MAC - The user data folder could not be found. Please reinstall OOTP Baseball 8.

Geiiga · 03-27-2008, 09:33 PM

Okay, so I know what the cause of my problem is, but not how to fix it. When I initially installed OOTP on my Mac, I was incredibly low on hard drive space, so I moved my data folder to a networked drive. Unfortunately, I couldn't get it to read, so I did something frustrating to resolve the problem, involving as I recall a shortcut that redirected to something and bounced where it was going. It was a pain to do, and didn't work particularly well.

So, I've cleared a bunch of hard drive space out, and apparently undid whatever it was that I did to make it work off a network drive. And now whenever I try to load it, I get "The user data folder could not be found. Please reinstall OOTP Baseball 8." Which I've done several times, and anyone familiar with the Mac installer will know that it's a "start install, order pizza, pick pizza up, eat pizza, play game" sort of deal. But all that happens when I hit the OK button is it closes the program, without letting me rectify the situation or even see where the data file is supposed to be. Which is most frustrating.

Nutlaw · 03-28-2008, 05:09 PM

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...games-etc.html

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...ork-drive.html

Do the above links get you what you need?

Geiiga · 03-29-2008, 01:37 PM

No, because the instructions are for the PC version, which I, stupidly, elected not to buy in favor of the Mac version.

Nutlaw · 03-29-2008, 06:51 PM

Er, right. You can't open up the game at all without it giving you the error message? If you can get into the opening screen, you can select Game Preferences and insert the Custom User Data Path.

Geiiga · 03-29-2008, 10:09 PM

Yeah, my only option is to hit "OK," which shuts the program down. I even deleted the thing, restarted, and reinstalled. Clearly the information on the data path is kept somewhere else, but I don't know where that is.

Nutlaw · 03-30-2008, 08:58 AM

I'm calling for backup on this one.

Andreas Raht · 03-31-2008, 02:57 PM

There should be a file "paths" in the folder <username>/Library/Preferences/OOTP Dev./OOTP8/data

This file should contain the path to the user data folder:

path_user_data
MAC HD:some folder:data

Geiiga · 03-31-2008, 11:53 PM

Woohoo!
...now I have to go to bed and then to Baltimore for a week.

03-27-2008, 09:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
Geiiga Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: USA Posts: 194 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	MAC - The user data folder could not be found. Please reinstall OOTP Baseball 8. Okay, so I know what the cause of my problem is, but not how to fix it. When I initially installed OOTP on my Mac, I was incredibly low on hard drive space, so I moved my data folder to a networked drive. Unfortunately, I couldn't get it to read, so I did something frustrating to resolve the problem, involving as I recall a shortcut that redirected to something and bounced where it was going. It was a pain to do, and didn't work particularly well. So, I've cleared a bunch of hard drive space out, and apparently undid whatever it was that I did to make it work off a network drive. And now whenever I try to load it, I get "The user data folder could not be found. Please reinstall OOTP Baseball 8." Which I've done several times, and anyone familiar with the Mac installer will know that it's a "start install, order pizza, pick pizza up, eat pizza, play game" sort of deal. But all that happens when I hit the OK button is it closes the program, without letting me rectify the situation or even see where the data file is supposed to be. Which is most frustrating.

03-28-2008, 05:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,529 Thanks: 79 Thanked 102x in 62 posts	http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...games-etc.html http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...ork-drive.html Do the above links get you what you need? __________________ BJHL: GM of the Manhattan Crime Occasional Contributor to The Cardinal Nation

03-29-2008, 06:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,529 Thanks: 79 Thanked 102x in 62 posts	Er, right. You can't open up the game at all without it giving you the error message? If you can get into the opening screen, you can select Game Preferences and insert the Custom User Data Path. __________________ BJHL: GM of the Manhattan Crime Occasional Contributor to The Cardinal Nation

03-30-2008, 08:58 AM	#6 (permalink)
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,529 Thanks: 79 Thanked 102x in 62 posts	I'm calling for backup on this one. __________________ BJHL: GM of the Manhattan Crime Occasional Contributor to The Cardinal Nation

03-31-2008, 02:57 PM	#7 (permalink)
Andreas Raht Administrator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hollern/Stade/Germany Posts: 6,720 Thanks: 200 Thanked 1,393x in 513 posts	There should be a file "paths" in the folder <username>/Library/Preferences/OOTP Dev./OOTP8/data This file should contain the path to the user data folder: path_user_data MAC HD:some folder:data __________________ Andreas Raht andreas@ootpdevelopments.com Out of the Park Developments Out of the Park Baseball Development Team Title Bout Development Team

03-29-2008, 01:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
Geiiga Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: USA Posts: 194 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	No, because the instructions are for the PC version, which I, stupidly, elected not to buy in favor of the Mac version.

03-29-2008, 10:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
Geiiga Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: USA Posts: 194 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Yeah, my only option is to hit "OK," which shuts the program down. I even deleted the thing, restarted, and reinstalled. Clearly the information on the data path is kept somewhere else, but I don't know where that is.

03-31-2008, 11:53 PM	#8 (permalink)
Geiiga Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: USA Posts: 194 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Woohoo! ...now I have to go to bed and then to Baltimore for a week.

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