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Curtis · 01-29-2009, 02:44 AM

Thank you for responding, pbar. Unfortunately, I think I'm going to need to hear from someone using a Mac, because I'm not seeing what you wrote.

I don't have an 'Out of the Park Developments' folder, and there is no 'stats' folder within my 'OOTP Baseball 9' folder. All I have in there is a 'data' folder, an 'install log.txt' file, the OOTP9 application and some 17.3 meg document with a label my keyboard can't reproduce that looks something like ::!:. There is no 'stats' folder within the 'data' folder, nor is there one within the 'contents' folder within the OOTP9 app. There actually is an 'OOTP9' folder within 'Documents', but it's empty and always has been. It recreates itself when I trash it.

Also, in instruction e — you have a line that reads "Copy over all files when asked to do so." I think that must be another PC-specific instruction, because I don't remember anything like that (being told by my computer to copy a file) happening in the 6+ years I've been using this machine.

About some of your other points: I've downloaded the Lahman for 1962 with complete history a couple of times, and it takes about twenty minutes, so time doesn't seem to be an issue. I don't know where this data goes when I download it. Most things (nearly everything, including the Spritze2008) I download go to my desktop, but the Lahman doesn't.

Your last paragraph,
"Once you have opened your new game, you must set a database path :
Game/Game Setup/League Setup/Rules
Under the heading 'Historical Rookie Options' there will be a line which reads Database path. Enter in the path to your new spritze database:
My Documents/spritze or wherever you put it."
implies that I should use the default Lahman path while creating the league, then go in after starting the new game and change the path. Is that what you meant? The reason I wanted to use the Spritze was that it contained many more players than the Lahman. If I change it after creation, then won't I lose those extra players who should appear at the start, and just get those added in 1962 and later?

Also, I wonder if anyone has suggestions for how to do the path. I've never been able to update OotPB on the first try, because whatever path I choose just dumps the update in limbo until the second or third attempt. (ie. It doesn't tell me I have an invalid path, it just goes through the updating procedure, but when it's done the version number hasn't changed.) If that happened with this league (accepting the file path, but not drawing anything out when the time came), it could trash hundreds of hours of work.

Sorry for being such a pain in the butt.

01-29-2009, 02:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
Curtis Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Watertown, New York Posts: 4,530 Thanks: 1 Thanked 108x in 91 posts	Thank you for responding, pbar. Unfortunately, I think I'm going to need to hear from someone using a Mac, because I'm not seeing what you wrote. I don't have an 'Out of the Park Developments' folder, and there is no 'stats' folder within my 'OOTP Baseball 9' folder. All I have in there is a 'data' folder, an 'install log.txt' file, the OOTP9 application and some 17.3 meg document with a label my keyboard can't reproduce that looks something like ::!:. There is no 'stats' folder within the 'data' folder, nor is there one within the 'contents' folder within the OOTP9 app. There actually is an 'OOTP9' folder within 'Documents', but it's empty and always has been. It recreates itself when I trash it. Also, in instruction e — you have a line that reads "Copy over all files when asked to do so." I think that must be another PC-specific instruction, because I don't remember anything like that (being told by my computer to copy a file) happening in the 6+ years I've been using this machine. About some of your other points: I've downloaded the Lahman for 1962 with complete history a couple of times, and it takes about twenty minutes, so time doesn't seem to be an issue. I don't know where this data goes when I download it. Most things (nearly everything, including the Spritze2008) I download go to my desktop, but the Lahman doesn't. Your last paragraph, "Once you have opened your new game, you must set a database path : Game/Game Setup/League Setup/Rules Under the heading 'Historical Rookie Options' there will be a line which reads Database path. Enter in the path to your new spritze database: My Documents/spritze or wherever you put it." implies that I should use the default Lahman path while creating the league, then go in after starting the new game and change the path. Is that what you meant? The reason I wanted to use the Spritze was that it contained many more players than the Lahman. If I change it after creation, then won't I lose those extra players who should appear at the start, and just get those added in 1962 and later? Also, I wonder if anyone has suggestions for how to do the path. I've never been able to update OotPB on the first try, because whatever path I choose just dumps the update in limbo until the second or third attempt. (ie. It doesn't tell me I have an invalid path, it just goes through the updating procedure, but when it's done the version number hasn't changed.) If that happened with this league (accepting the file path, but not drawing anything out when the time came), it could trash hundreds of hours of work. Sorry for being such a pain in the butt. __________________ 2012 — The year for Inside The Park 2!