Not able to load save after update

[lonestarcollector]

Hi, I’ve been playing OOTP 21 on windows 10/steam for a few months now. The main save I’ve been playing has not been able to load after the last update. Whenever I attempt to load, a pop up appears that says “the database was created with and earlier version, please use the button Import OOTP 19 to import the database”. I have tried that multiple times but another pop up appears that says “cannot load this save because it was saved with OOTP-1. This version can only import games saved as OOTP version #20”. I do not have a backup and really hope I can get this save back. Any help would be appreciated. I also posted on the OOTP subreddit but no one responded. Thanks in advance

[Lukas Berger]

It's not likely related to the update, but it sounds like your save is corrupt.

You should be able to restore from the autosave function. Instructions on doing that follow:

1) Open the game and on the start screen, click on Settings (or Preferences in OOTP 11-14).

2) Now click on the tab "Troubleshooting".

3) Click "Open folder containing saved games".

4) Now open up the league folder you're wanting to restore.

5) Then select all of the .dat files in the folder and back them up (just in case) by copying them to a temporary folder or creating a zipped file with them

6) Open the folder called "auto-save".

7) In there, select all of the ".dat" files and copy them to the league folder (the parent of the current folder) overwriting all of the ".dat" files in the league folder.

8) Now start the game and load your league.

[majormet]

Originally Posted by Lukas Berger

It's not likely related to the update, but it sounds like your save is corrupt.

You should be able to restore from the autosave function. Instructions on doing that follow:

1) Open the game and on the start screen, click on Settings (or Preferences in OOTP 11-14).

2) Now click on the tab "Troubleshooting".

3) Click "Open folder containing saved games".

4) Now open up the league folder you're wanting to restore.

5) Then select all of the .dat files in the folder and back them up (just in case) by copying them to a temporary folder or creating a zipped file with them

6) Open the folder called "auto-save".

7) In there, select all of the ".dat" files and copy them to the league folder (the parent of the current folder) overwriting all of the ".dat" files in the league folder.

8) Now start the game and load your league.

This worked for me, wanted to thank you as I thought I lost my league