No world template

Cowboys3356 · 04-05-2007, 07:33 PM

I am having some trouble loading a world template. I did not have a world_template folder so I created one and put the template I wanted to load into it but the template still did not appear. Now to make things even stranger I saved a template I put together in the game myself thinking that then OOTP would create a world_template folder on its own. Well the game saved my template and allows me to load it BUT it did not create a world template folder and I can not find the template I created anywhere although I can still load it from OOTP?!?!?

Is it saved in the skins folder or something? This is all very odd. Hope can help and sorry for the question is not clear as it is kind of hard to describe.

Doc

M's rule · 04-05-2007, 08:17 PM

On my machine the folder is here (note the s at the end of the name).

C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\My Documents\Sports Interactive\OOTP Baseball 2007\data\world_templates

I think it has always been there; that is, the program didn't wait it to create it until after I had created and tried to save a template.

Cowboys3356 · 04-05-2007, 10:11 PM

I found it! Thanks for your help!

Cowboys3356 · 04-05-2007, 10:17 PM

Why in the world is half the game installed in the My Documents folder and half installed in program files?!?!?

darthpb · 04-05-2007, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Cowboys3356

Why in the world is half the game installed in the My Documents folder and half installed in program files?!?!?

I am having all sorts of issues with this. I was getting template not loading messages and I moved it to the program files...I am trying everything on my laptop to get this to work but it's not...I just wasted the whole friggin' night and I haven't even played it yet.

M's rule · 04-06-2007, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Cowboys3356

Why in the world is half the game installed in the My Documents folder and half installed in program files?!?!?

As I recall, this has to do with the way Vista deals with stored information. (Vista needs to put certain files in My Documents instead of in Program Files, which is where they would probably reside if everybody was still using XP.) Someone who's better at techspeak could give you the details.

Edit: Once you get used to it, it's not so terrible. Skins and fonts are in Program Files (along with the game itself, of course). My Documents holds a data folder that contains all the other files the game uses. Just stick a shortcut to My Documents\Sports Interactive\data on your desktop and you can go there quickly whenever you need to access one of those files.

billethius · 04-06-2007, 01:06 AM

The idea is that user data should never be in the same place as program data. And this actually makes some sense - especially when you think of backing information up. It's much easier to backup all user data from one location than to search through all your program files folders to find what you might want to backup.

Vinny P. · 04-06-2007, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by billethius

The idea is that user data should never be in the same place as program data. And this actually makes some sense - especially when you think of backing information up. It's much easier to backup all user data from one location than to search through all your program files folders to find what you might want to backup.

yes exactly! if anyone has ever played sim city 4, they would know how buggy the original retail version of the game is, especially when you d/l user created buildings/landmarks, makes it incredibly easier to keep those files seperated from the rest of the game.

same thing with ootp. the more custom files/mods you have, the more of a difference this makes

Cowboys3356 · 04-06-2007, 09:21 AM

Well I got it all working now without any problems. I just basically have 2 full copies of everything in 2 different places. Can I delete the stuff in the Program Files section or does that need to be there? I do not run Vista btw.

billethius · 04-10-2007, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Cowboys3356

Well I got it all working now without any problems. I just basically have 2 full copies of everything in 2 different places. Can I delete the stuff in the Program Files section or does that need to be there? I do not run Vista btw.

Yeah, go ahead and delete anything you added to the program files folder. Anything the user adds should go into the My Documents folder.

Edit: Since the problem has been fixed, this thread is going to be closed...

04-05-2007, 07:33 PM	#1
Cowboys3356 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,572	No world template I am having some trouble loading a world template. I did not have a world_template folder so I created one and put the template I wanted to load into it but the template still did not appear. Now to make things even stranger I saved a template I put together in the game myself thinking that then OOTP would create a world_template folder on its own. Well the game saved my template and allows me to load it BUT it did not create a world template folder and I can not find the template I created anywhere although I can still load it from OOTP?!?!? Is it saved in the skins folder or something? This is all very odd. Hope can help and sorry for the question is not clear as it is kind of hard to describe. Doc

04-05-2007, 08:17 PM	#2
M's rule All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Seattle Posts: 925	On my machine the folder is here (note the s at the end of the name). C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\My Documents\Sports Interactive\OOTP Baseball 2007\data\world_templates I think it has always been there; that is, the program didn't wait it to create it until after I had created and tried to save a template.

04-05-2007, 10:11 PM	#3
Cowboys3356 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,572	I found it! Thanks for your help!

04-05-2007, 10:17 PM	#4
Cowboys3356 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,572	Why in the world is half the game installed in the My Documents folder and half installed in program files?!?!?

04-06-2007, 01:06 AM	#7
billethius All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 822	The idea is that user data should never be in the same place as program data. And this actually makes some sense - especially when you think of backing information up. It's much easier to backup all user data from one location than to search through all your program files folders to find what you might want to backup.

04-06-2007, 09:21 AM	#9
Cowboys3356 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,572	Well I got it all working now without any problems. I just basically have 2 full copies of everything in 2 different places. Can I delete the stuff in the Program Files section or does that need to be there? I do not run Vista btw.