Can I play on two PC's (same league)?

goalieump413 · 04-23-2013, 12:45 AM

I'm playing on my laptop from home, but I'd also like to continue play on my work PC (when I'm on break, of course). Is this possible?

tcblcommish · 04-23-2013, 12:50 AM

You would have to transfer the league files to and from computers and keep putting then into the save game folder for this to work but yes it is possible for sure.

Easiest way I have seen to do this is dot sign up for a free website service and use the game to upload the league file. When you get to work, connect with the game and download it. Should work that way I believe. If not, you can transfer using a data stick

goalieump413 · 04-23-2013, 01:06 AM

I guess I hadn't thought about it that way. A flash drive would be a workable solution. All I'd have to remember is to "load" a game, not "continue" a game.

What about cloud storage? Same basic idea I guess.

tcblcommish · 04-23-2013, 01:15 AM

Same idea yes but depending on your upload times and whatever, flash drive would be the way to go.

As far as continue or load. Once you have loaded the game the first time, as long as you copy the files over before you load the game, continue would work the same. It shouldn't really notice a difference to be honest tho I have never tried it

ZouDave · 04-23-2013, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by goalieump413

I'm playing on my laptop from home, but I'd also like to continue play on my work PC (when I'm on break, of course). Is this possible?

Depending on what kind of access you have on your work computer (and if you can install OOTP on your work computer, you're probably g2g) look into TeamViewer. I use it from my work computer to connect to my home computer and just play OOTP from there. It works like charm and is completely free.

TeamViewer - Free Remote Control, Remote Access & Online Meetings

Install it on home PC and work PC, set a password, connect like a champ. Never have to mess with transferring files because you're still always using your home PC.

01010010 · 04-23-2013, 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by goalieump413

What about cloud storage? Same basic idea I guess.

Yeah, I've done it no problem with Dropbox. You just put the OOTP data files in the Dropbox folder then go to OOTP preferences>expert settings and change the custom path to point to the Dropbox folder. It works seamlessly. I've also done it with SugarSync, which actually is a bit easier because you don't have to set up custom data paths. Both free.

klkitchens · 04-23-2013, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by goalieump413

I'm playing on my laptop from home, but I'd also like to continue play on my work PC (when I'm on break, of course). Is this possible?

External HDD or Thumb drive?

Neags23 · 04-23-2013, 12:30 PM

I've actually done this with a flash drive. Just have OOTP install and save all your game info on the flash drive. Before you start OOTP, make sure the flash drive is plugged in and recognized, and OOTP will automatically look for your game files there.

I know everything is moving to the cloud, but this saves you a lot of upload/download trouble.

As usual, backup your league files every so often on both machines, if possible.

zerozero31 · 04-28-2013, 03:24 PM

... just to be sure: what files do I upload to dropbox? the entire saved_games folder?

01010010 · 04-30-2013, 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by zerozero31

... just to be sure: what files do I upload to dropbox? the entire saved_games folder?

With dropbox you would want to move the entire OOTP Baseball 14 folder (of which saved_games is a subfolder). OOTP can only look in one place for the data files it uses, so the whole folder has to go in dropbox.

With sugarsync you can leave all the data in the default places and just it to sync the folders that tend to have changes.

The benefit I found to doing it this way is (a) obviously you always automatically have your league backed up in the cloud and (b) whenever a game is saved, the existing saved game files don't get overwritten and lost the way they do on your hard drive, but rather they are stored hidden in the cloud as previous versions of the files. So if you screw up your league and then save it, you can go to dropbox and go back through all the previous versions and grab the version immediately before the mistake was made (as opposed to going back to the last time you manually backed up your league). Hope that makes sense.

heckman · 04-30-2013, 10:35 AM

Any ideas if this will work:

PC in one location and Mac at another sharing a common OOTP database via dropbox?

- C

BostonRS14 · 04-30-2013, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by 01010010

Yeah, I've done it no problem with Dropbox. You just put the OOTP data files in the Dropbox folder then go to OOTP preferences>expert settings and change the custom path to point to the Dropbox folder. It works seamlessly. I've also done it with SugarSync, which actually is a bit easier because you don't have to set up custom data paths. Both free.

I've done it using Hazel (on a mac) and Box (which has 50GB of space)

JackRules1 · 04-30-2013, 11:55 AM

I've used a thumb drive, but my fictional league was fairly large and it took some time to transfer files.

MikeS21 · 04-30-2013, 01:20 PM

Are there any licensing problems by loading the game on two computers?

Déjà Bru · 04-30-2013, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by JackRules1

I've used a thumb drive, but my fictional league was fairly large and it took some time to transfer files.

Suggestion: Zip it first. The big files are not the problem but it takes a lot of time to copy all of those thousands of small text files from your hard drive to the thumb drive and vice versa. It's the number of files to address, not the size.

I use WinZip which is fairly quick and when I transfer the zipped file on to and off of the thumb drive, it takes a fraction of the time. I just did this before signing on here, as a matter of fact.

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Originally Posted by MikeS21

Are there any licensing problems by loading the game on two computers?

No, as long as the two games are both licensed (that is, one license covers two installations).

01010010 · 04-30-2013, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by heckman

Any ideas if this will work:

PC in one location and Mac at another sharing a common OOTP database via dropbox?

- C

No problem, the data OOTP mac/pc data is the same and dropbox has mac/pc versions. (note: this method of saving games in the cloud ought to work with any of the dozens of free cloud services out there, nothing special about it.)

Even though I'm using only one computer now, I still save my OOTP data files in the cloud for the reasons mentioned above: not only do I always have a constant backup of my league without having to think about it, but also backups of the files that have and written over with each save or otherwise deleted.

04-23-2013, 12:45 AM	#1
goalieump413 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 765	Can I play on two PC's (same league)? I'm playing on my laptop from home, but I'd also like to continue play on my work PC (when I'm on break, of course). Is this possible?

04-23-2013, 12:50 AM	#2
tcblcommish Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 3,438	Can I play on two PC's (same league)? You would have to transfer the league files to and from computers and keep putting then into the save game folder for this to work but yes it is possible for sure. Easiest way I have seen to do this is dot sign up for a free website service and use the game to upload the league file. When you get to work, connect with the game and download it. Should work that way I believe. If not, you can transfer using a data stick

04-23-2013, 01:15 AM	#4
tcblcommish Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 3,438	Can I play on two PC's (same league)? Same idea yes but depending on your upload times and whatever, flash drive would be the way to go. As far as continue or load. Once you have loaded the game the first time, as long as you copy the files over before you load the game, continue would work the same. It shouldn't really notice a difference to be honest tho I have never tried it

04-23-2013, 12:30 PM	#8
Neags23 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,577	I've actually done this with a flash drive. Just have OOTP install and save all your game info on the flash drive. Before you start OOTP, make sure the flash drive is plugged in and recognized, and OOTP will automatically look for your game files there. I know everything is moving to the cloud, but this saves you a lot of upload/download trouble. As usual, backup your league files every so often on both machines, if possible. __________________ GM Havana Sugar Kings, World Baseball League - 2000, 2003, 2005 WBL Champions Former GM Washburn Sea Wolves Dog Days Baseball - 1981 & 1986 Kennel Cup Champions

04-23-2013, 01:06 AM	#3
goalieump413 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 765	I guess I hadn't thought about it that way. A flash drive would be a workable solution. All I'd have to remember is to "load" a game, not "continue" a game. What about cloud storage? Same basic idea I guess.

04-28-2013, 03:24 PM	#9
zerozero31 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Netherlands Posts: 59	... just to be sure: what files do I upload to dropbox? the entire saved_games folder?

04-30-2013, 10:35 AM	#11
heckman Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 39	Any ideas if this will work: PC in one location and Mac at another sharing a common OOTP database via dropbox? - C

04-30-2013, 11:55 AM	#13
JackRules1 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central Florida Posts: 245	I've used a thumb drive, but my fictional league was fairly large and it took some time to transfer files.

04-30-2013, 01:20 PM	#14
MikeS21 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 276	Are there any licensing problems by loading the game on two computers?