load_database - could not load world file

chip · 08-10-2009, 10:14 AM

I am a new OOTP user. Just played a few weeks of OOTP10 and made the playoffs and now I get this msg followed by 'The loading of the database failed. It is either corrupt or a save-game from an old version'. HELP!! Is a backup stored somewhere? Don't tell me I lost the whole season

chip · 08-10-2009, 02:08 PM

Just thought I'd add: PC user, WinXP using OOTP10. Once problem occurred I downloaded latest patch, then downloaded and installed OOTP again to try to remedy. No luck. Error is reproducible.

SMFXR01 · 08-11-2009, 08:22 AM

Sounds like you have a corrupt league file I'm afraid.

chip · 08-12-2009, 07:50 AM

Agreed -- but how do I restore/recover? Tell me there is a backup point please

SMFXR01 · 08-13-2009, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chip

Agreed -- but how do I restore/recover? Tell me there is a backup point please

The back-up is manual I'm afraid

For the future....
I try to back up my games quite often.
The easiest way I find is just to copy my whole league folder (from the saved_games folder) to another drive...and also every so often I back it up onto disc.
Using this method if any corruption happens I can delete the league file from the saved_games folder, then just copy into it the back-up league.
(can take a little while depending on the size of the league...but it is always worth backing up....
and often....)

chip · 08-17-2009, 11:13 AM

omg what a waste of my time. i am so disappointed.

knockahoma · 08-17-2009, 04:22 PM

The same thing happened to me.

I HAD backed up after every game. Then, I turned the game on yesterday and it gave me that message. I tried to use the backup and it also came up with unable to load world file-- so, it appears whatever "corruption" existed in the original was copied to the back-up.

Additionally, no matter what league I try-- or create-- another problem arises. Whenever I load a league and try to go to the free agent page, OOTP "stops working" and I have to get out of the game.

I went back and deleted the game and re-loaded it, then updated to the latest OOTP version. Still had the same problem. Is there some file after uninstall that I have to delete by hand?

Thanks

IngoTO · 08-23-2009, 07:45 PM

Same problem with the 'managers file'. After the error message the program becomes unresponsive. The backup file seems to contain the same error. Any advice from the mods?

endgame · 08-23-2009, 10:37 PM

While I personally have not run into it in X, in v9 when the world.dat problem occured, or often one like it, rather than selecting Continue- which is the usual option -I would select the Load Game, find my league there, and process from that point. It may be a crapshoot for you, but it has worked for me in the past. You may give it a try and see whether you get the same result.

08-10-2009, 10:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
chip Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	load_database - could not load world file I am a new OOTP user. Just played a few weeks of OOTP10 and made the playoffs and now I get this msg followed by 'The loading of the database failed. It is either corrupt or a save-game from an old version'. HELP!! Is a backup stored somewhere? Don't tell me I lost the whole season

08-23-2009, 10:37 PM	#9 (permalink)
endgame Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 10,771 Thanks: 894 Thanked 756x in 429 posts	While I personally have not run into it in X, in v9 when the world.dat problem occured, or often one like it, rather than selecting Continue- which is the usual option -I would select the Load Game, find my league there, and process from that point. It may be a crapshoot for you, but it has worked for me in the past. You may give it a try and see whether you get the same result. __________________ "Try again. Fail again. Fail better." -- Samuel Beckett _____________________________________________

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08-10-2009, 02:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
chip Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Just thought I'd add: PC user, WinXP using OOTP10. Once problem occurred I downloaded latest patch, then downloaded and installed OOTP again to try to remedy. No luck. Error is reproducible.

08-11-2009, 08:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
SMFXR01 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 968 Thanks: 68 Thanked 43x in 40 posts	Sounds like you have a corrupt league file I'm afraid.

08-12-2009, 07:50 AM	#4 (permalink)
chip Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Agreed -- but how do I restore/recover? Tell me there is a backup point please

08-17-2009, 11:13 AM	#6 (permalink)
chip Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	omg what a waste of my time. i am so disappointed.

08-17-2009, 04:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
knockahoma All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 792 Thanks: 14 Thanked 77x in 31 posts	The same thing happened to me. I HAD backed up after every game. Then, I turned the game on yesterday and it gave me that message. I tried to use the backup and it also came up with unable to load world file-- so, it appears whatever "corruption" existed in the original was copied to the back-up. Additionally, no matter what league I try-- or create-- another problem arises. Whenever I load a league and try to go to the free agent page, OOTP "stops working" and I have to get out of the game. I went back and deleted the game and re-loaded it, then updated to the latest OOTP version. Still had the same problem. Is there some file after uninstall that I have to delete by hand? Thanks

08-23-2009, 07:45 PM	#8 (permalink)
IngoTO Bat Boy Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Same problem with the 'managers file'. After the error message the program becomes unresponsive. The backup file seems to contain the same error. Any advice from the mods?