OOTP Zip Files

aspaggies · 12-25-2017, 11:47 PM

I am curious about the many zip files in the OOTP18 folders, ... for instance if you navigate to :

Out of the Park Developments/OOTP Baseball 18/default_data

there is a misc folder and a number of zip folders for things like:
background_images
ballcap_files
ballpark_files
baseball_card_files
and many more

My question is are all of these zip folders supposed to be in zip format, or are you supposed to extract them. If extract them, what folder do they belong?

The game is running fine for me, it's just I can not extract any file (like a 1958 baseball card template) to OOTP18. I get a message that I do not have permission. Just curious if anything sounds off. Or is what I am describing sound normal?

Thank you

aspaggies · 12-26-2017, 04:12 PM

No comments from anyone. ??

mitchkenn · 12-26-2017, 04:36 PM

i assume they're zip for a reason. they are in my game as well, and everything works fine without touching them. no idea why the went to zip this year, but maybe it was to conserve space, as the game is getting larger each release.

NoOne · 12-30-2017, 04:39 PM

when you "retstore" from main app troubleshooting page or encounter a bunk file, it restores it from these zip files.

if you look in them and at them, you notice each one correlates to a directory in ootp\data as well as all the files in the archive with the file contents of said directory.

so, never fear about dinking around with stock images and such... their in the zip files. way faster to do it yourself for a few files than restore everything through the game.

if images or whatever ever reverts back, this is how that happened... the file didn't spontaneously manifest itself. think pastuer worked on disproving that

12-25-2017, 11:47 PM	#1
aspaggies Bat Boy Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 6	OOTP Zip Files I am curious about the many zip files in the OOTP18 folders, ... for instance if you navigate to : Out of the Park Developments/OOTP Baseball 18/default_data there is a misc folder and a number of zip folders for things like: background_images ballcap_files ballpark_files baseball_card_files and many more My question is are all of these zip folders supposed to be in zip format, or are you supposed to extract them. If extract them, what folder do they belong? The game is running fine for me, it's just I can not extract any file (like a 1958 baseball card template) to OOTP18. I get a message that I do not have permission. Just curious if anything sounds off. Or is what I am describing sound normal? Thank you Last edited by aspaggies; 12-25-2017 at 11:52 PM.

12-26-2017, 04:36 PM	#3
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,872	i assume they're zip for a reason. they are in my game as well, and everything works fine without touching them. no idea why the went to zip this year, but maybe it was to conserve space, as the game is getting larger each release. __________________ "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.

12-26-2017, 04:12 PM	#2
aspaggies Bat Boy Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 6	No comments from anyone. ??

12-30-2017, 04:39 PM	#4
NoOne Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,273 Infractions: 0/2 (4)	when you "retstore" from main app troubleshooting page or encounter a bunk file, it restores it from these zip files. if you look in them and at them, you notice each one correlates to a directory in ootp\data as well as all the files in the archive with the file contents of said directory. so, never fear about dinking around with stock images and such... their in the zip files. way faster to do it yourself for a few files than restore everything through the game. if images or whatever ever reverts back, this is how that happened... the file didn't spontaneously manifest itself. think pastuer worked on disproving that