How do you leave or quit the game without saving?

Kino29 · 02-09-2010, 12:43 PM

I know this is a noob question but it's driving me nuts. When I want to resim a season and check its results I want to reload the saved season but then it saves everything. I then have to do a backup restore and start a new game save etc.

Bluenoser · 02-09-2010, 02:34 PM

You cannot exit without saving.

Kino29 · 02-09-2010, 04:04 PM

Well that bites! Guess they need an option for OOTP11 no? Kind of ridiculous. If someone wants to cheat after losing a game they can do a backup restore anyways.

Bluenoser · 02-09-2010, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Kino29

Well that bites! Guess they need an option for OOTP11 no? Kind of ridiculous. If someone wants to cheat after losing a game they can do a backup restore anyways.

You won't likely see it in OOTP11.

So why not do that then, back-up restore? Keep in mind there's no guarantee that you'll get the same results each time you sim.

molarmite · 02-09-2010, 07:41 PM

CTL-ALT-DEL and force quit the program.

Goody · 02-09-2010, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by molarmite

CTL-ALT-DEL and force quit the program.

but even if you do that, things have already been written to your league file since your last save. They won't go away.

RchW · 02-09-2010, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by BruceM

You won't likely see it in OOTP11.

So why not do that then, back-up restore? Keep in mind there's no guarantee that you'll get the same results each time you sim.

Very true.

If it was possible to exit without saving it would take about 1 day for someone to post how they won the WS in the 7th game, forgot to save it and then proceeded to lose the re-do.

Something like that happened to me a few versions back. I was up 3-0 in the WS but only had "save weekly" on. A crash happened that didn't corrupt the file but put me back to the start of the WS. I lost 4-1. Needless to say I now save daily in the playoffs.

RchW · 02-09-2010, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Goody

but even if you do that, things have already been written to your league file since your last save. They won't go away.

I don't know about ctrl-alt-delete, but all the crashes I've had with Vista return the game to it's last saved state. See my post above.

molarmite · 02-09-2010, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Goody

but even if you do that, things have already been written to your league file since your last save. They won't go away.

What files are you referring to? It's worked for me whenever I've tried it but I haven't looked at EVERY file so I'm not sure. Technically when I do ctl + alt + del, I can make the game crash so it's essentially like a crash.

TGH-Adfabre · 02-10-2010, 10:42 AM

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Guess they need an option for OOTP11 no?

Agreed.
Quicken asks to save or backup when closing, and I can refuse, Word, Excel, Madden, 2K anything, Triple A, and every other console game I have, etc.
Auto save is frequently an option in games. I would like to see this implemented.

Kino29 · 02-10-2010, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by molarmite

What files are you referring to? It's worked for me whenever I've tried it but I haven't looked at EVERY file so I'm not sure. Technically when I do ctl + alt + del, I can make the game crash so it's essentially like a crash.

Actually ctl + alt + del corrupted my data. I used it to force an exit, but OOTP decided to try and save anyways and exited in the middle of writing a file.

DanDiaz · 02-24-2010, 11:07 AM

C-A-D works fine, I have used it a few times, make sure it quits out before the game starts saving or you will corrupt the data if you exit mid save.

Sometimes you need to end the fiile twice, to make sure it goes before saving.

this clears everything before teh last save.

Syd Thrift · 02-24-2010, 12:46 PM

I'm pretty sure this feature was added to keep online leagues, some of which had the home team play out its games, from having people dislike a result and do over. I think nowadays most leagues just have the commissioner similar everything, but that other model is at least as old as PBM Strat leagues.

mgom27 · 02-27-2010, 06:15 PM

I'm all for it. I also would like to see back is restore Rosters back to the Begin.

ptwarr18 · 02-27-2010, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Syd Thrift

I'm pretty sure this feature was added to keep online leagues, some of which had the home team play out its games, from having people dislike a result and do over. I think nowadays most leagues just have the commissioner similar everything, but that other model is at least as old as PBM Strat leagues.

I still remember making it to my first World Series in OOTP5 when I was a GM in a league, not Commish....

Needless to say, I lost the WS to the Commish, but everyone one of my players profiles said... "Won the 2001 World Series with Colorado"...

Yeah, that was my last action as GM of the Rockies...

Syd Thrift · 02-27-2010, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ptwarr18

I still remember making it to my first World Series in OOTP5 when I was a GM in a league, not Commish....

Needless to say, I lost the WS to the Commish, but everyone one of my players profiles said... "Won the 2001 World Series with Colorado"...

Yeah, that was my last action as GM of the Rockies...

Was your commish's name Fit Dog?

Boom Boom · 02-27-2010, 10:44 PM

OOTP takes much more time to play. If you want to cheat, I suggest Baseball Mogul... One Reason why I like OOTP because it is much much more realistic.

"You win some & lose some"

lighthousekeeper · 03-09-2010, 01:52 PM

Wanting to exit the game without saving doesn't mean that you are wanting to cheat.

In many cases it just means that you made a mistake (for example clicked "Update my organization" by accident), and want to exit out gracefully.

Adding the ability to exit without saving would be a huuuge benefit for 3rd party editor mods such as the Playoff Editor and OOTP Companion.

old timer · 03-12-2010, 05:20 PM

Why not just keep autosave on exit on, but have a separate option to quit the program without saving? That way you won't have to worry about forgetting to turn the autosave option back on later.

02-09-2010, 12:43 PM	#1
Kino29 Bat Boy Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 9	How do you leave or quit the game without saving? I know this is a noob question but it's driving me nuts. When I want to resim a season and check its results I want to reload the saved season but then it saves everything. I then have to do a backup restore and start a new game save etc.

02-09-2010, 07:41 PM	#5
molarmite Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 4,893 Blog Entries: 1	CTL-ALT-DEL and force quit the program. __________________ From the wise mind of Davey Eckstein "Now all you need is a signature. A quote or initial, perhaps." [

02-24-2010, 11:07 AM	#12
DanDiaz Minors (Double A) Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 147	Ctr-atl-del works fine C-A-D works fine, I have used it a few times, make sure it quits out before the game starts saving or you will corrupt the data if you exit mid save. Sometimes you need to end the fiile twice, to make sure it goes before saving. this clears everything before teh last save.

02-27-2010, 06:15 PM	#14
mgom27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,520	I'm all for it. I also would like to see back is restore Rosters back to the Begin. __________________ Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

03-09-2010, 01:52 PM	#18
lighthousekeeper All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 716	Wanting to exit the game without saving doesn't mean that you are wanting to cheat. In many cases it just means that you made a mistake (for example clicked "Update my organization" by accident), and want to exit out gracefully. Adding the ability to exit without saving would be a huuuge benefit for 3rd party editor mods such as the Playoff Editor and OOTP Companion. __________________ OOTP Companion Utility: dat file reader, Team Rater, Player Dev Tracker, and HOF Analyzer for OOTP10 & 11 Last edited by lighthousekeeper; 03-09-2010 at 01:54 PM.

02-09-2010, 02:34 PM	#2
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 13,680	You cannot exit without saving.

02-09-2010, 04:04 PM	#3
Kino29 Bat Boy Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 9	Well that bites! Guess they need an option for OOTP11 no? Kind of ridiculous. If someone wants to cheat after losing a game they can do a backup restore anyways.

02-27-2010, 10:44 PM	#17
Boom Boom Major Leagues Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Issaquah, WA Posts: 348	OOTP takes much more time to play. If you want to cheat, I suggest Baseball Mogul... One Reason why I like OOTP because it is much much more realistic. "You win some & lose some"

03-12-2010, 05:20 PM	#19
old timer Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 2,278	Why not just keep autosave on exit on, but have a separate option to quit the program without saving? That way you won't have to worry about forgetting to turn the autosave option back on later. __________________