OOTP jumps to 100%, now crashes

Matt Mower · 03-06-2002, 11:00 AM

I was playing last night and went to sim a month. It simmed the first game maybe two then seemed to stop. After a while I checked and the CPU was loaded at 99% (by ootp4.exe).

Nothing happened after quite some time. OOTP didn't repaint its window and wasn't responsive to clicks.

Eventually I killed the process. Now I can restart and open the league. It seems to be fine until I try and play a game. That crashes the process. Everything seems fine if I use another league file so I guess it's just those league files that are hosed. I hope it's only a coincidence that the dead league uses Rolen's rosters.

This is with OOTP4a on Dell Inspiron 4000 [384Mb RAM, 700MHz PIII, Win2KSP2, 1.5Gb free space, ATI Rage Mobile 128 with 8MB VRAM]. OOTP3 ran without ever crashing on this machine.

Help?

Matt

Maverick · 03-06-2002, 11:04 AM

Check the line-ups in the league that crashes, I had a similar problem and found there was a player in a slot but he hadn't been allocated a position to play at. Quickest way to check will be to change all teams to cpu and then try to sim.

Killebrew · 03-06-2002, 11:29 AM

Is OOTP4 still generating improper lineup crashes? I tried to crash the game with wacky lineups and could not do it, that's dissapointing if that is back

. Try a league reset if the crash is still there.

Maverick · 03-06-2002, 11:56 AM

I don't know about OOTP4, it was certainly a problem in OOTP3. Just wondered if it may have been a cause.

bkurtz · 03-06-2002, 12:05 PM

[quote]Originally posted by Killebrew:
<strong>Is OOTP4 still generating improper lineup crashes? I tried to crash the game with wacky lineups and could not do it, that's dissapointing if that is back

. Try a league reset if the crash is still there.</strong><hr></blockquote>

i forgot to assign a position to one of my players on lineup and the next i saw was the desktop.

Matt Mower · 03-06-2002, 12:54 PM

I've reloaded the league file and checked the line ups. I don't have an empty position in any of them...

The crash occurs every time I try to play a game, at the point where it displays the "Calculating league leaders" dialog.

I'll try resetting the league. What does that do exactly? [RTFM'ing now]

Matt Mower · 03-06-2002, 02:21 PM

Update:

If I use the standard career roster (that comes with OOTP4) I can sim an entire season no problem.

If I use Rolen's roster it hangs sooner or later, mostly sooner.

The steps I followed were:

1) Load league
2) Reset league
3) Set all teams to CPU
4) Sim season

I know its hung now because I am using task manager to monitor I/O reads & writes. During normal simming these show a healthy upward trend. At the moment they are all static. Its dead.

I'm going to try unpacking the roster again in case I've done something really evil to it...

Matt

03-06-2002, 11:00 AM	#1
Matt Mower Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: London Posts: 34	OOTP jumps to 100%, now crashes I was playing last night and went to sim a month. It simmed the first game maybe two then seemed to stop. After a while I checked and the CPU was loaded at 99% (by ootp4.exe). Nothing happened after quite some time. OOTP didn't repaint its window and wasn't responsive to clicks. Eventually I killed the process. Now I can restart and open the league. It seems to be fine until I try and play a game. That crashes the process. Everything seems fine if I use another league file so I guess it's just those league files that are hosed. I hope it's only a coincidence that the dead league uses Rolen's rosters. This is with OOTP4a on Dell Inspiron 4000 [384Mb RAM, 700MHz PIII, Win2KSP2, 1.5Gb free space, ATI Rage Mobile 128 with 8MB VRAM]. OOTP3 ran without ever crashing on this machine. Help? Matt

03-06-2002, 11:04 AM	#2
Maverick Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Mansfield, UK. Posts: 186	Check the line-ups in the league that crashes, I had a similar problem and found there was a player in a slot but he hadn't been allocated a position to play at. Quickest way to check will be to change all teams to cpu and then try to sim. __________________ Keith

03-06-2002, 11:29 AM	#3
Killebrew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 3,326	Is OOTP4 still generating improper lineup crashes? I tried to crash the game with wacky lineups and could not do it, that's dissapointing if that is back . Try a league reset if the crash is still there. __________________ FOBL Capital City Metropolitans CDL Minnesota Twins

03-06-2002, 11:56 AM	#4
Maverick Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Mansfield, UK. Posts: 186	I don't know about OOTP4, it was certainly a problem in OOTP3. Just wondered if it may have been a cause. __________________ Keith

03-06-2002, 12:05 PM	#5
bkurtz Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 161	[quote]Originally posted by Killebrew: <strong>Is OOTP4 still generating improper lineup crashes? I tried to crash the game with wacky lineups and could not do it, that's dissapointing if that is back . Try a league reset if the crash is still there.</strong><hr></blockquote> i forgot to assign a position to one of my players on lineup and the next i saw was the desktop.

03-06-2002, 12:54 PM	#6
Matt Mower Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: London Posts: 34	I've reloaded the league file and checked the line ups. I don't have an empty position in any of them... The crash occurs every time I try to play a game, at the point where it displays the "Calculating league leaders" dialog. I'll try resetting the league. What does that do exactly? [RTFM'ing now]

03-06-2002, 02:21 PM	#7
Matt Mower Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: London Posts: 34	Update: If I use the standard career roster (that comes with OOTP4) I can sim an entire season no problem. If I use Rolen's roster it hangs sooner or later, mostly sooner. The steps I followed were: 1) Load league 2) Reset league 3) Set all teams to CPU 4) Sim season I know its hung now because I am using task manager to monitor I/O reads & writes. During normal simming these show a healthy upward trend. At the moment they are all static. Its dead. I'm going to try unpacking the roster again in case I've done something really evil to it... Matt