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OOTP 14 - General Discussions Discuss the new 2013 version of Out of the Park Baseball here! |
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05-11-2013, 09:33 PM | #1 |
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Can "Messages" Be Safely Deleted From The Game's Folders?
When I first start my OOTP12 league, it takes forever for the "Messages" to load, about 50 seconds. My league has 64 teams and is in its 36th season.
I never read any messages in my solo league. I let the AI control all teams. Are these "Messages" vital to the game's operation? Does the game ever delete them? Or is it up to me to delete them? Can they be safely deleted? If so, where are they stored. I have looked in the game's folder and did not see anything labeled as "Messages". Your help and advice would be much appreciated. |
05-11-2013, 10:24 PM | #2 |
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Can "Messages" Be Safely Deleted From The Game's Folders?
I would say archive the folder that they are in, then delete them and try running the game. I would assume that in a few game weeks, you will have them again but I'm not sure
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05-11-2013, 10:32 PM | #3 |
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In game, in the manager news & mail tab, there is an option that reads "delete all messages", in the bottom of the screen. That should do it, I suppose.
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First back up your league. Maybe even two backups! Second, exit the game. Third, delete all the messages in the "your league.lg\messages" folder. Fourth, delete the messages.dat file in "your league.lg" folder. You must do this because the next time you open the game it will regenerate all of the deleted messages. Fifth, open the game and your league. As the game boots the messages.dat file will be rebuilt. All messages will be gone. For anyone else who is interested you can delete box score, game log replays and messages from any league via a batch file. See below. Quote:
Use at your own risk and back up your league file before doing anything.
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05-12-2013, 01:01 AM | #5 | |
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Much appreciated. |
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05-12-2013, 01:02 AM | #6 | |
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I have already done this. Apparently the game is storing all the messages for each season, thus the reason for the slow loading. |
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05-12-2013, 01:04 AM | #7 |
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Let me know if it works OK.
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Cheers RichW #stopthestupid “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit |
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Just an FYI for future use:
Files That Are SafeTo Delete To Improve Game Performance Quote:
This is what I do at the beginning of each pre-season. |
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