"OOTP 12 has stopped working." Advice appreciated.

Big Orange · 09-02-2011, 08:57 AM

The power went out, and when I reloaded the game, I lost 6 weeks of games. lesson learned: save every week. (Or do some of you save every day?)

The power went out a second time. I can start a game, but as soon as I go to make a lineup change midgame I get "OOTP 12 has stopped working" and it kicks me out of the program.

Of course, I have no backup. Lesson learned: have a backup. How often do your recommend backing up?

No way I can continue the current league, right?

OutS|der · 09-02-2011, 09:10 AM

to save your league, load it again then save it as a temptlate before you do anything to make it crash.
I always do a backup of my current league right before i start then before any major event. i also try to do multiple backups and keeping them in a seperate folder so i don't lose it all in a crash.
another lesson to grab a UPS so you can stay alive without the power at least to save and shut down.

i assume the lost 6 weeks is because it reverted back to your last save, hopfully you can load a template and have that work

Bluenoser · 09-02-2011, 09:53 AM

Have you tried a full uninstall/reinstall of OOTP?

Big Orange · 09-02-2011, 09:58 AM

Thanks. I tried the template suggestion but had no luck. I will try the unistall option.

Big Orange · 09-02-2011, 10:12 AM

The uninstall/re-install did not work either. Lesson learned, I guess.

Big Orange · 09-02-2011, 10:33 AM

It's even worse than I thought. Even in a brand new league, when I try to make a lineup change, I get the same message. The game is unplayable now.

Big Orange · 09-02-2011, 10:52 AM

A found this in the Knowledge Base and so far it works:

Issue: The game crashes whenever you click on a button, menu or tab that takes you to a new screen (or tab)."

Solution: This might be caused by a corrupt filter file that applies to that page. To test this out, do the following:

Quit OOTP if it's running.
Navigate to [documents folder]\Out of the Park Developments\OOTP Baseball 11\tables.
Move all of the files in "tables" to another location, but don't delete them (at least not yet).
Run OOTP again and go to the screen that caused the crash.
If all is well now, you had a filter file that got damaged. If you have not saved any custom filters on any screen, you can just delete those tables files permanently. They will be recreated when necessary. If you have customized some filters on any screen, they will be lost if you delete these files. Of course, they may already be lost since they may be the files that were corrupt and causing the crash.

09-02-2011, 08:57 AM	#1
Big Orange Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 168	"OOTP 12 has stopped working." Advice appreciated. PROBLEM SOLVED. The power went out, and when I reloaded the game, I lost 6 weeks of games. lesson learned: save every week. (Or do some of you save every day?) The power went out a second time. I can start a game, but as soon as I go to make a lineup change midgame I get "OOTP 12 has stopped working" and it kicks me out of the program. Of course, I have no backup. Lesson learned: have a backup. How often do your recommend backing up? No way I can continue the current league, right? Last edited by Big Orange; 09-02-2011 at 10:19 PM. Reason: Problem solved.

09-02-2011, 09:10 AM	#2
OutS\|der Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: In A Van Down By The River Posts: 2,244	to save your league, load it again then save it as a temptlate before you do anything to make it crash. I always do a backup of my current league right before i start then before any major event. i also try to do multiple backups and keeping them in a seperate folder so i don't lose it all in a crash. another lesson to grab a UPS so you can stay alive without the power at least to save and shut down. i assume the lost 6 weeks is because it reverted back to your last save, hopfully you can load a template and have that work

09-02-2011, 09:53 AM	#3
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 13,680	Have you tried a full uninstall/reinstall of OOTP?

09-02-2011, 09:58 AM	#4
Big Orange Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 168	Thanks. I tried the template suggestion but had no luck. I will try the unistall option.

09-02-2011, 10:12 AM	#5
Big Orange Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 168	The uninstall/re-install did not work either. Lesson learned, I guess.

09-02-2011, 10:33 AM	#6
Big Orange Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 168	It's even worse than I thought. Even in a brand new league, when I try to make a lineup change, I get the same message. The game is unplayable now.

09-02-2011, 10:52 AM	#7
Big Orange Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 168	A found this in the Knowledge Base and so far it works: Issue: The game crashes whenever you click on a button, menu or tab that takes you to a new screen (or tab)." Solution: This might be caused by a corrupt filter file that applies to that page. To test this out, do the following: Quit OOTP if it's running. Navigate to [documents folder]\Out of the Park Developments\OOTP Baseball 11\tables. Move all of the files in "tables" to another location, but don't delete them (at least not yet). Run OOTP again and go to the screen that caused the crash. If all is well now, you had a filter file that got damaged. If you have not saved any custom filters on any screen, you can just delete those tables files permanently. They will be recreated when necessary. If you have customized some filters on any screen, they will be lost if you delete these files. Of course, they may already be lost since they may be the files that were corrupt and causing the crash.