My league is broken

Bhay99 · 08-09-2007, 02:50 AM

So I've poured my heart into my fictional league...i was hesitant to convert it over to ootp2007 but did anyways. Well i'm into my fourth season in ootp 2007 and i go to make a routine lineup change and the game crashes. fine. So when I try to reload my league it won't start up. It says the loading of the database failed. SO MY WHOLE LEAGUE IS NOW RUINED? Unreal, I think I'm done with this game to.

Anyone have a solution?

rlow · 08-09-2007, 05:00 PM

I feel your pain. The only solution to these database crashes I have found is to restore from a backup.

Nutlaw · 08-11-2007, 07:07 PM

Bhay99, I'm sorry to hear about your problem. I know that it must be very frustrating. The only option that we have available to us is to ask the developers to take a look at your files and try to figure out what happened. Could you FTP a copy of your .dat files to us and let us know what the filename is per the instructions in the link below?

How to FTP Files to Us

Bhay99 · 08-16-2007, 11:19 AM

Luckily after 5 or 6 load attempts the league started up and I was able to create backup files...close call though

Nutlaw · 08-16-2007, 06:12 PM

That's odd. Did you do anything differently in the attempt that finally worked?

Is there anything else we can help you with?

Tycobbler · 08-23-2007, 07:39 AM

League saver 101

Loading database failed
Go into your league folder, and renaming any files that end in *.bak to *.dat instead. For any file that has both a .dat and a .bak version, delete the .dat and rename the .bak to take its place.
(What's going on there is that as soon as OOTP finishes downloading a league file, all the league's .dat files are renamed to .bak files as a backup. With your corrupted league file, new .dat files aren't being extracted to take their place, so OOTP thinks the league is corrupt because of a bunch of the .dat files seem to be missing.
So "restoring" the old versions will get their leagues up and running again)"

Nutlaw · 08-25-2007, 08:40 AM

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08-09-2007, 02:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
Bhay99 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	My league is broken So I've poured my heart into my fictional league...i was hesitant to convert it over to ootp2007 but did anyways. Well i'm into my fourth season in ootp 2007 and i go to make a routine lineup change and the game crashes. fine. So when I try to reload my league it won't start up. It says the loading of the database failed. SO MY WHOLE LEAGUE IS NOW RUINED? Unreal, I think I'm done with this game to. Anyone have a solution?

08-11-2007, 07:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,529 Thanks: 79 Thanked 102x in 62 posts	Bhay99, I'm sorry to hear about your problem. I know that it must be very frustrating. The only option that we have available to us is to ask the developers to take a look at your files and try to figure out what happened. Could you FTP a copy of your .dat files to us and let us know what the filename is per the instructions in the link below? How to FTP Files to Us __________________ BJHL: GM of the Manhattan Crime Occasional Contributor to The Cardinal Nation

08-16-2007, 06:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,529 Thanks: 79 Thanked 102x in 62 posts	That's odd. Did you do anything differently in the attempt that finally worked? Is there anything else we can help you with? __________________ BJHL: GM of the Manhattan Crime Occasional Contributor to The Cardinal Nation

08-25-2007, 08:40 AM	#7 (permalink)
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,529 Thanks: 79 Thanked 102x in 62 posts	As this thread has gone more than three days without a reply (by the original poster), it will be closed for housekeeping reasons. If you need any further assistance with this issue, please post in Tech Support along with a link to this thread. Thanks. __________________ BJHL: GM of the Manhattan Crime Occasional Contributor to The Cardinal Nation

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08-09-2007, 05:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
rlow Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 32 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	I feel your pain. The only solution to these database crashes I have found is to restore from a backup.

08-16-2007, 11:19 AM	#4 (permalink)
Bhay99 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Luckily after 5 or 6 load attempts the league started up and I was able to create backup files...close call though

08-23-2007, 07:39 AM	#6 (permalink)
Tycobbler All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: 20 minutes from Comerica Park Posts: 1,723 Thanks: 105 Thanked 39x in 27 posts	League saver 101 Loading database failed Go into your league folder, and renaming any files that end in .bak to .dat instead. For any file that has both a .dat and a .bak version, delete the .dat and rename the .bak to take its place. (What's going on there is that as soon as OOTP finishes downloading a league file, all the league's .dat files are renamed to .bak files as a backup. With your corrupted league file, new .dat files aren't being extracted to take their place, so OOTP thinks the league is corrupt because of a bunch of the .dat files seem to be missing. So "restoring" the old versions will get their leagues up and running again)"