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Old 11-30-2017, 04:12 PM   #1
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Second lost save file in the month...

Hey all. Frustrating experience with OOTP17.

I started a custom save, simmed through 10 years, and selected a team. Got a month in, save was corrupted.

Did the same thing for another save, this time backed it up ever month. Come late May in game- boom. Same thing.

This wouldn't be a huge deal but I play out every game. That means I lost around 10 hours since I decided to back up on the month.

Obviously, there is some responsibility to back up my save. That being said, I have now lost 2 saves because of this in around 50 hours total. My computer is fine and I have never had an issue like this. I love OOTP for it's customization but I'm not inclined to play if I have to worry about losing a save every 10 hours.
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Old 11-30-2017, 05:25 PM   #2
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by save, do you mean back-up? (saving and backing up are different.)
i've had 1 problem with a back-up re-importing in the 6 years i've been playing.
But, if the back-ups are not being saved correctly, that's a big problem.
i not only use the game's built in back-up, but also make a zip copy of the back-up and place it on an external hard drive, just in case ....

i don't know how to help with your current problem. this is just a suggestion in case you haven't back-up as opposed to saving the game. Certainly put in a report ticket and hopefully Matt or someone in the development team can perform magic and get your game back to running. Best of luck.
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I’m sorry you’re having a frustrating time. Hopefully, it’s just bad luck as I haven’t had the problem in the 15 years I’ve played the game. Please don’t give up on the product. A couple things that might help you:

Have you opened a support ticket on this? Have you sent the save files in for Ootp to have a look and attempt to reproduce your issue? Maybe they can find where the corruption issue is happening and fix the bug and/or your file.
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There must be something funky with the file. Do you manage the size by eliminating files each season. I have 2-3 active league files that are 8-10 years old in real time and, touch wood, have never been corrupted. They have been converted to the new version each time upon release.

One thing I have had success with is "restoring" a backed up league file with a different name. I also change my file name each season on Jan 1 after deleting all unnecessary files.
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Old 12-01-2017, 01:45 PM   #5
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by save, do you mean back-up? (saving and backing up are different.)
i've had 1 problem with a back-up re-importing in the 6 years i've been playing.
But, if the back-ups are not being saved correctly, that's a big problem.
i not only use the game's built in back-up, but also make a zip copy of the back-up and place it on an external hard drive, just in case .
The backup works fine- but I only back up once a month (in game). This means that in my most recent save I lost around 10 hours of gameplay. Should I back up more? Yes. But I think the saving problem needs to be changed for me to continue playing.

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I’m sorry you’re having a frustrating time. Hopefully, it’s just bad luck as I haven’t had the problem in the 15 years I’ve played the game. Please don’t give up on the product. A couple things that might help you:

Have you opened a support ticket on this? Have you sent the save files in for Ootp to have a look and attempt to reproduce your issue? Maybe they can find where the corruption issue is happening and fix the bug and/or your file.
Didn't realize there was a ticket system. This is for OOTP17 so I doubt the bug would get fixed but I'd love to get my file back.

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There must be something funky with the file. Do you manage the size by eliminating files each season. I have 2-3 active league files that are 8-10 years old in real time and, touch wood, have never been corrupted. They have been converted to the new version each time upon release.
The EXACT same issue happened with two separate saves of mine
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