Loading Faces

[injury log]

Mac, latest patch:

I've just had the same issue as others described in the following threads (which were closed for housekeeping):

ootpdevelopments.com/board/showthread.php?t=150806
ootpdevelopments.com/board/showthread.php?t=150704

Specifically, when loading a league, it got stuck while Loading Faces, and never finished launching completely. A few comments:

-the solution battists suggests in the threads above, to rename 'faces.dat' to 'faces.old', works brilliantly;

-the issue arose after relaunching a league which had crashed on Jan 1st- a crash I'm next to certain was caused by the FaceGen picture update, which was scheduled to occur on Jan 1 (the game saved perfectly, and as far as I know the FaceGen update is the only thing that occurs after the game is saved). This is the second time I've had a crash during a FaceGen pic update, the other with a third party roster set. Another Mac user (but no PC users) also mentioned he had a crash when a pic updated in the third party set, so there may be a Mac-specific issue here;

-In any case, I don't really care about FaceGen picture updates, and I bring up this issue more to make a request for the next patch, if possible. I only use the pics to keep track of certain players. For example, in one league I only generated pictures for players drafted in the first round. It lets me know a player has a special characteristic as soon as I open his profile. Updating the picture isn't at all important to me. I would very much like to have the option to disable FaceGen picture updates altogether (the only options, in Player and Picture Options, are 'on Jan 1st' and 'Always if needed'), especially since updates have twice caused game crashes for me, and apparently for others.

[Nutlaw]

Originally Posted by injury log

I would very much like to have the option to disable FaceGen picture updates altogether (the only options, in Player and Picture Options, are 'on Jan 1st' and 'Always if needed'), especially since updates have twice caused game crashes for me, and apparently for others.

In regard to this, I believe that you can simply turn FaceGen off. The game will keep using the pictures already generated.

[injury log]

Originally Posted by Nutlaw

In regard to this, I believe that you can simply turn FaceGen off. The game will keep using the pictures already generated.

Thanks- yes, I believe you're right. I actually want to have it on, just not to update- for example, when I was diagnosing the recycled id/release issue, I was keeping track of all the hidden players I was signing by generating faces for them, and for no other players. It was very convenient to have FaceGen on constantly, but I had no use for the pic updates. In any case, I've posted this particular request as a suggestion in the Suggestions forum, so I'll hope for something to happen with this in the '08 version.

[Nutlaw]

Alright. I'll close this out for now, then.