Game Crash when promoting scouts

nanaimo · 12-03-2007, 10:46 AM

When I attempt to promote a scout to fill a vacant position in the majors my game is crashing. It happens every time. I can reproduce the error for you if you like as I'm stuck at that point.

Also that game won't let me hire a new scout unless I'm in commish mode. It just gives me the option to shortlist unless I switch to commish mode.

Thanks.

Nutlaw · 12-03-2007, 12:12 PM

I saw a similar report here:

Online League - Promoting a Scout

Are you also using the latest patch? (2.0.3.68)

Is this happening in more than one league?

Are you currently in the regular season or not? Does it seem to make a difference?

Were you ever able to promote scouts or hire them (outside of commish mode) in this league?

nanaimo · 12-03-2007, 01:28 PM

Are you also using the latest patch? (2.0.3.68)

Yes

Is this happening in more than one league?

No I only have one fictional league. If you like I'll start a test league.

Are you currently in the regular season or not? Does it seem to make a difference?

I had just finished the post season (won the championship thank-you very much!!). I have two scouts that left my major league team and have a couple vacancies of personel at the Single A level. Until about halfway through this season I had been running in commisioner mode, but decided I wanted to change it and attempted to run it with it off. I first noticed an issue after the championship game when I went to take care of some vacancies of my scouts. When I tried promoting my guy from AAA the game crashed. Also when I looked at avialable free agent personnel it only allowed me to shortlist them. When I switched back to commish mode it allowed me to sign them. The game only crashes when I try to promote guys up from the minors to be major league scouts. It happens every time.

Were you ever able to promote scouts or hire them (outside of commish mode) in this league?

I have been able to promote in the past. The only changes I have made are the installation of the patch, a switch halfway through the season to turn off commish mode and an installation of the new news stories. I'll run a test league if you want and see if it happens again. Also can send the league file if you want. I can also give the windows error report.

Thanks!

Nutlaw · 12-03-2007, 03:50 PM

Please do try to reproduce in a new league and give the error report.

Giants44 · 12-03-2007, 06:09 PM

I have this problem as well

nanaimo · 12-03-2007, 09:36 PM

Here is a screenshot of the error

nanaimo · 12-03-2007, 09:40 PM

I can't for the life of me figure out how to copy and past the error code. Probably a good thing as its huge! If you know how I can do that let me know and I'll do it for you. Gonna go and try to reproduce in a new league now.

nanaimo · 12-03-2007, 10:09 PM

Yup, happened again, first try. Brand spanking new season. I did switch from commish mode to non-commish mode at the All-Star game again. Doubt it makes a difference.

nanaimo · 12-03-2007, 10:16 PM

Best I could do as I don't know how to copy error report, won't let me select text.

Nutlaw · 12-04-2007, 06:07 PM

Happened for me too on my first try. This has been logged as BZ 256. Thanks for reporting it!

Raidergoo · 12-05-2007, 10:41 AM

Nutlaw,

I just wanted to add that my online league found this bug last night when a AA manager was being promoted to the majors to become the major league maanger.

Nutlaw · 12-17-2007, 06:09 PM

Hadn't this been claimed fixed before? Well, it's not working in version 8.0.0.13.

bailey · 12-28-2007, 11:48 AM

I have the same problem in an online league using the latest patch of 2007.

cbbl · 01-02-2008, 10:04 PM

The workaround for this is to "swap" rather than promote.

For example, if you have a bench coach vacancy at the ML level and want to promote your AAA hitting coach to the position, the game will crash if you select the AAA hitting coach and try to move him to the empty spot.

However, given that you'll likely fill the AAA hitting coach spot with a newly hired guy, go ahead and hire that guy into the ML bench coach position and then "demote" him to the AAA hitting coach role. The two men will "swap" positions, and you'll be all set.

My guess is this bug is caused by the vacant position, as I've never had a problem swapping coaches among levels, but, like the rest of you, cannot promote lower level coaches to vacancies at the parent level.

Nihilianth · 04-04-2008, 11:04 AM

CBBL, Ive had the same problem as well. only most of the time, the personnel in question (in my case, it's a pitching coach i wanna promote to ML level) when i go to swap, the current ML coach refuses to be demoted, so i simply fire him and try to promote my AAA coach and the game crashes.

Also, another thing i find a little irritating, is that in the person menu (when i right click the personnel name in a minor league where you can promote him from there) the only options available to move the coach is either to the ML level, or to any other personnel slot within that particular team's staff slots.

I have a hitting coach with excellent rating for handling rookies who is in my low-A team. There doesnt seem to be an option to move him from SA to AAA, where most of my good young talent is, that i would like to have get developed with this particular coach.

sorry if that last thing was alread logged, i never looked for it, but seemed to me to be kind of tied in with the promoting crashes.

12-03-2007, 10:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
nanaimo Minors (Single A) Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 72	Game Crash when promoting scouts When I attempt to promote a scout to fill a vacant position in the majors my game is crashing. It happens every time. I can reproduce the error for you if you like as I'm stuck at that point. Also that game won't let me hire a new scout unless I'm in commish mode. It just gives me the option to shortlist unless I switch to commish mode. Thanks.

12-03-2007, 12:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
Nutlaw Moderator* Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 6,966	I saw a similar report here: Online League - Promoting a Scout Are you also using the latest patch? (2.0.3.68) Is this happening in more than one league? Are you currently in the regular season or not? Does it seem to make a difference? Were you ever able to promote scouts or hire them (outside of commish mode) in this league? __________________ Bench Jockey Hardball League: Owner of the Manhattan Crime Over the Mound Baseball League: Owner of the Omaha Evil Friend of The Birdhouse. Go Cards!

12-03-2007, 03:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
Nutlaw Moderator* Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 6,966	Please do try to reproduce in a new league and give the error report. __________________ Bench Jockey Hardball League: Owner of the Manhattan Crime Over the Mound Baseball League: Owner of the Omaha Evil Friend of The Birdhouse. Go Cards!

12-03-2007, 06:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
Giants44 All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,598	I have this problem as well __________________ "In a text sim - Immersion is everything" -Me "Judge a man not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character" -Martin Luther King "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." -Einstein "The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." -Muhammad Ali "Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything." -Toby Harrah

12-04-2007, 06:07 PM	#10 (permalink)
Nutlaw Moderator* Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 6,966	Happened for me too on my first try. This has been logged as BZ 256. Thanks for reporting it! __________________ Bench Jockey Hardball League: Owner of the Manhattan Crime Over the Mound Baseball League: Owner of the Omaha Evil Friend of The Birdhouse. Go Cards!

12-03-2007, 01:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
nanaimo Minors (Single A) Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 72	Are you also using the latest patch? (2.0.3.68) Yes Is this happening in more than one league? No I only have one fictional league. If you like I'll start a test league. Are you currently in the regular season or not? Does it seem to make a difference? I had just finished the post season (won the championship thank-you very much!!). I have two scouts that left my major league team and have a couple vacancies of personel at the Single A level. Until about halfway through this season I had been running in commisioner mode, but decided I wanted to change it and attempted to run it with it off. I first noticed an issue after the championship game when I went to take care of some vacancies of my scouts. When I tried promoting my guy from AAA the game crashed. Also when I looked at avialable free agent personnel it only allowed me to shortlist them. When I switched back to commish mode it allowed me to sign them. The game only crashes when I try to promote guys up from the minors to be major league scouts. It happens every time. Were you ever able to promote scouts or hire them (outside of commish mode) in this league? I have been able to promote in the past. The only changes I have made are the installation of the patch, a switch halfway through the season to turn off commish mode and an installation of the new news stories. I'll run a test league if you want and see if it happens again. Also can send the league file if you want. I can also give the windows error report. Thanks!

12-03-2007, 09:36 PM	#6 (permalink)
nanaimo Minors (Single A) Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 72	Here is a screenshot of the error

12-03-2007, 09:40 PM	#7 (permalink)
nanaimo Minors (Single A) Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 72	I can't for the life of me figure out how to copy and past the error code. Probably a good thing as its huge! If you know how I can do that let me know and I'll do it for you. Gonna go and try to reproduce in a new league now.

12-03-2007, 10:09 PM	#8 (permalink)
nanaimo Minors (Single A) Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 72	Yup, happened again, first try. Brand spanking new season. I did switch from commish mode to non-commish mode at the All-Star game again. Doubt it makes a difference.

12-03-2007, 10:16 PM	#9 (permalink)
nanaimo Minors (Single A) Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 72	Best I could do as I don't know how to copy error report, won't let me select text.

12-05-2007, 10:41 AM	#11 (permalink)
Raidergoo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: 39.84 N -84.12 W Posts: 7,282	Nutlaw, I just wanted to add that my online league found this bug last night when a AA manager was being promoted to the majors to become the major league maanger. __________________

12-17-2007, 06:09 PM	#12 (permalink)
Nutlaw Moderator* Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 6,966	Hadn't this been claimed fixed before? Well, it's not working in version 8.0.0.13. __________________ Bench Jockey Hardball League: Owner of the Manhattan Crime Over the Mound Baseball League: Owner of the Omaha Evil Friend of The Birdhouse. Go Cards!

12-28-2007, 11:48 AM	#13 (permalink)
bailey Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 152	I have the same problem in an online league using the latest patch of 2007. __________________ DDB: St. Bernard FOOL: New Orleans

01-02-2008, 10:04 PM	#14 (permalink)
cbbl All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 594	The workaround for this is to "swap" rather than promote. For example, if you have a bench coach vacancy at the ML level and want to promote your AAA hitting coach to the position, the game will crash if you select the AAA hitting coach and try to move him to the empty spot. However, given that you'll likely fill the AAA hitting coach spot with a newly hired guy, go ahead and hire that guy into the ML bench coach position and then "demote" him to the AAA hitting coach role. The two men will "swap" positions, and you'll be all set. My guess is this bug is caused by the vacant position, as I've never had a problem swapping coaches among levels, but, like the rest of you, cannot promote lower level coaches to vacancies at the parent level.

04-04-2008, 11:04 AM	#15 (permalink)
Nihilianth Minors (Triple A) Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 242	CBBL, Ive had the same problem as well. only most of the time, the personnel in question (in my case, it's a pitching coach i wanna promote to ML level) when i go to swap, the current ML coach refuses to be demoted, so i simply fire him and try to promote my AAA coach and the game crashes. Also, another thing i find a little irritating, is that in the person menu (when i right click the personnel name in a minor league where you can promote him from there) the only options available to move the coach is either to the ML level, or to any other personnel slot within that particular team's staff slots. I have a hitting coach with excellent rating for handling rookies who is in my low-A team. There doesnt seem to be an option to move him from SA to AAA, where most of my good young talent is, that i would like to have get developed with this particular coach. sorry if that last thing was alread logged, i never looked for it, but seemed to me to be kind of tied in with the promoting crashes.

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