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I cannot get the lahman database to work for me AT ALL. NOTHING WORKS.

Here is the step by step process which I have undertaken to get this to work with NO success.

1. Go to Site for File as instruction
2. Save lahman 5.3 into the Puresim folder, listed as:

C:\Matrix Games\PureSim Baseball 2005 Gold Edition

3. Extract Files, as directed, into the folder listed above
4.Click on the file, and hit Rename file, changing it, at that point, to lahman_52.mdb
5. Close out all folders
6. Restart Game
7. Click on New Game
8. See it say "Lahman database not detected" for the 100th time.

Now, after doing all of this, and it not working, I decided to open the database to see what it says for a name in that subfolder, and this is what I get:

C:\Matrix Games\PureSim Baseball 2005 Gold Edition\lahman_52.mdb\lahman_52.mdb

It actually shows up 2 times...not sure if that is a problem, but I decided NOT to rename it and try it again, and when doing it, I got:

C:\Matrix Games\PureSim Baseball 2005 Gold Edition\lahman_52.mdb\lahman53.mdb

So, there it is. I did everything as instructed. Now, if what you read above does not contain a certain step, please let me know.

Just as an FYI, when unzipping it, I actually have renamed it from the extraction instructions AND then also tried renaming it AFTER unzipping.

Basically, I've tried it all.

I was able to download the new fix listed on the site with no issues.

It's really disappointing so far because while I love the game and concept, not being able to play with REAL players is a big BUMMER!!

Sorry to duplicate posts but I really need as much feedback as possible. Thanks!!!

Are you renaming the folder or the file named "lahman53"--you should be renaming the file, which is about 39 mb, calling it "lahman_52" and placing just the file in the puresim folder (if the old file is there it should ask you if you want to replace it).

did you get d/l the 5.3 access version?
maybe a problem with the 5.3?

try getting the 5.2 access 2000 version instead.

those are my guesses.

IT WORKS!!

Thanks to everyone who helped me.

The issue was, I was using some generic version to extract the file rather then an actual extraction tool like Winzip. I downloaded winnzip demo version, and then did what everyone has been saying and it works!

Now, I used the 5.2 version. If I want the updated version, I assume that I just do exactly what I did for that one as well?

Again, thanks for the patience and the effort. It really is a very good and addicting game!!

Sean