Need Help from an OOTP Vet Please!

raidermike · 03-25-2015, 12:47 PM

Hi Guys and thanks in advance!

I've actually played OOTP for the past 15 years, but I need help figuring out how to set something up. Here is the situation:

I like to play the game with a buddy (two different households). After we both purchase the game, we want to set up a historical league in which we control two different teams. Ideally, I would play (using the in-game engine where you get to coach your team) about 10 games while his games are getting simulated and then somehow send him the league file so he could play his next 10 games while my games were being simulated. Here's the problem:

In the past, we've taken the league file inside of the game's folder in our C drives and sent it to a zip file. We were able to email the league back and forth until, inevitably, the file got too big and we had to stop playing.

Is there a way that we could run our league in the way I described without having to attempt to email large zip files that would end up getting too big to send?

Thank you!

RchW · 03-25-2015, 12:51 PM

Send only the dat files and make sure you both have the same files/folders elsewhere.

Questdog · 03-25-2015, 12:56 PM

You could also find a solution other than email to exchange the files. Something like dropbox.

RchW · 03-25-2015, 01:00 PM

You could run a mini online league. Ping FMontoya. He offers cost effective turn key online hosting.

03-25-2015, 12:47 PM	#1
raidermike Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 35	Need Help from an OOTP Vet Please! Hi Guys and thanks in advance! I've actually played OOTP for the past 15 years, but I need help figuring out how to set something up. Here is the situation: I like to play the game with a buddy (two different households). After we both purchase the game, we want to set up a historical league in which we control two different teams. Ideally, I would play (using the in-game engine where you get to coach your team) about 10 games while his games are getting simulated and then somehow send him the league file so he could play his next 10 games while my games were being simulated. Here's the problem: In the past, we've taken the league file inside of the game's folder in our C drives and sent it to a zip file. We were able to email the league back and forth until, inevitably, the file got too big and we had to stop playing. Is there a way that we could run our league in the way I described without having to attempt to email large zip files that would end up getting too big to send? Thank you!

03-25-2015, 12:51 PM	#2
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	Send only the dat files and make sure you both have the same files/folders elsewhere. __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

03-25-2015, 01:00 PM	#4
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	You could run a mini online league. Ping FMontoya. He offers cost effective turn key online hosting. __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

03-25-2015, 12:56 PM	#3
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	You could also find a solution other than email to exchange the files. Something like dropbox.