10.25E Cannot Import from 9.XX [Fixed 10.25H]

[jonnymo]

On XP SP2 w/ v. 10.25E, while troubleshooting the "Attendance Too High" bug, I discovered a separate, but possibly related bug. While games started in 9.XX and imported to and saved under previous (10.24 and earlier) versions will play in 10.25E, games created in 9.XX will not open at all in 10.25E. (See below screenshots.)

While I realize that for folks who already have BB2K8, this isn't much of an issue, it's still an advertised feature. More to my point, these two bugs may be related.

[beerchaser]

I haven't been able to get any of my BM07 games to load in BM08. Is there some sort of switch you're supposed to flip to make this happen, or is it just me?

[jonnymo]

I haven't been able to get any of my BM07 games to load in BM08. Is there some sort of switch you're supposed to flip to make this happen, or is it just me?

Can you load them in 10.24? That's what the top screenshot in my post is: I started, then saved a game in 9.45, then opened it in 10.24.

[beerchaser]

I haven't been able to get the 07 games to load, period. I always get the dialog box that says "Cannot load "xxx.mog". It's not been that big of a deal for me though, which is why I haven't mentioned it before now.

[Jeff Olsen]

Some versions of 2K8 load saved games from 2K7 just fine.

[jonnymo]

Some versions of 2K8 load saved games from 2K7 just fine.

Do you mean the unofficial patches since 10.24, or version 10.24 and earlier?

[Jeff Olsen]

Do you mean the unofficial patches since 10.24, or version 10.24 and earlier?

To be honest, I have no idea what version I was running when I last loaded a saved game from 2K7. I do have a few that have since been saved in 2K8, though, and once the game has converted the old saved game to the new version it's fine. Unless a bug creeps into the save/load code.

[beerchaser]

I don't remember what version I was using before either, but I'm currently running 10.25C and I know the 07 games won't load there. I'll probably wait until the next "official" patch before I try those again, like I said it's not a big deal to me but may be for y'all and some others.

[ohms_law]

You guys who still have 2007 save games, you should post one of them. That way, Ian can download it and figure out what the problem actually is.

There's a post of Ian's in here somewhere with a link to a space to upload the games to as well. I'll see if I can find it.

Here's this:

If you can upload the mog files you are having trouble with to here...

http://www.sportsmogul.com/baseball2k8/upload.html

...and post the history of the file and it's problems then I can take a look and find out what is going on.

Thanks!

and it would also probably be usefull to look at:

• 10.24 Freeze loading 2007 save game [Partially FIXED 10.25B]
• Game Play Bug (10.03) Save game problems [Fixed 10.06]
• Data Bug (9.61) BM2k7 save game conversion problems [Fixed 9.62]

[jonnymo]

I do have a few that have since been saved in 2K8, though, and once the game has converted the old saved game to the new version it's fine.

True that. This post refers to games that have not been previously converted. The '99 Rockies .mog w/ which I run a lot of my tests was started in 8.XX, converted to 9.XX, then originally converted to 10.11 and saved on most patches (official and unofficial) since then. I have no problems opening that one.

You guys who still have 2007 save games, you should post one of them.

The tested file was brand new (posted). Anyone who still has 2K7 installed can run the test the same way I did: start a new game in 2K7, save, copy to 2K8 folder, and attempt to open.

[Excal]

Started with 10.25e and now that I try to start a new season with a team everything is ok, but once I save it and try to reload the game it says Couldn't load game file. Installed 20.25g with same actions. Very sad.

[jonnymo]

Started with 10.25e and now that I try to start a new season with a team everything is ok, but once I save it and try to reload the game it says Couldn't load game file. Installed 20.25g with same actions.

I think you may have a corrupt file, Excal. Can you post the .mog?

If you did find a bug, I recommend starting a new thread. This thread refers to games started in 9.XX, and the bug appears to have been fixed in 10.25G. The above game from which I posted screenshots hung at 53% for 1 second, then 97% for 4 seconds before opening correctly. Once saved in 10.25G, I had no problem reopening the file.