Home | Webstore
Latest News: OOTP 25 Available - FHM 10 Available - OOTP Go! Available

Out of the Park Baseball 25 Buy Now!

  

Go Back   OOTP Developments Forums > Out of the Park Developments > General Discussions

General Discussions Discuss Out of the Park Developments' games, web site, downloads, research and anything else related to OOTP Developments.

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 07-14-2019, 12:23 PM   #1
cubfan1109
Minors (Single A)
 
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 56
My whole game forever is gone. I forced quit and now it's gone.

Please help!!!!!
cubfan1109 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-14-2019, 12:31 PM   #2
cubfan1109
Minors (Single A)
 
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 56
I really don't know what to do. I've been playing it for four years and it seems to all be gone. Please help me.
cubfan1109 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-14-2019, 01:15 PM   #3
PocketsAintFull
All Star Starter
 
PocketsAintFull's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Birmingham, UK
Posts: 1,754
That sucks, hopefully someone can help you
__________________
PocketsAintFull is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-14-2019, 01:17 PM   #4
Bluenoser
Hall Of Famer
 
Bluenoser's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: In The Moment
Posts: 13,658
Just restore from your latest backup. You do backup your league regularly I hope, especially with that much time invested.

Is the .lg folder still in the saved games folder?
Bluenoser is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-14-2019, 01:20 PM   #5
cubfan1109
Minors (Single A)
 
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 56
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluenoser View Post
Just restore from your latest backup. You do backup your league regularly I hope, especially with that much time invested.

Is the .lg folder still in the saved games folder?
To be honest, I always saved within the game (several times per day), but never knew to back it up. Is there any other way?
cubfan1109 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-14-2019, 02:46 PM   #6
mitchkenn
Hall Of Famer
 
mitchkenn's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Oregon, not by design
Posts: 2,853
maybe maybe maybe this could help;

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...66&postcount=8
__________________
"This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne
“They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali
"Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt
"I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen
"Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon
Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston.
"All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt

Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip.
mitchkenn is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-14-2019, 03:00 PM   #7
Bluenoser
Hall Of Famer
 
Bluenoser's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: In The Moment
Posts: 13,658
Quote:
Originally Posted by cubfan1109 View Post
To be honest, I always saved within the game (several times per day), but never knew to back it up. Is there any other way?
In game is good for those daily backups, but you should regularly make a copy of your .lg folder. Computers have problems, files get lost/corrupted/disappear etc. It happens and your safest bet is keep a copy of important files on a separate drive/stick/cd.

I do mine monthly, and also before/after any important dates/events.

It may be overkill, but it works for me. I lost a good league once a long time ago, never again will that happen

Last edited by Bluenoser; 07-14-2019 at 03:02 PM.
Bluenoser is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-14-2019, 03:47 PM   #8
cubfan1109
Minors (Single A)
 
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 56
Quote:
Originally Posted by mitchkenn View Post
This might work... could you help explain to me what to do on step 7 of the instructions? Thanks very much for your help. I appreciate it. I have located the auto-save folders and now just need to know where to apply them.

Last edited by cubfan1109; 07-14-2019 at 03:56 PM.
cubfan1109 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-14-2019, 07:01 PM   #9
cubfan1109
Minors (Single A)
 
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 56
Quote:
Originally Posted by cubfan1109 View Post
This might work... could you help explain to me what to do on step 7 of the instructions? Thanks very much for your help. I appreciate it. I have located the auto-save folders and now just need to know where to apply them.
Ok I keep backing it up "successfully," but the game doesn't show up when I click "load game." Any help? Thx.

Also, when I quit out of the app it says saving data base but doesn't go past 0% and ultimately just closes.

Looks like I might be missing the world.dat. What would that mean?
UPDATE: but it shows up in my Finder files.
cubfan1109 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-14-2019, 09:57 PM   #10
mitchkenn
Hall Of Famer
 
mitchkenn's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Oregon, not by design
Posts: 2,853
"7) In there, select all of the ".dat" files and copy them to the league folder (the parent of the current folder) overwriting all of the ".dat" files in the league folder."


This means - copy the .dat files in the auto save folder. You will then need to paste them into the league folder of your current game, if you can locate it.

i am not at my game computer, so can't look to see exactly what those files are. If OOTP doesn't recognize your older game (the one that is gone) you'll need to search the hard drive for it (it should be somewhere in OOTP20, saved games - even if it's corrupt, the .lg files should be there.) and replace those .dat files with the ones from your auto save. (i believe there are 16 of those .dat files, but i am not absolutely certain of that.) the world .dat file is one of the ones ( i think) that gets moved from the auto save folder to your current dead game.

i've never had to do this for myself, so i am not certain exactly how the steps unfold, but i bookmarked the "how-to" a year or so ago from Lukas in case it was ever needed.

Hopefully this makes some sense, and works for you. i know how it's to lose a game. i lost 50 years once because i didn't know how to restore from backups at the time.

Good luck. let us know if this works.
__________________
"This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne
“They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali
"Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt
"I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen
"Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon
Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston.
"All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt

Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip.

Last edited by mitchkenn; 07-14-2019 at 09:59 PM.
mitchkenn is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-14-2019, 11:51 PM   #11
cubfan1109
Minors (Single A)
 
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 56
Thank you so much for your time. I really appreciate it. I'll give it a shot tonight/tomorrow. Thanks again. I'll let you know.
cubfan1109 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-15-2019, 01:46 PM   #12
cubfan1109
Minors (Single A)
 
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 56
Thank you very much!!! Your suggestion worked. Really grateful. Thanks again.
cubfan1109 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-15-2019, 09:26 PM   #13
mitchkenn
Hall Of Famer
 
mitchkenn's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Oregon, not by design
Posts: 2,853
you're more than welcome. i wasn't certain it would with your initial description. Glad you got it back!
__________________
"This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne
“They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali
"Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt
"I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen
"Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon
Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston.
"All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt

Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip.
mitchkenn is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 04:48 AM.

 

Major League and Minor League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com and MiLB.com.

Officially Licensed Product – MLB Players, Inc.

Out of the Park Baseball is a registered trademark of Out of the Park Developments GmbH & Co. KG

Google Play is a trademark of Google Inc.

Apple, iPhone, iPod touch and iPad are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

COPYRIGHT © 2023 OUT OF THE PARK DEVELOPMENTS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

 

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.10
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Copyright © 2020 Out of the Park Developments