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ripwalk · 04-01-2008, 11:44 PM

Hopefully someone has gone through something similar and can help ..

I did a brief search and didn't find anything exactly the same, so hopefully I can get some advice ...

I have a fictional OOTP league that is into its 27th season ...

Just about an hour ago I had somethin that never happened before, the game froze and I got the windows prompt telling me it had an error and had to close... Fine..

I restarted my computer and once again tried to load the league and it told me it could not open the league file, because the database was corrupt.

I'm assuming this was the result of the odd crash, but I can't be sure. I had just gone through an expansion in my league (added 2 new teams) and also had just imported a bunch of new logos and jerseys into my existing teams - It's not possible either of these could have contributed to this, is it?

So my big questions are ...

1) Are there any ways to 'uncorrupt' the database? Why could this have happened?

2) I did in fact do a backup before I expanded my league.. So I have the old .dat files and complete copy of the league file prior to my crash - Will having these files in any way help me restore the current game save at its current point? Ie. What will happen if I replace my "corrupted" dat files with the backed up ones?

Basically I know I can restore my league by just installin the backup I created, but that would be a huge pain as it would kill my expansion, draft, the tons of time I just put into giving all my teams great logos and jerseys and would kill a great 2022 season I was having...

I would be devastated to lose this league and I HOPE there is something I can do to restore it and make the game run at the current date ....

Please please help, even if you just have some thoughts/ideas or any suggestions ...

04-01-2008, 11:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
ripwalk All Star Reserve Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Moncton, New Brunswick Posts: 975 Thanked 8x in 3 posts	Am I screwed? Hopefully someone has gone through something similar and can help .. I did a brief search and didn't find anything exactly the same, so hopefully I can get some advice ... I have a fictional OOTP league that is into its 27th season ... Just about an hour ago I had somethin that never happened before, the game froze and I got the windows prompt telling me it had an error and had to close... Fine.. I restarted my computer and once again tried to load the league and it told me it could not open the league file, because the database was corrupt. I'm assuming this was the result of the odd crash, but I can't be sure. I had just gone through an expansion in my league (added 2 new teams) and also had just imported a bunch of new logos and jerseys into my existing teams - It's not possible either of these could have contributed to this, is it? So my big questions are ... 1) Are there any ways to 'uncorrupt' the database? Why could this have happened? 2) I did in fact do a backup before I expanded my league.. So I have the old .dat files and complete copy of the league file prior to my crash - Will having these files in any way help me restore the current game save at its current point? Ie. What will happen if I replace my "corrupted" dat files with the backed up ones? Basically I know I can restore my league by just installin the backup I created, but that would be a huge pain as it would kill my expansion, draft, the tons of time I just put into giving all my teams great logos and jerseys and would kill a great 2022 season I was having... I would be devastated to lose this league and I HOPE there is something I can do to restore it and make the game run at the current date .... Please please help, even if you just have some thoughts/ideas or any suggestions ...