Back-up Error

rpriske · 09-30-2014, 04:06 PM

I posted this is the bug thread but haven't seen a response and the ability to open tickets appears to just not be working, so hopefully someone here can help me out.

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BACKUP PROBLEM

I was playing away an fall of a sudden it wouldn't advance to the next day. It loaded to 92% and then stopped.

I had to quit the game and lose everything since my last save.

No big deal. It isn't happening any more...

BUT...

Now it won't back up that game! Whenever I try to back it up, I get an error that says "Error during backup function. The backup could not be updated!"

I need to be able to back up my game! How can I fix this?

MarkInCincy · 09-30-2014, 10:50 PM

Copy the .lg directory to another location

rpriske · 10-01-2014, 09:50 AM

I moved the backup to another location, hoping that writing OVER the backup was the problem... but no such luck.

I'll try the .lg file.

TGH-Adfabre · 10-01-2014, 10:56 AM

I copy my .lg files for backups frequently, it works well.

Have you tried out the back up function in another league?

rpriske · 10-01-2014, 12:28 PM

Yes. Back ups still work properly in my other three leagues.

I DID find something that indicates an error.

A player I signed before the crash, and then signed again AFTER the crash has BOTH signings listed in their history.

The Wolf · 10-01-2014, 12:35 PM

You can use the free utility 7–zip to zip up your league files periodically and you can add the league date to the file name so you know when in game terms the league was backed up (example: MLB09152014.7z).

It's easy and fast and that way you always have good backups. Plus you can copy them another drive to be extra safe.

Download

TGH-Adfabre · 10-01-2014, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rpriske

Yes. Back ups still work properly in my other three leagues.

I DID find something that indicates an error.

A player I signed before the crash, and then signed again AFTER the crash has BOTH signings listed in their history.

OOTP saves some information real time. I am betting the signing was written to the players history but the transaction was not saved. Then the crash. then you sign again and it rewrites the history, you save and the transaction is saved.
I do not understand the details of what files OOTP writes to in real time but I have seen this happen before. I am 99% it happened when I had to ctrl+alt+del out of a game because I screwed something up.

09-30-2014, 04:06 PM	#1
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,713	Back-up Error I posted this is the bug thread but haven't seen a response and the ability to open tickets appears to just not be working, so hopefully someone here can help me out. `````````````` BACKUP PROBLEM I was playing away an fall of a sudden it wouldn't advance to the next day. It loaded to 92% and then stopped. I had to quit the game and lose everything since my last save. No big deal. It isn't happening any more... BUT... Now it won't back up that game! Whenever I try to back it up, I get an error that says "Error during backup function. The backup could not be updated!" I need to be able to back up my game! How can I fix this? __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

09-30-2014, 10:50 PM	#2
MarkInCincy All Star Reserve Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Cincinnait, OH (WestSider) Posts: 657	Copy the .lg directory to another location __________________ "A baseball fan has the digestive apparatus of a billy goat. He can, and does, devour any set of statistics with insatiable appetite and then nuzzles hungrily for more." - Sportswriter Arthur Daley "Who says there's an unemployment problem in this country? Just take the five percent unemployed and give them a baseball stat to follow." - Outfielder Andy Van Slyke

10-01-2014, 09:50 AM	#3
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,713	I moved the backup to another location, hoping that writing OVER the backup was the problem... but no such luck. I'll try the .lg file. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

10-01-2014, 10:56 AM	#4
TGH-Adfabre Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,599	I copy my .lg files for backups frequently, it works well. Have you tried out the back up function in another league? __________________ You mock me, therefore I am My wife

10-01-2014, 12:28 PM	#5
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,713	Yes. Back ups still work properly in my other three leagues. I DID find something that indicates an error. A player I signed before the crash, and then signed again AFTER the crash has BOTH signings listed in their history. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````