Moving save games

kaosfere · 04-14-2008, 08:13 PM

I have just bought a Windows license to OOTP, as I find it runs better under wine than the Mac-native version does, due to the fact that it's PPC-only.

I've rsynced my whole data structure from the Mac OOTP data directory to my wine filesystem. However, when I fire up the Windows OOTP in wine, I am unable to see my current games to load.

Is there something I need to tweak to make this work? Anyone done this before, or otherwise tried to move saves between installations?

1998 Yankees · 04-14-2008, 09:34 PM

I'm going to take a wild guess, since I don't follow everything in your post.

The Windows installation of OOTP is looking in a default location, My Documents probably. I am guessing that this is not the location of where you stored your saved games.

You can make OOTP look there by changing Custom User Data Path in Game Preferences. See the screen print below.

I hope that is the answer. I have a feeling that it's not. I don't have the expertise to tell you whether leagues started and saved in the Mac version are accessible and playable in the Windows version.

kaosfere · 04-14-2008, 09:54 PM

Yeah, thanks, but that's not the case here.

I copied the Mac data files into the location where the Windows installation of OOTP is looking, already. Shouldn't be a file type problem, as wine should handle that conversion if necessary. All I can think of is that the game looks somewhere other than in the Save Games directory for a list of saves?

1998 Yankees · 04-14-2008, 10:17 PM

Yes, I kind of thought that was a bit too easy. I'm definitely in over my head then; I had to Google "Windows wine" in order to come up with a clue: "Wine is a program that allows Windows programs to run under other x86 operating systems without necessarily having to have Windows."

Never heard of it before! I thought maybe Microsoft had bought a vineyard or something. Anyway, I'll stop taking up your thread space, step aside for somebody who can answer your question, and wish you good luck.

kaosfere · 04-14-2008, 10:33 PM

Haha. No worries, it was a very good question to ask.

Thanks for trying to help!

The Wolf · 04-14-2008, 11:56 PM

I thought WINE was a Linux-only program. You learn something new every day.

kaosfere · 04-15-2008, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by The Wolf

I thought WINE was a Linux-only program. You learn something new every day.

Nope. Works on Intel Macs, too. Alot more lightweight than running Fusion or VMWare. The only issue it has is that Apple is currently shipping a broken OpenGL driver with their X11 setup, so OpenGL doesn't work in Mac wine. The XQuartz development folks are supposed to be working on fixing that, though.

04-14-2008, 08:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
kaosfere Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 43	Moving save games I have just bought a Windows license to OOTP, as I find it runs better under wine than the Mac-native version does, due to the fact that it's PPC-only. I've rsynced my whole data structure from the Mac OOTP data directory to my wine filesystem. However, when I fire up the Windows OOTP in wine, I am unable to see my current games to load. Is there something I need to tweak to make this work? Anyone done this before, or otherwise tried to move saves between installations?

04-14-2008, 09:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
1998 Yankees Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yankee Stadium Posts: 6,134	I'm going to take a wild guess, since I don't follow everything in your post. The Windows installation of OOTP is looking in a default location, My Documents probably. I am guessing that this is not the location of where you stored your saved games. You can make OOTP look there by changing Custom User Data Path in Game Preferences. See the screen print below. I hope that is the answer. I have a feeling that it's not. I don't have the expertise to tell you whether leagues started and saved in the Mac version are accessible and playable in the Windows version. Attached Images __________________ The 1998 Yankees are considered to be among the The Best Major League Baseball Teams Ever From 1902-2005 by Baseball Almanac. They were 68-20 at home that year (including playoffs and World Series) in the original Yankee Stadium (1923-2008), "Where Players Became Legends."

04-14-2008, 10:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
1998 Yankees Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yankee Stadium Posts: 6,134	Yes, I kind of thought that was a bit too easy. I'm definitely in over my head then; I had to Google "Windows wine" in order to come up with a clue: "Wine is a program that allows Windows programs to run under other x86 operating systems without necessarily having to have Windows." Never heard of it before! I thought maybe Microsoft had bought a vineyard or something. Anyway, I'll stop taking up your thread space, step aside for somebody who can answer your question, and wish you good luck. __________________ The 1998 Yankees are considered to be among the The Best Major League Baseball Teams Ever From 1902-2005 by Baseball Almanac. They were 68-20 at home that year (including playoffs and World Series) in the original Yankee Stadium (1923-2008), "Where Players Became Legends."

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The Wolf Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Baying at the moon Posts: 3,441	I thought WINE was a Linux-only program. You learn something new every day. __________________ __________________ "History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme." - Mark Twain

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04-14-2008, 09:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
kaosfere Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 43	Yeah, thanks, but that's not the case here. I copied the Mac data files into the location where the Windows installation of OOTP is looking, already. Shouldn't be a file type problem, as wine should handle that conversion if necessary. All I can think of is that the game looks somewhere other than in the Save Games directory for a list of saves?

04-14-2008, 10:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
kaosfere Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 43	Haha. No worries, it was a very good question to ask. Thanks for trying to help!