If anyone has problems with the new update: look here

[Dolphinfan]

Ok for those of you with problems with the new update. I have a 2nd gen Ipod touch, not jail broken. At 1st everytime I tried to load the game it crashed. I then rebooted my ipod touch and it works fine.

I played 3 games at work on all my breaks and each time it loaded fine.

So everyone should try that before you all get upset and say the update doesn't work.



Nice work Markus and Co.

[Sebastian Palkowski]

User with older devices should always reboot the device before playing iOOTP to free up as much memory as possible. Then save manually before you quit the App and everything should work.

[Dolphinfan]

Originally Posted by palli

User with older devices should always reboot the device before playing iOOTP to free up as much memory as possible. Then save manually before you quit the App and everything should work.

I know we all should. But I forgot or get too lazy to do it all the time. I just wanted to state the obvious in case it happens to anyone.

[Marc Vaughan]

Word of warning if you're running a multi-tasking version of iOS (ie. 4.0 or above) then I've no idea what happens if you install an update when an app is active ...

Logically speaking its probably possible but it may well leave the old version in memory (ie. until you close and restart the application you'll be running it unpatched).

[magicspeedo]

Originally Posted by Marc Vaughan

Word of warning if you're running a multi-tasking version of iOS (ie. 4.0 or above) then I've no idea what happens if you install an update when an app is active ...

Logically speaking its probably possible but it may well leave the old version in memory (ie. until you close and restart the application you'll be running it unpatched).

I installed it on my iPhone 4 while it was running and the update applied without having to restart.

[Marc Vaughan]

Originally Posted by magicspeedo

I installed it on my iPhone 4 while it was running and the update applied without having to restart.

Yeah - BUT if you're running the game then the game which is active will be the 'old' install until you close and restart the game I believe (ie. you've update the installed application but you're still running the old one until you close and restart the game).

PS - Don't hit me for mentioning this - but in case anyone isn't aware of how to fully close an application on iOS4+ ...

In iOS4, when you want to close an app (which was previously achieved by pressing the home button once) you have to:
1. Press home button once to get to home screen
2. Double press the home button to see the app you want to close on the tray
4. Hold down on an app to enable 'closing' (the icons will start to 'shake' and a red '-' button in a circle appear in the top left of the apps)
5. Press the 'Close' button on the app (ie. the red circle)

[magicspeedo]

Originally Posted by Marc Vaughan

Yeah - BUT if you're running the game then the game which is active will be the 'old' install until you close and restart the game I believe (ie. you've update the installed application but you're still running the old one until you close and restart the game).

agreed, I was just saying since you said you weren't sure what would happen on the newer iphones.

[Disco Dog 13]

I have always had issues with the game (both before and after the update) whereby the game crashes and I am returned to the I-Phone menu screen

Seems to happen when I am listening to my music as well (also from phone)

Got kicked out 5 times this morning on my tube ride to work ?!?

Is this simply because it is the 3G model ?

Or is there something else I could do to avoid this ??

[Sebastian Palkowski]

Originally Posted by Disco Dog 13

I have always had issues with the game (both before and after the update) whereby the game crashes and I am returned to the I-Phone menu screen

Seems to happen when I am listening to my music as well (also from phone)

Got kicked out 5 times this morning on my tube ride to work ?!?

Is this simply because it is the 3G model ?

Or is there something else I could do to avoid this ??

I tested it on my iPhone 3G and it works ok. But the device is pretty limited (just 128 MB memory) so you have to make sure, that you follow this guidelines:

1. Reboot your device before you start iOOTP to free up memory.

2. Do not listen to music while playing the game (I didn't even know that it is possible)

3. Save manually before you quit the game (additionally, the game will auto save weekly).

4. Don't play 20 seasons at once. If you play for a long time, save the game manually, quit the game, reboot the device and continue the game.

[Disco Dog 13]

Thanks for that

Just to clarify my tube ride is 40 minutes so 5 is a lot of crashes

another odd thing is that very often when I am returned (against my will) to the I-Phone menu screen I see that I have an email

Coincidence ..... probably

Thought I had lucked out this morning when it crashed right after Crawford got injured
Reloaded the game and of course he was not injured any more .. then on the same day as CC got injured I got a message to say Lester was out for a month

It seems to crash most often when the auto save is being actioned

[Sebastian Palkowski]

Originally Posted by Disco Dog 13

Thanks for that

Just to clarify my tube ride is 40 minutes so 5 is a lot of crashes

another odd thing is that very often when I am returned (against my will) to the I-Phone menu screen I see that I have an email

Coincidence ..... probably

Thought I had lucked out this morning when it crashed right after Crawford got injured
Reloaded the game and of course he was not injured any more .. then on the same day as CC got injured I got a message to say Lester was out for a month

It seems to crash most often when the auto save is being actioned

Maybe a stupid question: do you have enough free disc space available?

[Disco Dog 13]

posted on another thread but I deleted some disk space (good call !!!)

didnt crash for 2 hours last night or an hour this morning

has just crashed 4 times in last 30 mins though ?!?!?

Odd

[Sebastian Palkowski]

I'm pretty sure the reason is low memory.

Did you reboot the device before playing the last time (and/or after the first crash)?

- Hold down the hold button at the top and the home button at the center front of the device.
- Continue holding them even after the slider to turn off the device appears.
- A few seconds after this, the screen will flash and go black.
- Hold down the hold button at the top until the screen lights up again and the Apple logo appears.
- Release the button and let the device finish booting up.

[Disco Dog 13]

yep I tried that before playing

well its much better than it was so thanks for your advice

[magicspeedo]

Originally Posted by palli

2. Do not listen to music while playing the game (I didn't even know that it is possible)

you guys didn't test this?!

Originally Posted by palli

4. Don't play 20 seasons at once. If you play for a long time, save the game manually, quit the game, reboot the device and continue the game.

I know it sounds crazy, but some people are always going to do this. And some of those people will never think to get on the forums. Meaning their experience of the game will not be good after a few seasons in a row. For those people sake, you guys should probably optimize the algorithms to mitigate this. That's what I was saying with the memory leak thing a while back. Just sayin

[Sebastian Palkowski]

Originally Posted by magicspeedo

you guys didn't test this?!



I know it sounds crazy, but some people are always going to do this. And some of those people will never think to get on the forums. Meaning their experience of the game will not be good after a few seasons in a row. For those people sake, you guys should probably optimize the algorithms to mitigate this. That's what I was saying with the memory leak thing a while back. Just sayin

That is for people with old devices to improve the game experience.