Things To Backup When Installing New Versions

Baby Ruth · 04-28-2022, 07:58 PM

When installing a new version of the current game, like the new 50 beta, e.g. what are things you should back up (so can you restore after the installation)?

I'll start the list because this is the one I always do:

1)fg_files. I've read here that any custom fgs get overwritten by a file with the same name, and if you want save those you've modified you'd better make a copy of them.

swoboda · 04-28-2022, 08:05 PM

In the past custom cams disappeared when updating, I believe the solution was to make a copy of your ballparks folder and save it outside of your OOTP folder then paste it back in after the update.
Can someone else comment if this is the right advice?

mitchkenn · 04-29-2022, 07:19 PM

i back up all the files. and i back up every time i am ready to exit the game using the game back-up feature. then i zip those files to a different hard drive -so i always have two backups to go to if i ever need it (and it happens i've needed it more than once) . by backing all the files, all my logos and jerseys, etc are in the back-up files and slide into the restored game perfectly. ( i save the back-up files for two game years. at the start of year 3 - i delete the oldest year - so at worst i am am not more than a year or two of lost games if it ever comes to that - rather than losing everything and having to start completely over...)

Baby Ruth · 04-29-2022, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by mitchkenn

i back up all the files. and i back up every time i am ready to exit the game using the game back-up feature. then i zip those files to a different hard drive -so i always have two backups to go to if i ever need it (and it happens i've needed it more than once) . by backing all the files, all my logos and jerseys, etc are in the back-up files and slide into the restored game perfectly. ( i save the back-up files for two game years. at the start of year 3 - i delete the oldest year - so at worst i am am not more than a year or two of lost games if it ever comes to that - rather than losing everything and having to start completely over...)

What does the backup feature in-game include? Does it include data files like facegens or just your saved games?

andyhdz · 04-29-2022, 08:19 PM

Mostly on the graphics side. the following always get overwritten:

custom sky backgrounds
Custom icons
custom free agent jerseys

I heard the world.xml file gets overwritten too

04-28-2022, 07:58 PM	#1
Baby Ruth All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Reading Posts: 632 Infractions: 0/2 (3)	Things To Backup When Installing New Versions When installing a new version of the current game, like the new 50 beta, e.g. what are things you should back up (so can you restore after the installation)? I'll start the list because this is the one I always do: 1)fg_files. I've read here that any custom fgs get overwritten by a file with the same name, and if you want save those you've modified you'd better make a copy of them.

04-28-2022, 08:05 PM	#2
swoboda All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Guarding The Line Posts: 1,220	In the past custom cams disappeared when updating, I believe the solution was to make a copy of your ballparks folder and save it outside of your OOTP folder then paste it back in after the update. Can someone else comment if this is the right advice? __________________ "...If you want to look ahead to the bottom of the ninth, the Mets will be sending up Buddy Harrelson, Jerry Buchek , and Don Bosch, we'll be right back after this word from Rheingold Beer" The late great Lindsey Nelson Last edited by swoboda; 04-28-2022 at 08:29 PM.

04-29-2022, 07:19 PM	#3
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,872	i back up all the files. and i back up every time i am ready to exit the game using the game back-up feature. then i zip those files to a different hard drive -so i always have two backups to go to if i ever need it (and it happens i've needed it more than once) . by backing all the files, all my logos and jerseys, etc are in the back-up files and slide into the restored game perfectly. ( i save the back-up files for two game years. at the start of year 3 - i delete the oldest year - so at worst i am am not more than a year or two of lost games if it ever comes to that - rather than losing everything and having to start completely over...) __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip.

04-29-2022, 08:19 PM	#5
andyhdz All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Fresno, CA by way of Texas Posts: 1,754	Mostly on the graphics side. the following always get overwritten: custom sky backgrounds Custom icons custom free agent jerseys I heard the world.xml file gets overwritten too __________________ *************************************** It's your game. Play it how you like it. ***************************************