This is fricking retarted!

Discussion in 'Mapping' started by Satanchild666, Dec 31, 2008.

  1. Satanchild666

    Satanchild666 Banned

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    I was working in hamer making my map emp_palace, I didn't save at all as I normally don't have any errors.

    I was working on a beautyfull building combining art-deco, neo-classical, italianate and victorian architecture. In a massive Palace featuring a massive main hall, Staircases, Elevators, Imperial Garden, Underground Laboratory, 60+ Individual Rooms, ect.

    Suddenly it crashes, I don't know why...

    Nvm I thought, you always got autosave.

    A N D -- T H E N -- I T -- S A I D -- T H E -- F I L E -- H A D -- A N -- E R R O R

    I worked around 2 fricking hours per room, I always use autosave. And now it crashes, I lost days of work because my saved progress has an error!

    If I don't get back my saved progress in the next 2 days I am going to throw my self off the Empire State Building.
     
  2. Brutos

    Brutos Administrator Staff Member Moderator

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    <nelson>Haha</nelson>
    If you have vista hope for shadowcopies.
     
  3. Emp_Recruit

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    This is gameplay how?

    Also, OWNED.
     
  4. Omneh

    Omneh Member

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    Satanchild, are you attention whoring again?
     
  5. Satanchild666

    Satanchild666 Banned

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    No, I just want my info back. Can anyone tell me where the list of saved stuff is located for hammer? Because this is pretty frustrating.
     
  6. KILLX

    KILLX Banned

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    I hope you do throw yourself off a building. Your ridiculously high level dependence on autosave is amusing.
     
  7. Coffeeburrito

    Coffeeburrito Coder

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    You worked on it for DAYS without saving? :|
     
  8. Satanchild666

    Satanchild666 Banned

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    What? It's faster then having to compile and save your map over and over again, and besides that. It always works, as I mostly only make 1 map at a time.

    I was busy making it and I wanted to save it later on.

    I was busy days to make it :( it was supposed to be some pressent for the community :(

     
  9. Theowningone

    Theowningone Noone likes me :'(

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    The pro mappers repair their vmf's in notepad!
     
  10. Satanchild666

    Satanchild666 Banned

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    *Hope*

    Now, then I go look there see if I can fix it :(

    EDIT: Where is the vmf of the autosave located?
     
  11. KILLX

    KILLX Banned

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    Dude, you don't compile the map over and over. You makes saves of the vmf. The actual file that matters. The .bsp does shit all but run ingame. You cannot go from .bsp to .vmf without losing data in the process. You can go from .vmf to .bsp because thats how it was intended ;)
     
  12. Satanchild666

    Satanchild666 Banned

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    I always thought you needed to compile to be able to save -.-" ...

    I feel, stupid...
     
  13. Omneh

    Omneh Member

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    The autosave files should be in a folder called HAMMER AUTOSAVE or similar, somewhere on your computer. Just load up an earlier one and it should be okay.

    I'll be very interested in this "present"

    Yes, prove to us you aren't attention whoring.
     
  14. blizzerd

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    i feel your pain, hammer autosaves every 5 minutes and makes for every unique map 99 different autosaves for me


    i just have lost to many battles...
     
  15. Satanchild666

    Satanchild666 Banned

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    You'll be in the credits for helping me :D
     
  16. Omneh

    Omneh Member

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    Gosh, what an honour.

    /sarcasm.
     
  17. Caelo

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    I think you're spoiled Satanchild :)
    UnrealEd crashes all the time :|
     
  18. Chris0132'

    Chris0132' Developer

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    Why the hell are you using autosave? You always manually back up your progress with lots of back versions in any program.

    Ah that takes me back.

    Don't put quotation marks in the parameter override field.
     
  19. Solokiller

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    If hammer can't restore the vmf, you'll never get it back. Tough luck.
     
  20. gezor

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    you dont have much experience with PCs, dont you?
     

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