More Trouble Importing OOTP 20

roadhouse · 03-30-2020, 05:26 PM

Thank you OOTP community, you have been very helpful to many.
Others have the same issue, Importing OOTP 20 on a Mac to OOTP 21. I am to be considered a novice only regarding the computer.
Following others advice and counsel, I FINALLY found the saved games file, got a message (finally) that it was successfully imported. Can't be found,
only a brand new game I began on OOTP 21 while spending a week trying to import. Worse, when I go back to my OOTP 20..."Continue Game"is grayed out, not available. "load a previously saved game" yields an error message stating "there are no league folders in your saved game folders".
So, I cannot locate 6 seasons (hundreds of hours) of work building my team!
(It used to be a breeze to import an older version, not so with OOTP 21.)
"Help me Obi Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope!"

rbux · 03-30-2020, 07:57 PM

You will need to manually move the entire saved game folder from 20 to your ootp21 league folder. Using the in-game restore option never works for me. Thats why I never use the in-game back up utility, its worthless. BTW, I would recommend zipping up the entire saved game folder a couple times per season and saving it elsewhere. A big file but good insurance.

roadhouse · 03-31-2020, 08:02 AM

Sorry, you missed the point. My OOTP 20 game cannot be opened--"Continue Game" is GRAYED-OUT, not their anymore,
so how do I copy a folder that I can't access??? Hundreds of hours spent playing the game, building a franchise and being totally engrossed in the game. This was to be my sanctuary during these dark times and I seem to have lost that which I was so devoted to. I guess the internal workings of the game are too involved for this non-geek. Love the game but now depressed over losing my (6 seasons) team.

rbux · 03-31-2020, 07:34 PM

Sent you a p.m.

03-30-2020, 05:26 PM	#1
roadhouse Minors (Single A) Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 58	More Trouble Importing OOTP 20 Thank you OOTP community, you have been very helpful to many. Others have the same issue, Importing OOTP 20 on a Mac to OOTP 21. I am to be considered a novice only regarding the computer. Following others advice and counsel, I FINALLY found the saved games file, got a message (finally) that it was successfully imported. Can't be found, only a brand new game I began on OOTP 21 while spending a week trying to import. Worse, when I go back to my OOTP 20..."Continue Game"is grayed out, not available. "load a previously saved game" yields an error message stating "there are no league folders in your saved game folders". So, I cannot locate 6 seasons (hundreds of hours) of work building my team! (It used to be a breeze to import an older version, not so with OOTP 21.) "Help me Obi Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope!"

03-30-2020, 07:57 PM	#2
rbux Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Edmonds, Wa Posts: 50	You will need to manually move the entire saved game folder from 20 to your ootp21 league folder. Using the in-game restore option never works for me. Thats why I never use the in-game back up utility, its worthless. BTW, I would recommend zipping up the entire saved game folder a couple times per season and saving it elsewhere. A big file but good insurance. Last edited by rbux; 03-30-2020 at 07:59 PM.

03-31-2020, 08:02 AM	#3
roadhouse Minors (Single A) Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 58	Sorry, you missed the point. My OOTP 20 game cannot be opened--"Continue Game" is GRAYED-OUT, not their anymore, so how do I copy a folder that I can't access??? Hundreds of hours spent playing the game, building a franchise and being totally engrossed in the game. This was to be my sanctuary during these dark times and I seem to have lost that which I was so devoted to. I guess the internal workings of the game are too involved for this non-geek. Love the game but now depressed over losing my (6 seasons) team.

03-31-2020, 07:34 PM	#4
rbux Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Edmonds, Wa Posts: 50	Sent you a p.m.