Using Backup File

DWK · 09-25-2010, 04:55 PM

My online league crash last night after I ran the sim the crash was caused by 2 teams have 41 players on the active roster for Spring Training.

I installed my game back with my backup file my question is how come I lost all my history for the game and the 7 years of almanacs are gone?

I thought a backup saved everything

RchW · 09-25-2010, 05:20 PM

Unfortunately the History files are not saved during incremental backups. I always use "copy all file" to ensure a complete league is available.

See the manual for a better explanation.

OOTP Baseball Manual - Backup Game

That is unfortunate. Did you happen to store a previous back on a DVD or external drive?

DWK · 09-25-2010, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by RchW

That is unfortunate. Did you happen to store a previous back on a DVD or external drive?

No, well that really sucks

SteveP · 09-25-2010, 07:17 PM

I guess I am little puzzled on this one. I don't use full game backup, but the backup includes almanacs, for example, and if I restore from the backup, the almanacs are there. My understanding is that the only purpose behind selecting the "full file" backup is to force the backup to replace a file which hasn't changed. Of course, you can always look at what is included in the backup game folder for that game, and at the date stamping for everything. So, it seems to me that either the almanacs are there or they aren't.

This is different from the Auto-save based backup, which only provides a means for restoring the various dat files in their most recent state in case of a serious crash.

DWK · 09-25-2010, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveP

I guess I am little puzzled on this one. I don't use full game backup, but the backup includes almanacs, for example, and if I restore from the backup, the almanacs are there. My understanding is that the only purpose behind selecting the "full file" backup is to force the backup to replace a file which hasn't changed. Of course, you can always look at what is included in the backup game folder for that game, and at the date stamping for everything. So, it seems to me that either the almanacs are there or they aren't.

This is different from the Auto-save based backup, which only provides a means for restoring the various dat files in their most recent state in case of a serious crash.

In the back up file for the game the almanac folders are there but their empty.

I did find a CVS yearly dump I did is there anyway to get that info backinto my game?

SteveP · 09-26-2010, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by DWK

In the back up file for the game the almanac folders are there but their empty.

I did find a CVS yearly dump I did is there anyway to get that info backinto my game?

Empty almanac folders would certainly explain why you didn't have the almanacs when you restored. Why they are empty is a mystery to me. If you had files in the almanac in your game, they should have been saved in a backup. I don't know the answer to your other question.

RchW · 09-27-2010, 12:39 AM

Did you have an almanac generated at a specified time of year?

DWK · 09-27-2010, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by RchW

Did you have an almanac generated at a specified time of year?

The almanac gets generated at the end of the year when I turn the league over.

09-25-2010, 04:55 PM	#1
DWK All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Somewhere in South Carolina Posts: 636	Using Backup File My online league crash last night after I ran the sim the crash was caused by 2 teams have 41 players on the active roster for Spring Training. I installed my game back with my backup file my question is how come I lost all my history for the game and the 7 years of almanacs are gone? I thought a backup saved everything

09-25-2010, 05:20 PM	#2
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	Unfortunately the History files are not saved during incremental backups. I always use "copy all file" to ensure a complete league is available. See the manual for a better explanation. OOTP Baseball Manual - Backup Game That is unfortunate. Did you happen to store a previous back on a DVD or external drive? __________________ 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

09-27-2010, 12:39 AM	#7
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	Did you have an almanac generated at a specified time of year? __________________ 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

09-25-2010, 07:17 PM	#4
SteveP Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,109	I guess I am little puzzled on this one. I don't use full game backup, but the backup includes almanacs, for example, and if I restore from the backup, the almanacs are there. My understanding is that the only purpose behind selecting the "full file" backup is to force the backup to replace a file which hasn't changed. Of course, you can always look at what is included in the backup game folder for that game, and at the date stamping for everything. So, it seems to me that either the almanacs are there or they aren't. This is different from the Auto-save based backup, which only provides a means for restoring the various dat files in their most recent state in case of a serious crash.