Buzzed Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Bought game and after the initial setup to create the database, which it goes through, followed by saving the game which gets to 100% but then a screen pops up which states "There was an error in saving your game. Make sure you don't have either the setup.dat or stats.dat file opened by another program and that you don't have two instances of BBCF running." I have to open the task manager as the game freezes at that point and no other programs are running, let alone another instance of BBCF. Is this a Vista problem? As my computer is running on Windows Vista home premium. I have downloaded the 1.52 patch twice, first time thought perhaps maybe I didn't restart my computer even though I was sure I had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlie Rahn Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 1. Here's the one thing I would recommend as a fix: The first time you run the game you need to do this: A - Go directly to your BBCF folder under program files (default location is C:\Program Files\GDS\Bowl Bound College Football). Find the bb2005.exe application, right-click on it, and select "Run as Administrator". This will load the game with the proper memory rights the first time (and all times after this). You may need to do this even if you have admin rights with your current user. B - Next, you need to change the permissions on the BBCF folder. Right click on it and select properties. Then click the security tab. Click the Edit button. Under "group or user names:" select "Users" and then under "Permissions for users" check the box under allow for modify (write will automatically get checked when you do that). Click OK to close all the windows. (Thanks to the guys at FOFC for the second part) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzed Posted May 21, 2007 Author Share Posted May 21, 2007 Thanks for the advice. However nothing has worked. I've tried changing the "compatibility" as well but nothing has worked. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Bailey24 Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 So i guess there was never a fix for this? I'm having the same problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udlb58 Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 I have the same problem, but only with one league and now when trying to create a new league. In all of my prior online and offline leagues, I had no problems and still don't. But with GG I get the same message, and now when I try to create a new league this message shows up. [url=http://www.mediafire.com/?eniwx4lnigd]Here's the file for the last league I tried to create.[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Vibert Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Are you also running Vista? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udlb58 Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 [QUOTE=Scott Vibert;272022]Are you also running Vista?[/QUOTE] Nope, XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougieVol Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Same thing for me, except it happened 4 seasons in. I go to SAVE my game, and it asks if 2 instances of BBCF are running, and it also has a CONTINUE button. You can't click on it, the game is frozen. I end the process and reboot. BBCF opens but I cannot open this particular league because it says "No save file, create a league." Well, I copied a save file from the backup and it opened, so I was back on track? NOPE. I tried to save after my 6th game of the 4th season,and it all started again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Vibert Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Can you find the save file in the BBCF directory? Is it clicked as read only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udlb58 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Nope, not checked read only. [url=http://www.mediafire.com/?4o2xk4frldt]Here's my original files[/url], [url=http://www.mediafire.com/?aopjzs24mz0]league with the problems[/url], and [url=http://www.mediafire.com/?dhj9a5vmrq1]league that works fine[/url]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougieVol Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Mine are not marked as Read Only. It does it for every SP league I run. I can sometimes sim for 3-4 game weeks, but poof - it comes back. I can't play ANY singleplayer games - it's very frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Vibert Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 I will see if I can recreate this as soon as I get a chance, it might be a bit however (crazy schedule in the "real" world right now). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udlb58 Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Just wanted to bump this up until Scott has a chance to look into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcntx Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 I'm having the same problem. I don't see any fix in September 07. I just bought the game and wish I knew about this first. This really sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcntx Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 Just put it on a different computer and GOT THE SAME ERROR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udlb58 Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Hey Scott, just wondering if you've had a chance to look into this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody8200 Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Here is the fix When the error occurs it deletes your ncaa.sav or whatever the name of your league is .sav So simply go into the backup folder in your save dorectory and copy the ncaa.sav to your main save directory. Once you do that reload the game and your league. Play out the week you had the problem with but do not save during that week. Wait a week or two to save. That seems to fix the problem. Once you get by the week that causes the .sav file to be deleted you can safely save and it works good as new. Anyway, hope it works for you. I've had this error numerous times and this has always fixed the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udlb58 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 [QUOTE=cody8200;299179]When the error occurs it deletes your ncaa.sav or whatever the name of your league is .sav So simply go into the backup folder in your save dorectory and copy the ncaa.sav to your main save directory. Once you do that reload the game and your league. Play out the week you had the problem with but do not save during that week. Wait a week or two to save. That seems to fix the problem. Once you get by the week that causes the .sav file to be deleted you can safely save and it works good as new. Anyway, hope it works for you. I've had this error numerous times and this has always fixed the problem.[/QUOTE] No this is a reoccurring problem that happens every time I save in these couple of files. Like I said earlier, not all of my saves do this, just any new ones and the GG files. It's a pain to go in and copy, paste the backup files every time I want to save. Not to mention the fact that I can't save without crashing the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udlb58 Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 just a bump since I haven't heard anything yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udlb58 Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 Another bump to see if anybody has been able to look at my file and figure anything out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTMarc Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 game crashes I fairly regularly get cases where the the buttons in the game don't work. To me it seems like the UI of the game gets disconnected from something underneath. The UI still lets me click on a button, and I see the button react. But nothing happens. Lately its been happening during recruiting. Nothing specific seems to cause it. Just every once in awhile (like every week of recruiting) the game underneath crashes leaving a UI running alone on its own. Its not a specific spot in the game. When I restart at whatever was my last save, I can keep playing past whatever spot it crashed at. Until the next time it crashes at some new spot. Since the game doesn't autosave during recruiting (only at the end of the stage), it can be quite annoying. Nowadays, someone would think I'm nuts because I'm saving pretty much after each position I look at during recruiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Vibert Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 What are your system specs. It sounds almost like your machine is trying to process and while doing the most intensive parts of the game getting bogged down. What other programs do you have running in the background while you are playing the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udlb58 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Hey Arlie or Scott, I'm still having troubles. I just checked for .ldb files in the leagues I'm having troubles with, but couldn't find anything. I'm using XP and my files can be found [url=http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=276365&postcount=10]here[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spankyrym Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Same issue This is same issue I got after downloading the 1.52 patch recently. Not an issue before. Scott - this is the issue I emailed you about recently and just responded today. Let me know as soon as you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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