Lost my game to the Update...

DrGlickertDrGlickert Member Posts: 1,135
edited November -1 in Working with GS (Mac)
I started a little project, so not much coding (only a few hours), but I can't open the project file now. Only thing I did was update. Other files/games work just fine.

Anyone else have this problem?
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  • JamwithnoJamwithno Member Posts: 312
    No I dont know what went wrong there that is weird i thought the update was supposed to fix that.
  • MagoNicolasMagoNicolas Member, PRO Posts: 2,090
    I Edited one Protect, and saved with a New Name, I Make some good Changes, And Now I Cant Open it :(
  • ApplaudAppsApplaudApps Member Posts: 308
    Thanks for the warning. I'm not going to update yet then!
  • gamedivisiongamedivision Member Posts: 807
    yeah i had an animation and for the life of me cant get it to work grrrr...
    first i couldnt see the files so i right clicked the project,show package contents and the images are there,so i dragged and dropped the files back in and overwritten the original and now just doesnt work
  • 11clock11clock Member Posts: 450
    Hmm, my game still works fine.

    This doesn't sound good, though.
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    Try this

    Take the backup you made of your game before opening in .9.3, make a copy
    Open the copy in .9.3 and save
    Verify it no longer opens

    Using a folder compare tool, compare the original project vs the new one, it should show you what changed and you can use that to submit a bug.

    I use an app called beyond compare at work, it's a windows utility, but there must be something similar on the mac

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  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    Found an app that will compare folders, delta walker. Download it and check it out

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  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    MagoNicolas said:
    I Edited one Protect, and saved with a New Name, I Make some good Changes, And Now I Cant Open it :(

    This is pretty much the bug I found and had been assured was fixed :O

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  • steve86steve86 Member Posts: 806
    MagoNicolas said:
    I Edited one Protect, and saved with a New Name, I Make some good Changes, And Now I Cant Open it :(

    Same thing happened to me :(
  • DrGlickertDrGlickert Member Posts: 1,135
    Luckily it wasn't a massive project. My two main games that I've spent the most time on are working just fine. But I haven't worked on them today much. Hopefully it's a quick fix and I won't lose anything. Otherwise, it's not a big deal (at least for me).
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    I wonder did anyone have the fried project open durning the update?

    Just a thought. As of this point I have not had this issue and certainly hope I don't. or I will have lots of work down the drain. Its amazing how much you can get done when you are not restarting the program every 5-10 minutes. :)
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  • MagoNicolasMagoNicolas Member, PRO Posts: 2,090
    Thanks Tsb, this solved my problem.
  • DizkoDizko Member Posts: 498
    Scary stuff.
  • mangaroomangaroo Member Posts: 419
    My project was open when it updated and it seems to have survived. Screenshotted TSB's tip just incase..
  • rlehmrlehm Member Posts: 320
    Until I buy pro, I see no reason to update. Sure the memory leak is an issue.. I can't wait not to deal with that, but it sounds like it might be best to wait. I would freak out if I lost my game(s).
  • LumpAppsLumpApps Member Posts: 2,881
    Is it on all projects? I just tried on and it works fine.
    I do have a problem with some actors though, they are white instead of showing the image. Should I report this somewhere?

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  • DrGlickertDrGlickert Member Posts: 1,135
    I'd start a new thread Ludwig. Don't bury this issue in this post. See if anyone else is having the same problem and maybe GS knows about this...

    Good luck.
  • LumpAppsLumpApps Member Posts: 2,881
    DrGlicker, thanks. I found a thread about it already: http://gamesalad.com/forums/topic.php?id=23108
    Sorry for this.

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  • StormyStudioStormyStudio United KingdomMember Posts: 3,989
    This is the same issue I had problems with in the test version.

    Some random changes to a project caused my saved file to no longer open in gamesalad.

    Bug reported.
  • gamedivisiongamedivision Member Posts: 807
    well my game gets worse timer using different images from game instead of numbers, other actors using different images,some animations dont work fxxk it im gona bed before i smash my computer up
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    rlehm said:
    Until I buy pro, I see no reason to update. Sure the memory leak is an issue.. I can't wait not to deal with that, but it sounds like it might be best to wait. I would freak out if I lost my game(s).

    Remember you can't publish with the old version

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  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    rlehm said:
    Until I buy pro, I see no reason to update. Sure the memory leak is an issue.. I can't wait not to deal with that, but it sounds like it might be best to wait. I would freak out if I lost my game(s).

    Well you will freak out when you realize you wont be able to publish until you update. Best to bite the bullet now.

    Edit: dang it jon you stole my thunder. :)
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  • dre38wdre38w Member Posts: 79
    I had a project. Saved it. Closed it. Tried to open again and it didn't open. Went to the backups of said project. Saved in the new version. They too wouldn't open after that. I died on the inside a little bit. That was....horrifying. My friend would've killed me. Thank you for saving me from death!! =D
  • Fodder76Fodder76 Member Posts: 154
    Thanks TSB. This worked for me and saved me a heart attack. That would have been devastating for me.

    Is this a permanent solution or will they be issuing a patch?
  • LordTarantorLordTarantor Member, PRO Posts: 890
    It worked for me too thanks Tsb.
  • RedlerTechRedlerTech Member Posts: 1,583
    Just lost my game also :(

    All the images in my game turned into a weird file but they're still in the images section. So, all the actors now say "no image" or whatever. :(

    Someone please PLEASE help

    Matt
  • GamersRejoiceGamersRejoice Member Posts: 817
    I am so NOT updating until this is straightened out. I must protect my game from this plague!
  • micksolomicksolo Member Posts: 264
    tshirtbooth said:
    TRY THIS. they guys at GS had me do it and it worked for me.

    right click on your project file, View package content, and rename the .guser file to test.guser

    then try and open it.

    please back up your game b4 doing this.

    cheers

    tshirtbooth said:
    TRY THIS. they guys at GS had me do it and it worked for me.

    right click on your project file, View package content, and rename the .guser file to test.guser

    then try and open it.

    please back up your game b4 doing this.

    cheers

    oh man, THANKS!!!!....I just had a heart attack. 3 months of work down the drain.....

    Thats a nasty bug, thing is it worked immediately after the update, then next time i opened it up, nothing.
  • MarkOnTheIronMarkOnTheIron Member Posts: 1,447
    I had a similar problems also with the .9.2 version where a project would not open after I made some modification to the xml files in the project.

    TSB suggested to change the name of the .gsuser file inside the project content folder. What I did is to delete it and that also made the file to reopen again.

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  • mynameisacemynameisace Hull, UKMember Posts: 2,484
    I have just gone through Fat Owl now because the bass player in my band called me and said he had circus tickets last night, so I was like, hell yeah, I'm going to the circus! Turns out there were no three legged jugglers, midgets on trampolines, two headed fellas or lions... Damn!

    Anyway; I'm back on GS now and the only thing that the update has screwed up is that actors with visible unticked are now just white squares, an easy fix.

    After pause, all my images are fine, etc.

    Ace
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