load_database - could not load players file

Holy Toledo · 06-21-2008, 11:49 PM

I just finished my first Amateur Draft in my 2008 Major League game. When the draft finished, the game auto-saved, I believe. I clicked on the Finish Day button in the bottom-right corner. I, then, tried to manually save the game. The game crashed. I think it was saving the players file at the time.

I restarted the game and now it won't load my game. It gives me the following error:
"Database::load_database - could not load players file"

I'm running the game on Vista 64. Not sure if this makes a difference, but I changed the Amateur Draft from the default June 15th date to June 5th.

endgame · 06-22-2008, 12:01 AM

Was this a custom-created 2008 Major League game or a quick-start?

Holy Toledo · 06-22-2008, 12:06 AM

I clicked on "New 2008 Major League Game" and customized a few things before starting the season.

Tony M · 06-22-2008, 02:25 AM

If the game crashed in the middle of saving players.dat it's quite likely that it has been corrupted. I'm going to send you a PM and ask you to send me your players.dat to just verify this problem.

Tony M · 06-23-2008, 12:03 PM

On inspection the players.dat file was corrupt and as there is no easy way of getting this back, I'm going to move this thread to closed. If it happens again let us know and we'll re-open it.

06-21-2008, 11:49 PM	#1
Holy Toledo Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Sunnyvale, CA Posts: 4	load_database - could not load players file I just finished my first Amateur Draft in my 2008 Major League game. When the draft finished, the game auto-saved, I believe. I clicked on the Finish Day button in the bottom-right corner. I, then, tried to manually save the game. The game crashed. I think it was saving the players file at the time. I restarted the game and now it won't load my game. It gives me the following error: "Database::load_database - could not load players file" I'm running the game on Vista 64. Not sure if this makes a difference, but I changed the Amateur Draft from the default June 15th date to June 5th. Last edited by Holy Toledo; 06-22-2008 at 12:12 AM.

06-22-2008, 12:01 AM	#2
endgame Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 16,842	Was this a custom-created 2008 Major League game or a quick-start? __________________ "Try again. Fail again. Fail better." -- Samuel Beckett _____________________________________________

06-22-2008, 02:25 AM	#4
Tony M Global Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Here Posts: 6,156	If the game crashed in the middle of saving players.dat it's quite likely that it has been corrupted. I'm going to send you a PM and ask you to send me your players.dat to just verify this problem. __________________ This signature is intentionally blank

06-23-2008, 12:03 PM	#5
Tony M Global Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Here Posts: 6,156	On inspection the players.dat file was corrupt and as there is no easy way of getting this back, I'm going to move this thread to closed. If it happens again let us know and we'll re-open it. __________________ This signature is intentionally blank

06-22-2008, 12:06 AM	#3
Holy Toledo Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Sunnyvale, CA Posts: 4	I clicked on "New 2008 Major League Game" and customized a few things before starting the season.