Game crashed and now I can't load the game! Help!

RedSoxJack · 10-15-2020, 01:57 PM

I was playing an OOTP 21 file that has had some issues in the past though in recent months it has been working fine. The game crashed when trying to save today (idk why, I have plenty space on my hard drive). I can still view the save's files in File Explorer on my PC but the "Continue Game" prompt is grayed out and the "Load Game" screen does not contain the file I want to load. When trying to load from backup, all the .dat files are grayed out.

Where has the file gone? Why can I not open it? If it is still on my computer, why is it that I cannot view it in the game?

In other words, I am quite lost in terms of what to do. If someone could assist me that would be much appreciated.

Something to note: I tried going through the "Import OOTP 20 Game" option to see if I could view my file in the game. I was able to, though when I clicked to import it, I was told I was unable to do so since the file was saved through OOTP 21 and it must be a OOTP 20 file to work. I figured this wouldn't work but thought it was weird how I could see it through this window yet not through the Load Game window.

mitchkenn · 10-15-2020, 07:18 PM

try this link and follow the path set down by Lukas. It's worked for others with similar issues. Hope it works for you.

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...66&postcount=8

Lukas Berger · 10-16-2020, 04:31 AM

If the above doesn't work for you, let us know here and we'll try to help further.

10-15-2020, 01:57 PM	#1
RedSoxJack Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Oct 2018 Posts: 30	Game crashed and now I can't load the game! Help! I was playing an OOTP 21 file that has had some issues in the past though in recent months it has been working fine. The game crashed when trying to save today (idk why, I have plenty space on my hard drive). I can still view the save's files in File Explorer on my PC but the "Continue Game" prompt is grayed out and the "Load Game" screen does not contain the file I want to load. When trying to load from backup, all the .dat files are grayed out. Where has the file gone? Why can I not open it? If it is still on my computer, why is it that I cannot view it in the game? In other words, I am quite lost in terms of what to do. If someone could assist me that would be much appreciated. Something to note: I tried going through the "Import OOTP 20 Game" option to see if I could view my file in the game. I was able to, though when I clicked to import it, I was told I was unable to do so since the file was saved through OOTP 21 and it must be a OOTP 20 file to work. I figured this wouldn't work but thought it was weird how I could see it through this window yet not through the Load Game window. Last edited by RedSoxJack; 10-15-2020 at 02:20 PM.

10-15-2020, 07:18 PM	#2
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,872	try this link and follow the path set down by Lukas. It's worked for others with similar issues. Hope it works for you. https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...66&postcount=8 __________________ "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.

10-16-2020, 04:31 AM	#3
Lukas Berger OOTP Developments Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Nice, Côte d'Azur, France Posts: 21,354	If the above doesn't work for you, let us know here and we'll try to help further. __________________ lukas@ootpdevelopments.com PreOrder Out of the Park Baseball 26! Need to upload files for us to check out? Instructions can be found here