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09-08-2016, 08:44 AM | #41 |
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If you're not really tech savvy it's really easy to just copy your entire lg folder to a different location, preferably an external drive.
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09-09-2016, 03:34 AM | #42 | |
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had not yet seen those, so thanks for the info and the links, will take a look at it and hopefully can be able to manage |
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09-09-2016, 03:37 AM | #43 | |
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I have not yet looked at the above links that mItchkenn gave (above), but if all else fails, I pretty sure that I am capable of doing what you just suggested, so thank you very much for this suggestion |
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09-09-2016, 09:32 AM | #44 | |
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You can also use software to automate the process and never have to worry about it. I use Macrium Reflect and backup to a NAS. I can literally restore a save at any point in the last 90 days. I also keep my saves on a NAS. By doing that, I can play OOTP from my desktop or my laptop (just not at the same time). This slows down the game a little bit. However, I sim one day at a time, so it's hardly noticeable. |
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09-09-2016, 12:51 PM | #45 |
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09-09-2016, 04:41 PM | #46 |
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Just a 'Heads Up' for those of you that like to use zipped files for your data backups, especially those of you who use compression in the process.
It is possible to make a zipped file and not have a way to unzip it. This would be due to lack of disk space. Remember that you will need at least double, (depending on the compression level / process used, if any), the free space of the original file size in order to de-compress it. Also, some compression programs do allow for you to only unzip selected files within the zipped file, so in that case you might not need as much disk space to unzip. |
09-10-2016, 07:06 AM | #47 | |
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have no clue what "NAS" is? I am assuming "Macrium Reflect" is a 3rd party software? if a "game" any game becomes that complicated and causes more frustration & stress in trying to save & re-load a previous saves, then this game needs to be "shelved" (not saying this is what is happening) just stating the obvious I appreciate your suggestion/help, but I do not think I am going to go out and purchase a 3rd party software just so I can be able to save and restore a "game" plus where I am at in the world, I doubt it is even possible to get this (again assuming Macrium Reflect is some sort of software program) |
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09-10-2016, 07:12 PM | #48 |
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I zip up my league file and put it on an external 1st day of every season and then run an incremental in-game backup probably 2-3 times a season. I wouldn't have it any other way.
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09-10-2016, 07:36 PM | #49 | |
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PSA: Back up your leagues!
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If you want to use Macrium Reflect, there is no need to buy it. There is a free version available, which is more than adequate if you just want to backup and restore your files. You can download it from their website. Haven't used it myself. But I've heard that it's a good backup software, and you can use it to backup your files using a thumb drive or an external hard drive. By the way, one simple way of backing up your game file is by simply copying your league file to a thumb drive. If your game file gets corrupted, simply copy back your league file in your thumb drive to your league folder. You can also do this on an external hard drive... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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11-26-2016, 11:40 AM | #50 |
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hooray for backups
been making backup for a while now ... recently went to the zip file method.
was doing some testing on historical minors last week, and made a few changes to files, and yesterday realized the game was not generating any minors in specific years. (think i deleted wrong csv file when i modified it for testing, and left my edited one.) long story .... but uninstalled and reinstalled game, after unlicensing. Took me a while to remember how and to actually get my saved games directory on my alt. HD, but after a few choice words and a Dr. Pepper - it all got resolved. Oh HOORAY for back-ups!!!!! Back in the saddle today. Main game is right where i left it and my historical minors (in testing) worked the first two years ...
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12-02-2016, 10:33 AM | #51 |
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I've gotten into the habit of backing-up, in-game, virtually every time I play the game.
The shorter the time between backups; the less real time it takes. |
12-11-2016, 02:01 PM | #52 |
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I use the in game backup, manual 7 zips and I backup start and end of every season to a NAS and an external HD i put in a fire safe.
But then again I am very, very OCD. Just doing one of these will probably suffice for normal people.
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02-14-2017, 10:09 AM | #53 | |
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02-14-2017, 06:37 PM | #54 |
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It can add up. I have a 50-year, 16-team league with 4 minor league levels. Currently, the league folder is about 2.75GB. Imagine how much more if I had a feeder league or some independent/international leagues.
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02-17-2017, 12:24 PM | #55 |
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Ok..now that I figured out backing up I have a stupid question. How do you delete a back up? I'm trying to start over and delete all my back up folders and saved games. Looks like it works but when I go back into the game every backup folder I ever made is still there. Is there somewhere else I need to delete a folder?
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03-06-2017, 03:15 AM | #56 | |
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There ist just one backup for each league, it gets overwritten each time you create a backup for a certain league. I also moved to the "zip-method" some time ago and it works perfectly. I occasionally had problems with the in-game backups when I wanted to restore from that with logos, jerseys and caps not being restored, and I never had that problem with the zip-method
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02-24-2018, 09:15 PM | #57 |
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I have backed up but how do I confirm that the backup indeed worked .... for I have had a few occasions that the backup claims to have worked but yet unable to find the backup and yet when I did find it ... I wasn't able to restore it .... I have noticed that occasionally if I try to goto restore page and I try to see how many game days old the game is and it wouldn't be correct GRRR sometimes the wording on the backup is horrible and confusing as I am not always sure I am doing it correctly
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12-17-2020, 04:20 PM | #58 |
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I'm good about backing up my league after every game on my desktop, but I lay awake at night fearing that my computer will completely die one of these days and my league with it. So, to back it up to removable disk what actual files do I need to copy over? I looked in the "Data" sub-folder on my C-Drive but didn't see any file with my league's name. So, copied the whole data folder to a zip folder on a disk, then tried to extract the files so I could try to start a game from there as a test. However, the computer estimated 19 hours to extract those files, so I'm thinking that may be a fool's errand. Anyone have any advice? I'm on Windows.
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12-17-2020, 04:52 PM | #59 | |
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