Corrupt file

Cowscrazy · 02-14-2019, 08:03 PM

I was told I might find some help here with the problem. Power went out in the middle of a simulation and when I got power back it says the file is corrupt. Is my season lost? Or is there anyway to fix this?

There is no back up. I didn't realize I had to set back ups manually.

I guess this is a learning experience if I've lost it all.

mitchkenn · 02-14-2019, 09:00 PM

you're game should still be in the auto save folder. a crash shouldn't erase those files, so if you follow these steps, you have a chance of getting your season back, or at least back to the last time before the crash. good luck.

The notes are from a Lukas's post.:
http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...66&postcount=8

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You should be able to restore from the autosave function. Instructions on doing that follow:

To restore from the automatic backup, do the following:

1) Open the game and on the start screen, click on Settings (or Preferences in OOTP 11-14).

2) Now click on the tab "Troubleshooting".

3) Click "Open folder containing saved games".

4) Now open up the league folder you're wanting to restore.

5) Then select all of the .dat files in the folder and back them up (just in case) by copying them to a temporary folder or creating a zipped file with them

6) Open the folder called "auto-save".

7) In there, select all of the ".dat" files and copy them to the league folder (the parent of the current folder) overwriting all of the ".dat" files in the league folder.

Now start the game and load your league. If it's successful, it will display a message letting you know it's cleaning up text files. This might take several minutes to complete (or even longer if the auto-save backup is older, like from the beginning of the year).

02-14-2019, 08:03 PM	#1
Cowscrazy Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Oct 2016 Posts: 25	Corrupt file I was told I might find some help here with the problem. Power went out in the middle of a simulation and when I got power back it says the file is corrupt. Is my season lost? Or is there anyway to fix this? There is no back up. I didn't realize I had to set back ups manually. I guess this is a learning experience if I've lost it all.

02-14-2019, 09:00 PM	#2
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,872	you're game should still be in the auto save folder. a crash shouldn't erase those files, so if you follow these steps, you have a chance of getting your season back, or at least back to the last time before the crash. good luck. The notes are from a Lukas's post.: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...66&postcount=8 ----------------------- You should be able to restore from the autosave function. Instructions on doing that follow: To restore from the automatic backup, do the following: 1) Open the game and on the start screen, click on Settings (or Preferences in OOTP 11-14). 2) Now click on the tab "Troubleshooting". 3) Click "Open folder containing saved games". 4) Now open up the league folder you're wanting to restore. 5) Then select all of the .dat files in the folder and back them up (just in case) by copying them to a temporary folder or creating a zipped file with them 6) Open the folder called "auto-save". 7) In there, select all of the ".dat" files and copy them to the league folder (the parent of the current folder) overwriting all of the ".dat" files in the league folder. Now start the game and load your league. If it's successful, it will display a message letting you know it's cleaning up text files. This might take several minutes to complete (or even longer if the auto-save backup is older, like from the beginning of the year). __________________ "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. Last edited by mitchkenn; 02-14-2019 at 09:03 PM.