[f.montoya]

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Can you please zip the leagues file (*.dat is enough), and email them to markus@ootpdevelopments.com please?

As I mentioned to Andreas in a reply to the PM he sent me, I am convinced this is a problem with the C drive and or the operating system. I did a search and came up with several issues (not only involving game software) with Vista caused by blackouts and sudden loss of power. Also, it's clear that the .dats are not corrupt because the same league files will load up fine if the game is installed on another partition or another computer altogether. The game is obviously not able to call on something it needs while running on the affected drive.

That said, for now I'd suggest, to those having this problem, running a "Check Disk" on the C drive, while making sure to put a check mark in "Automatically fix file system errors" and "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors". This will take an hour or so, depending on your system.

After the machine boots, try the game and see what happens.

If that doesn't work, you may need to repair your O.S. with the installation disk.

If any of you try this, please let us know how it goes.