Cannot find database?

eriqjaffe · 08-08-2006, 11:11 PM

I don't do much historical simming, but I decided I'd try to set up a MLB/Federal League scenario, and I get the error I posted about in this thread:

Could Not Find Historical Database

The initial import goes fine, but then I get that error whenever I load the league.

Anybody else see this error?

Steve Kuffrey · 08-09-2006, 12:28 AM

Nukester · 08-09-2006, 12:36 AM

Try putting your database folder inside your OOTP folder and see if that works.

eriqjaffe · 08-09-2006, 09:07 AM

So...like...

e:\program files\sports interactive\ootp baseball 2006\stats\*.csv?

Nukester · 08-09-2006, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by eriqjaffe

So...like...

e:\program files\sports interactive\ootp baseball 2006\stats\*.csv?

Yeah, try copying the whole stats folder over and see if that works. When you do that, dont forget to change the path in the setup. Im not sure if that will work, but I thought I read in the past about the db not working unless it was in the same directory as the game. I usually have mine outside of the game directory, but for this version I have it inside the same directory and havent had a problem yet. I think I did that because of what I read before

eriqjaffe · 08-09-2006, 10:19 AM

Thanks, I'll give that a try and see what happens.

eriqjaffe · 08-12-2006, 09:33 PM

Sure enough, that fixed it. I should probably log that in TestTrack if it hasn't already been done...

M's rule · 08-13-2006, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by eriqjaffe

Sure enough, that fixed it. I should probably log that in TestTrack if it hasn't already been done...

Don't know if it's in TT yet, but I do know this: At one time during testing I had OOTP on my C: drive and my database on my D: drive. The initial import worked just fine, because all I had to do was define the path to the database before importing (and that's the path that's displayed within the game thereafter). But when I quit the game after importing and then started it again, I got the "can't find database" window.

I just clicked to get rid of the window and proceeded to play, but eventually I got tired of seeing the window every time I opened the game, so before the next time I started a test league with a new build, I moved the database to the desktop of my C: drive. The "can't find" window doesn't pop up for me anymore, now that the game and the database are on the same drive.

The Game Guide, page 65 bottom, specifically says that the database shouldn't be in the same directory as the game--yet, judging by your and Nukester's experiences, there's no harm in doing so, and it might even be a good thing.

Just thought I'd share.

EDIT: I see you have put it into TT, eriq--and you mentioned that OOTP is on your E: drive. According to the other thread you started, you had the "can't find" problem when your database directory was on your C: drive. Have you tried simply putting your database onto your E: drive in some place other than inside the OOTP folder? As I said above, that seems to be working for me.

eriqjaffe · 08-13-2006, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by M's rule

EDIT: I see you have put it into TT, eriq--and you mentioned that OOTP is on your E: drive. According to the other thread you started, you had the "can't find" problem when your database directory was on your C: drive. Have you tried simply putting your database onto your E: drive in some place other than inside the OOTP folder? As I said above, that seems to be working for me.

That's a good idea, I'll give that a shot and edit the TT entry accordingly.

08-09-2006, 12:28 AM	#2 (permalink)
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08-09-2006, 12:36 AM	#3 (permalink)
Nukester All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Newburgh, NY Posts: 1,866	Try putting your database folder inside your OOTP folder and see if that works. __________________ Well, I don't really think that the end can be assessed as of itself as being the end because what does the end feel like? It's like saying when you try to extrapolate the end of the universe, you say, if the universe is indeed infinite, then how - what does that mean? How far is all the way, and then if it stops, what's stopping it, and what's behind what's stopping it? So, what's the end, you know, is my question to you.

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