Sometimes a GM is unable to join an OOTP online league via quick start code generated and shared by the commissioner.
Firstly, if no GMs are able to join with a quick start, then almost certainly the league FTP settings are incorrect and need to be checked, saved, and a new code created.
If only one GM is having a problem, it could be an issue with OOTP. Here are the steps to join a league manually. Note that these steps are exactly what the OOTP quick-start is doing. For CHANGE_ME_LEAGUE_NAME.lg, the GM can choose any name, but the folder name must end in .lg
- Make sure OOTP is closed
- Create saved_games/CHANGE_ME_LEAGUE_NAME.lg folder
- Download the latest league file - https://statsplus.net/YOURURL/files/ZIPFILENAME.zip - from S+ export tracker
- place ZIPFILENAME.zip into CHANGE_ME_LEAGUE_NAME.lg folder
- Unzip the zip file. This requires choosing the option on your OS to extract the zip, not just double-clicking into it to view the contents.
- After extraction, create saved_games/CHANGE_ME_LEAGUE_NAME.lg/settings folder
- Get a copy of accountsdata_gms.dat from commissioner (or any GM in the league who is able to download and export), and place into settings folder
- Start OOTP and the league should be an option to open, and then can confirm download and export
To find the saved_games folder, can use this method and go up one level: https://wiki.statsplus.net/en/faq/folder-location-html