FHM9 - Online League - GM can't load the League

laving39 · 06-19-2023, 06:53 PM

Just started up an online league. Don't have the ftp settings in place yet, so GMs download the League Files manually, and then send me their Team Files.

One of my GMs can't load the league in the game. He has downloaded the League Files, unzipped the downloaded file to the saved_games folder. But when opening up FHM9 and clicking Load Game, our league does not show up.

Game is restarted.
Computer is restarted.

Other GMs got it to work. What's going on?

laving39 · 06-20-2023, 07:34 AM

We might have solved it.

Apparently, when commish creates the zip file (with either WinRAR or PeaZip), it's not enough to right click on the League Files folder and click add (or what ever quick options you get). You have to open the zip program to create the zip file. I don't fully understand what difference it makes, but it looks like this works.

I've had two GMs that couldn't load the game. I've only got confirmation from one of them that the zip program shananigans works out. I'm therefore not 100% sure yet that this weird routine solves the problem.

06-19-2023, 06:53 PM	#1
laving39 Minors (Single A) Join Date: May 2023 Posts: 86	FHM9 - Online League - GM can't load the League Just started up an online league. Don't have the ftp settings in place yet, so GMs download the League Files manually, and then send me their Team Files. One of my GMs can't load the league in the game. He has downloaded the League Files, unzipped the downloaded file to the saved_games folder. But when opening up FHM9 and clicking Load Game, our league does not show up. Game is restarted. Computer is restarted. Other GMs got it to work. What's going on?

06-20-2023, 07:34 AM	#2
laving39 Minors (Single A) Join Date: May 2023 Posts: 86	We might have solved it. Apparently, when commish creates the zip file (with either WinRAR or PeaZip), it's not enough to right click on the League Files folder and click add (or what ever quick options you get). You have to open the zip program to create the zip file. I don't fully understand what difference it makes, but it looks like this works. I've had two GMs that couldn't load the game. I've only got confirmation from one of them that the zip program shananigans works out. I'm therefore not 100% sure yet that this weird routine solves the problem.