doing some research into our league file problems, I'm fairly certain the file "teams2.dat" seems to be the one that is corrupted.

I think I have figured out a solution, but I need somebody with more in-depth knowledge of the files to let me know if this would work. My thought was to create a new league and then copy the teams2.dat file to our league. What I need to know is what information is included in this file? It appears that the Front Office financials information is one of the things.

If we can know everything contained in this file, what we can do is copy the uncorrputed file and just manually input all the previous financial information.

This may be confusing. I'm not sure I even know what I'm saying, but does this sound like a possibility that could work? Markus may be the only one to know what goes into the file. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

04-23-2004, 03:26 PM	#1
MisawaTD91 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oak Forest, IL Posts: 192	OOTP5 Crash in FA on just one team I've been running my online league for the past year using OOTP5 with little to no problems. This is the first time I've had to come to tech support with a game issue, since I'm totally baffled. We are in the free agent signing period before the 2007 season, and we have a new GM for the New York Yankees (Team 3). The first set of offers (Days 1-3) went without a hitch. He contacted me about a problem he was having in making offers for Day 4, where he would right-click on a player to make an offer, it would ask for his password, and then the game crashed when he would enter it. We thought it might be a password problem, but when I tried it on my end, his password worked. Then he emailed the offers for me to place for him, and when I tried doing it, it also crashed on me every time I right-clicked on a player. I tried advancing a few days to see if maybe it was a freak thing with Day 4, since 1-3 worked, but no luck on that. I also reset his password but that didn't work either. I'm not sure how to remedy this situation, so any help is appreciated. If you want to check it out and download the league file, the link to the main page is here: http://hcbl.ootp-leagues.com Thanks, Jeff

04-24-2004, 07:39 AM	#3
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 17,036	Has this team or players been edited, (I'm talking legally even)? __________________ 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

04-24-2004, 02:11 PM	#5
Treches Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Damned Hell Posts: 2,150	This issue, albeit extremely rare, was reported here a couple of times after one of the patches was released. There never was a final explanation or fix for this oddity that I can remember. Try a seach, maybe the leagues involved came with a solution. __________________ The Computer Baseball League

04-26-2004, 12:47 AM	#7
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	Bump. __________________ OTBA: Washington Filibusters CLBR: Minnesota Twins 2005 Winner of LL's Pick the Loser Contest! - 15-0

04-26-2004, 02:41 PM	#8
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	Gonna have to invoke my bumpage rights once again. __________________ OTBA: Washington Filibusters CLBR: Minnesota Twins 2005 Winner of LL's Pick the Loser Contest! - 15-0

04-24-2004, 04:24 AM	#2
MisawaTD91 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oak Forest, IL Posts: 192	Emergency Bump... I don't want to be a pest, but the thread has only had 1 other view besides my own, and without any possible direction or help, we really can't move on in the league.

04-24-2004, 01:29 PM	#4
MisawaTD91 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oak Forest, IL Posts: 192	Steve, Not to my knowledge. I haven't edited any of the players or team data. Whether or not the GM did is unbeknownst to me. As far as I know, the only thing that he changed was the manager name in Team Setup, but that has never been a problem in the past.

04-25-2004, 03:54 PM	#6
JDOldSchool Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,023	Does anybody have any idea how to fix this problem? It'd be a shame for a long-running league to end just because nobody could help with this issue.

04-26-2004, 05:22 PM	#9
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	Let me suggest making a dummy yankees team and either using that one to either sign free agents and then trade them to the real yanks (delete the team once FA is over) or move all the yanks players to the dummy team and call it the yanks and delete the old yanks team. __________________ OTBA: Washington Filibusters CLBR: Minnesota Twins 2005 Winner of LL's Pick the Loser Contest! - 15-0

04-27-2004, 02:34 PM	#10
MisawaTD91 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oak Forest, IL Posts: 192	Thanks for the suggestion, Sebastion. As you know, it's what we have decided to do (the first one). Just updating this news for the rest of the board and for archival purposes, since there was no apparent fix for the crash.

06-07-2004, 03:37 PM	#11
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	We've finally made it opening day (don't ask) and we're still having problems. I made a new Yankees team (used the ingame exporter to move players) and the game crashes when trying to sim. If I try and play the game out, it doesn't crash till I attempt to have the first pitch thrown. It's 5.14B. __________________ OTBA: Washington Filibusters CLBR: Minnesota Twins 2005 Winner of LL's Pick the Loser Contest! - 15-0

06-08-2004, 12:16 AM	#12
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	Let the bumpage begin. __________________ OTBA: Washington Filibusters CLBR: Minnesota Twins 2005 Winner of LL's Pick the Loser Contest! - 15-0

06-08-2004, 01:00 PM	#13
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	Steve: I'm not expecting you to fix the problem but if you could just tell me what it could be. __________________ OTBA: Washington Filibusters CLBR: Minnesota Twins 2005 Winner of LL's Pick the Loser Contest! - 15-0

06-08-2004, 01:07 PM	#14
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 17,036	The best I can remember, this had something to do with either a team that had been edited or an unknown reason. Have you tried sending the league file to Markus? __________________ 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

06-08-2004, 01:55 PM	#15
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	I'd be happy to try that. Should I use a pm or what? __________________ OTBA: Washington Filibusters CLBR: Minnesota Twins 2005 Winner of LL's Pick the Loser Contest! - 15-0

06-08-2004, 10:52 PM	#16
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	Bump. __________________ OTBA: Washington Filibusters CLBR: Minnesota Twins 2005 Winner of LL's Pick the Loser Contest! - 15-0

06-08-2004, 11:44 PM	#17
Henry Hall of Fame Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 6,498	remangiii, Email Markus with full explanation.

06-08-2004, 11:50 PM	#18
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	Thanks Henry. __________________ OTBA: Washington Filibusters CLBR: Minnesota Twins 2005 Winner of LL's Pick the Loser Contest! - 15-0

07-04-2004, 03:01 PM	#19
JDOldSchool Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,023	After doing some research into our league file problems, I'm fairly certain the file "teams2.dat" seems to be the one that is corrupted. I think I have figured out a solution, but I need somebody with more in-depth knowledge of the files to let me know if this would work. My thought was to create a new league and then copy the teams2.dat file to our league. What I need to know is what information is included in this file? It appears that the Front Office financials information is one of the things. If we can know everything contained in this file, what we can do is copy the uncorrputed file and just manually input all the previous financial information. This may be confusing. I'm not sure I even know what I'm saying, but does this sound like a possibility that could work? Markus may be the only one to know what goes into the file. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.