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03-17-2020, 10:38 PM | #1 |
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Playing Same Game On Multiple Computers
So I'm likely holding out until STEAM has this game on Friday (does anyone know what time on Friday I'll be able to get it on STEAM?)
But my main question: I plan to MOSTLY play this game on one laptop because of the ability to do so at work and to be more social around my girlfriend. I would RATHER play it on my PC in my home office but that makes me very anti social. This is my first time buying the game. If I get it with STEAM, and use my laptop 75% of time but want to occasionally play in my office on the PC, can I easily pick right back up where I left off? I plan on ONLY being GM/Manager of one team at a time (the 2020 KC Royals) so i'm not talking multiple different games, just literally one. Can I do this fairly easily without TeamViewer or is that the only option? Thank you!!! Dave |
03-18-2020, 08:20 AM | #2 |
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My understanding of Steam is that your files reside within Steam, and not your hard drive. So yes, this is easily possible.
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03-18-2020, 10:31 AM | #3 | |
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Hey Dave! The game should be live on Steam around 10AM ET on Friday.
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03-18-2020, 12:40 PM | #4 |
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Thanks so much for the responses - means a lot!
I've now heard 2 people say you can use STEAM and pick right back up where you left off on a different machine - and 2 say NO. Haha I'm so confused. Anyone else want to cast the deciding "Game 5" knockout vote? Haha Dave |
03-18-2020, 01:50 PM | #5 | |
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Like I said...the files reside within Steam, not on your hard drive. Makes no difference which computer you are on. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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03-18-2020, 02:17 PM | #6 | |
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That’s a lot of MB and GB to give for free. I have 6 to 10 saves every version some with 100+ seasons. Educate me on how it’s done. I’ve always had local HD storage otherwise.
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03-18-2020, 04:29 PM | #7 | |
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Alright, I’m backing away (slowly). You may very well be correct. I always thought a benefit of Steam was that all files and such were stored within Steam. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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03-18-2020, 05:09 PM | #8 |
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I use steam and all my saved games are on my hard drive. save a test game and then exit to main screen. Select Load Game and highlight the file you want. At the bottom of the loaf games screen is a option to open folder. That will bring up File Explorer and the saved files you are looking for.
Mine are saved here: C:\Users\Bob\Documents\Out of the Park Developments\OOTP Baseball 20\saved_games\BJ-3b.lg Your file name will be different and the name after user will also, Hope this helps Pine Tar
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03-18-2020, 07:13 PM | #9 |
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Thanks for all the info in this thread. I bought the Mac version of OOTP21, getting back into it after several years away.
Searching around the forums, it seems that the only way to play the same league on multiple Macs is to move the .lg file around. I'd like to use a cloud sync to sync the saved_games folder between Macs. I am having issues changing the custom data path in OOTP21 to be my iCloud Drive or Dropbox folder (nothing is available in the 'Users' directory when I try to change the custom data path, so I'm not sure it's gonna work. Curious if anyone has a better approach for 'synching' league files between two Macs? Perhaps I should have bought the steam version to make this a bit easier Last edited by greg_oz; 03-18-2020 at 07:19 PM. |
03-19-2020, 01:35 PM | #10 |
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OOTP league files can be fairly large, often several gigabytes depending on how big the league is and how long it's been running. Automatic cloud syncing may not be practical, and I'm almost positive Steam doesn't support saved game cloud storage.
Best way to use the same league on two computers is probably to zip the files and transfer them manually. Or just use it as an opportunity to have two different leagues.
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03-19-2020, 01:45 PM | #11 |
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I find Team viewer is a good way to play remotely.
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03-21-2020, 01:30 PM | #12 |
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My suggestion is to use Dropbox or software like it to take your save file and transfer it over to your laptop that way. You will just have to pull the save file out of your Dropbox and make sure to replace it when you want to change computers.
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03-24-2020, 09:55 AM | #13 |
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I had the same question about a cloud save or maybe onto a flash drive however I would want to use a Macbook and a Windows PC.......I am suspecting this isn't possible.
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03-24-2020, 04:27 PM | #14 |
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03-25-2020, 01:48 AM | #15 |
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Copied whole folder into my MS OneDrive.
Which file exactly do I have to open from that folder from my 2nd laptop? See the structure .... Last edited by RoteLaterne; 03-25-2020 at 01:50 AM. |
03-25-2020, 07:42 AM | #16 |
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03-26-2020, 07:34 AM | #17 |
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04-24-2020, 03:58 PM | #18 |
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I hope it's okay to resurrect this thread, but this topic seems closest to my question, and I didn't see the answer elsewhere.
I'm also using multiple devices to play the game. I have a desktop and a Surface, and I access the game on both devices through my Steam account. It has been working pretty well so far. One thing that I have noticed is that my OneDrive account, which I have on both devices but don't actively use, is now jam-packed full of OOTP files. There are plenty of .dat files as well as tons of images like team logos. I'm curious: what would happen in terms of game performance if I deleted all of these files from my OneDrive? |
04-27-2020, 07:56 PM | #19 | |
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Another possible solution is to use your laptop to connect to your desktop or vice versa. You cannot play head to head with anyone in an actual game no matter how many licenses you have. ie your GF wants to see what all the fuss is about and 'play a game' against you. No can do that i have been able figure out for 4 years |
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04-27-2020, 07:58 PM | #20 | |
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the games or seasons you PLAY are stored locally or on your LAN. Definitely not on Steam. Unless you are thinking perfect league |
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