Game Reset Itself, Now I Can Not Dark Skin to Work.

The Game · 08-21-2022, 11:59 PM

On Saturday I created a Live Start 2022 league which took around 4 hours to load. I played on it for around 2 more hours. When closing it down OOTP/PC froze. Think it was PC not OOTP since the mouse was unresponsive. I turned off the PC and went to bed. This morning when I loaded OOTP, it started up like it was a fresh install and all of my settings went back to defaults. I had to re-do everything. Screen setup, game options, etc. I noticed that none of the backgrounds I use are showing up in Dark Skin. OOTP 23 background looks more like OOTP 18 vs 22 or how I had it. I can not figure out how to fix this. I am on Steam and I verified files about 2 hours ago and it had 75 errors. I think it fixed itself but my awards were reset which did still show up n the dark skin images folder up to earlier (before verifying it stopped showing up) I re-downloads dark skin and installed in twice today. I just put my awards back in, deleted skin.bin, and restarted OOTP but the screen still shows up as dark grey/light gray vs black. I have a black background loaded but it only shows up on certain screens.

Help me figure out how to fix my OOTP, please.

Edit: I thought I was having cmos/bios issues when it turned out my monitor flaked out. I bought a new monitor today. Every time i set it to 1920 x 1080 it reverts to 1904 x 1041, why?

The Game · 08-22-2022, 12:03 AM

here are some screenshots from my Sox baseball league dynasty before i had issues.

below are some more from now

Edit: Is the skin installed or not?

The Game · 08-22-2022, 12:13 AM

the workshop folder throws me off. there is no skin.bin in that one compared to the main OOTP folder.

The Game · 09-01-2022, 03:04 PM

SO i uninstalled OOTP from my PC and reinstalled OOTP onto my X Drive. steam & FHM 8 are already on it. I backed up my leagues. When i try to load my leagues it shows the PC version which has the saved games in My Documents and does not let me point to the X drive. I do not want to move my larger leagues to the X drive until I know that my smaller leagues are functioning properly. Dark skin still isn;t showing up right but If i can load the saved game that I copied to the Xdrive that might change. All of my PC OOTP 23 files still show up.

I PMed Matt about this, he said someone would respond, so far no one has.

The Game · 09-02-2022, 05:39 AM

I think I figured out what the issue was. There is a dropdown for optimized readability Yes 0r No. The top screenshot is yes, the bottom is no. Withe the addon Dark skin, it looks closer to the top one. I'll post another screenshot after i reboot and delete the skin.bin.

The Game · 09-02-2022, 05:58 AM

That seems to have fixed it. Wish i would have had help figuring this out or figured it out sooner. I lost 9 of my 13 leagues. I thought i backed them up but i messed up somewhere.

08-21-2022, 11:59 PM	#1
The Game Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Inside The Game Posts: 30,937	Game Reset Itself, Now I Can Not Dark Skin to Work. On Saturday I created a Live Start 2022 league which took around 4 hours to load. I played on it for around 2 more hours. When closing it down OOTP/PC froze. Think it was PC not OOTP since the mouse was unresponsive. I turned off the PC and went to bed. This morning when I loaded OOTP, it started up like it was a fresh install and all of my settings went back to defaults. I had to re-do everything. Screen setup, game options, etc. I noticed that none of the backgrounds I use are showing up in Dark Skin. OOTP 23 background looks more like OOTP 18 vs 22 or how I had it. I can not figure out how to fix this. I am on Steam and I verified files about 2 hours ago and it had 75 errors. I think it fixed itself but my awards were reset which did still show up n the dark skin images folder up to earlier (before verifying it stopped showing up) I re-downloads dark skin and installed in twice today. I just put my awards back in, deleted skin.bin, and restarted OOTP but the screen still shows up as dark grey/light gray vs black. I have a black background loaded but it only shows up on certain screens. Help me figure out how to fix my OOTP, please. Edit: I thought I was having cmos/bios issues when it turned out my monitor flaked out. I bought a new monitor today. Every time i set it to 1920 x 1080 it reverts to 1904 x 1041, why? Attached Images __________________ Go today don't wait for tomorrow It isn't promised, all the time you get borrowed Don't live your life for other people Don't bottle your emotions till they crack and fill a couple just sorrows Take your mind and refocus go get a paper write your goals out Throw your middle fingers to all your haters "Stay Strong" Last edited by The Game; 08-22-2022 at 12:01 AM.

08-22-2022, 12:03 AM	#2
The Game Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Inside The Game Posts: 30,937	here are some screenshots from my Sox baseball league dynasty before i had issues. below are some more from now Edit: Is the skin installed or not? Attached Images __________________ Go today don't wait for tomorrow It isn't promised, all the time you get borrowed Don't live your life for other people Don't bottle your emotions till they crack and fill a couple just sorrows Take your mind and refocus go get a paper write your goals out Throw your middle fingers to all your haters "Stay Strong" Last edited by The Game; 08-22-2022 at 12:09 AM.

08-22-2022, 12:13 AM	#3
The Game Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Inside The Game Posts: 30,937	the workshop folder throws me off. there is no skin.bin in that one compared to the main OOTP folder. Attached Images __________________ Go today don't wait for tomorrow It isn't promised, all the time you get borrowed Don't live your life for other people Don't bottle your emotions till they crack and fill a couple just sorrows Take your mind and refocus go get a paper write your goals out Throw your middle fingers to all your haters "Stay Strong"

09-01-2022, 03:04 PM	#4
The Game Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Inside The Game Posts: 30,937	SO i uninstalled OOTP from my PC and reinstalled OOTP onto my X Drive. steam & FHM 8 are already on it. I backed up my leagues. When i try to load my leagues it shows the PC version which has the saved games in My Documents and does not let me point to the X drive. I do not want to move my larger leagues to the X drive until I know that my smaller leagues are functioning properly. Dark skin still isn;t showing up right but If i can load the saved game that I copied to the Xdrive that might change. All of my PC OOTP 23 files still show up. I PMed Matt about this, he said someone would respond, so far no one has. __________________ Go today don't wait for tomorrow It isn't promised, all the time you get borrowed Don't live your life for other people Don't bottle your emotions till they crack and fill a couple just sorrows Take your mind and refocus go get a paper write your goals out Throw your middle fingers to all your haters "Stay Strong"

09-02-2022, 05:39 AM	#5
The Game Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Inside The Game Posts: 30,937	I think I figured out what the issue was. There is a dropdown for optimized readability Yes 0r No. The top screenshot is yes, the bottom is no. Withe the addon Dark skin, it looks closer to the top one. I'll post another screenshot after i reboot and delete the skin.bin. Attached Images __________________ Go today don't wait for tomorrow It isn't promised, all the time you get borrowed Don't live your life for other people Don't bottle your emotions till they crack and fill a couple just sorrows Take your mind and refocus go get a paper write your goals out Throw your middle fingers to all your haters "Stay Strong"

09-02-2022, 05:58 AM	#6
The Game Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Inside The Game Posts: 30,937	That seems to have fixed it. Wish i would have had help figuring this out or figured it out sooner. I lost 9 of my 13 leagues. I thought i backed them up but i messed up somewhere. Attached Images __________________ Go today don't wait for tomorrow It isn't promised, all the time you get borrowed Don't live your life for other people Don't bottle your emotions till they crack and fill a couple just sorrows Take your mind and refocus go get a paper write your goals out Throw your middle fingers to all your haters "Stay Strong"