Major skin problem

Sun Tzu · 04-19-2008, 10:23 AM

I attempted to install a custom skin downloaded from padres fan site. When I start the game up I get an error message...which I have attached as a jpeg. Then when I attempt to start a new game, the game just crashes. I have deleted the skin folder which I tried to use, then uninstalled/reinstalled the game, but nothing changes. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Nutlaw · 04-19-2008, 10:38 AM

Two ideas. First, I think that the game is still trying to load that old skin of yours. Could you try renaming the skin folder for a working skin to the folder name of the skin that caused you your problem and see if that works?

When you reinstalled the game, did you first delete the C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Application Data\Out of the Park Developments\OOTP Baseball 8 folder? If not, try doing that. It's a hidden folder, of note.

Sun Tzu · 04-19-2008, 11:43 AM

I'm in vista...and I don't believe vista has "documents and settings" where else would I look?

Nutlaw · 04-19-2008, 12:16 PM

Oh really? Hrm. Try this link: 4sysops - Documents and Settings in Vista

I'd try the renaming skin folder renaming trick, first, though. Did that not work?

endgame · 04-19-2008, 12:21 PM

That looks like a v2007 version. Aside from renaming the skin.bin file (which should work) could you provide the name of the skin file from Padres? We'd want to make sure 1) that the skin IS designed to be used with that version and 2) that someone else using it is having the same problem or not.

Sun Tzu · 04-19-2008, 12:32 PM

Ok...so I found that app data folder (vista has it as C:\users\(your username)\appdata\roaming\sports interactive\ootp baseball 2007) and deleted after another re-install. That worked.

The skin I was trying was the mlb.com skin...which looked really nice in the screenshot so I was bummed out that it didn't work.

endgame · 04-19-2008, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

Ok...so I found that app data folder (vista has it as C:\users\(your username)\appdata\roaming\sports interactive\ootp baseball 2007) and deleted after another re-install. That worked.

The skin I was trying was the mlb.com skin...which looked really nice in the screenshot so I was bummed out that it didn't work.

Thanks for the info. Did you eventually get the skin to work after that?

Sidenote: This Vista location should be added to an FAQ somewhere, if it isn't already, as this has come up numerous times in Tech.

Sun Tzu · 04-20-2008, 06:13 PM

I never attempted the same skin again, just for the sake of saving myself hours upon hours of headache.

04-19-2008, 10:23 AM	#1
Sun Tzu Minors (Single A) Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 71	Major skin problem I attempted to install a custom skin downloaded from padres fan site. When I start the game up I get an error message...which I have attached as a jpeg. Then when I attempt to start a new game, the game just crashes. I have deleted the skin folder which I tried to use, then uninstalled/reinstalled the game, but nothing changes. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Attached Images __________________ Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

04-19-2008, 11:43 AM	#3
Sun Tzu Minors (Single A) Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 71	I'm in vista...and I don't believe vista has "documents and settings" where else would I look? __________________ Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

04-19-2008, 12:21 PM	#5
endgame Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 16,843	That looks like a v2007 version. Aside from renaming the skin.bin file (which should work) could you provide the name of the skin file from Padres? We'd want to make sure 1) that the skin IS designed to be used with that version and 2) that someone else using it is having the same problem or not. __________________ "Try again. Fail again. Fail better." -- Samuel Beckett _____________________________________________

04-19-2008, 12:32 PM	#6
Sun Tzu Minors (Single A) Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 71	Ok...so I found that app data folder (vista has it as C:\users\(your username)\appdata\roaming\sports interactive\ootp baseball 2007) and deleted after another re-install. That worked. The skin I was trying was the mlb.com skin...which looked really nice in the screenshot so I was bummed out that it didn't work. __________________ Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

04-20-2008, 06:13 PM	#8
Sun Tzu Minors (Single A) Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 71	I never attempted the same skin again, just for the sake of saving myself hours upon hours of headache. __________________ Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

04-19-2008, 10:38 AM	#2
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	Two ideas. First, I think that the game is still trying to load that old skin of yours. Could you try renaming the skin folder for a working skin to the folder name of the skin that caused you your problem and see if that works? When you reinstalled the game, did you first delete the C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Application Data\Out of the Park Developments\OOTP Baseball 8 folder? If not, try doing that. It's a hidden folder, of note.

04-19-2008, 12:16 PM	#4
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	Oh really? Hrm. Try this link: 4sysops - Documents and Settings in Vista I'd try the renaming skin folder renaming trick, first, though. Did that not work?