Moving saves from comp to comp

ajsomers · 11-04-2023, 10:39 AM

I know this has been asked before but I cannot find a prior thread, so I apologize for the redundancy. Is there a "recommended" way to move a save file from one computer to another? Was there a folder I needed to make sure to move? Or would the league backup file work?

Thanks in advance!

The screen on my laptop is dying so I'm just hoping to move my save to the replacement machine without needing to start over.

bwburke94 · 11-04-2023, 11:12 AM

It's the saved_games folder in Documents\Out of the Park Developments\OOTP Baseball 24 (or the equivalent folder if you used a different install directory), not the Saved Games folder in C:\Users\[your name].

Charlie Hough · 11-04-2023, 12:00 PM

I highly recommend using Dropbox or a similar service to sync and share your saved games between computers. I've done that for years, and it makes it easy to access and play a saved game or work on your saved game files from any machine. All you have to do is set OOTP to point to your Dropbox folder for saved games and keep your files there.

ajsomers · 11-04-2023, 12:54 PM

Great, thanks for the quick response guys! I'll have to give that Dropbox (I have Onedrive but should work the same) idea a try as well.

jpeters1734 · 11-04-2023, 03:50 PM

Don’t use Dropbox. OOTP has far too many small files and your syncing will slow to a crawl.

rudel.dietrich · 11-04-2023, 07:48 PM

Getting Steam Cloud would be among my most requested features.

Charlie Hough · 11-04-2023, 10:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jpeters1734

Don’t use Dropbox. OOTP has far too many small files and your syncing will slow to a crawl.

This is not true unless you are syncing more than 200,000 files with Dropbox. I only sync the few saved games that I might be using at a given time, along with many business files and some other gaming files that I need to access regularly. Otherwise, I use the online-only and selective sync options for other files that I want to back up but don't necessarily need on my local machine. I also move other saved games out of my Dropbox folder when I don't need them, since I can just keep them or back them up elsewhere. Ultimately, I make sure to stay under that 200,000-file threshold, and that is never a problem.

In the past, I encountered the issue you described, but it was long before I used Dropbox with OOTP, and it was due to the fact that I was syncing way too many files to my local machine. Once I contacted Dropbox support and learned about the limit, I stopped syncing any rarely used files to my local machine and started using the selective sync and the online-only options. Ever since then, Dropbox syncs beautifully, even with thousands of OOTP files in my folders.

Germaniac · 11-05-2023, 02:34 AM

Just do what I do with my end-of-the-season-files: Zip the entire saved game-folder of your league

Then copy the zip-file to your other computer and unzip it there

zappa1 · 11-05-2023, 08:46 AM

I just copied the saved games folder to a usb thingy and installed it to the new PC that way. Did the same with the quick start folder, too.

11-04-2023, 10:39 AM	#1
ajsomers Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 60	Moving saves from comp to comp I know this has been asked before but I cannot find a prior thread, so I apologize for the redundancy. Is there a "recommended" way to move a save file from one computer to another? Was there a folder I needed to make sure to move? Or would the league backup file work? Thanks in advance! The screen on my laptop is dying so I'm just hoping to move my save to the replacement machine without needing to start over.

11-04-2023, 03:50 PM	#5
jpeters1734 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Juust a bit outside... Posts: 5,674	Don’t use Dropbox. OOTP has far too many small files and your syncing will slow to a crawl. __________________ "Cannonball Coming!" Go Bucs!! Founder and League Caretaker of the Professional Baseball Circuit, www.probaseballcircuit.com An Un-Official Guide to Minor League Management in OOTP 21 Ratings Scale Conversion Cross-Reference Cheat Sheet

11-05-2023, 02:34 AM	#8
Germaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Frankenthal, Germany Posts: 2,994	Just do what I do with my end-of-the-season-files: Zip the entire saved game-folder of your league Then copy the zip-file to your other computer and unzip it there __________________ I'm going to have to meet my Maker some day. And if He asks me why I didn't let this boy play, and I say it's because he's black, that might not be a satisfactory answer. Happy Chandler, 1947

11-04-2023, 11:12 AM	#2
bwburke94 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Belchertown, MA, USA Posts: 4,451	It's the saved_games folder in Documents\Out of the Park Developments\OOTP Baseball 24 (or the equivalent folder if you used a different install directory), not the Saved Games folder in C:\Users\[your name].

11-04-2023, 12:00 PM	#3
Charlie Hough Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,629	I highly recommend using Dropbox or a similar service to sync and share your saved games between computers. I've done that for years, and it makes it easy to access and play a saved game or work on your saved game files from any machine. All you have to do is set OOTP to point to your Dropbox folder for saved games and keep your files there.

11-04-2023, 12:54 PM	#4
ajsomers Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 60	Great, thanks for the quick response guys! I'll have to give that Dropbox (I have Onedrive but should work the same) idea a try as well.

11-04-2023, 07:48 PM	#6
rudel.dietrich Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Zürich, Switzerland Posts: 8,608 Infractions: 1/0 (0)	Getting Steam Cloud would be among my most requested features.

11-05-2023, 08:46 AM	#9
zappa1 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,914	I just copied the saved games folder to a usb thingy and installed it to the new PC that way. Did the same with the quick start folder, too.