Thanks a bunch Markus...

conception · 02-17-2010, 04:32 AM

...for including a systematic way to have our leagues backed up automatically in case something goes wrong during the save process. I don't know what happened with my league last night, but somehow some files got corrupted. It was late, but I may not have allowed OOTP to finish shutting down. The league file was causing OOTP to have an illegal operation and I thought my league might have been done for. I haven't been as diligent about manually backing up my league as I usually am, as my last significant changes to it occured over a month ago. Luckily, I explored the files and discovered that my .dat files were backed up in an "auto" folder. I moved them to the default folder and voila, the league opens perfectly. I may have lost a simmed game, I'm not really sure, but I thought I had lost two very significant game years.

I'm breathing a huge sigh of relief here.

ootp3to6 · 02-17-2010, 08:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by conception

...for including a systematic way to have our leagues backed up automatically in case something goes wrong during the save process. I don't know what happened with my league last night, but somehow some files got corrupted. It was late, but I may not have allowed OOTP to finish shutting down. The league file was causing OOTP to have an illegal operation and I thought my league might have been done for. I haven't been as diligent about manually backing up my league as I usually am, as my last significant changes to it occured over a month ago. Luckily, I explored the files and discovered that my .dat files were backed up in an "auto" folder. I moved them to the default folder and voila, the league opens perfectly. I may have lost a simmed game, I'm not really sure, but I thought I had lost two very significant game years.

I'm breathing a huge sigh of relief here.

I love that feature.

dickysty · 02-17-2010, 10:42 AM

Yeah , just looked myself, nice feature.

Thanks for sharing!

jar2574 · 02-17-2010, 01:10 PM

The adjustments to prevent having your league corrupted were HUGE additions to the game. I'm glad Markus added them.

Doctor No · 02-17-2010, 02:57 PM

I had a similar problem (involving an overloaded electrical system - silly me for plugging in the space heater), and a similar resolution. Thanks, Markus and team!

02-17-2010, 04:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
conception All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 868 Thanks: 28 Thanked 84x in 50 posts	Thanks a bunch Markus... ...for including a systematic way to have our leagues backed up automatically in case something goes wrong during the save process. I don't know what happened with my league last night, but somehow some files got corrupted. It was late, but I may not have allowed OOTP to finish shutting down. The league file was causing OOTP to have an illegal operation and I thought my league might have been done for. I haven't been as diligent about manually backing up my league as I usually am, as my last significant changes to it occured over a month ago. Luckily, I explored the files and discovered that my .dat files were backed up in an "auto" folder. I moved them to the default folder and voila, the league opens perfectly. I may have lost a simmed game, I'm not really sure, but I thought I had lost two very significant game years. I'm breathing a huge sigh of relief here.

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dickysty Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 250 Blog Entries: 21 Thanks: 43 Thanked 16x in 14 posts	Yeah , just looked myself, nice feature. Thanks for sharing! __________________ NABA - Baltimore Blue Claw's Dynasty

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02-17-2010, 01:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
jar2574 Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 391 Thanks: 62 Thanked 24x in 18 posts	The adjustments to prevent having your league corrupted were HUGE additions to the game. I'm glad Markus added them.

02-17-2010, 02:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
Doctor No Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 76 Thanks: 23 Thanked 3x in 3 posts	I had a similar problem (involving an overloaded electrical system - silly me for plugging in the space heater), and a similar resolution. Thanks, Markus and team!