Help! Project file is gone

mike62174mike62174 Member Posts: 3
in Working with GS (Mac)
I have been working on my first game for a couple weeks. Recently I was saving some work when the software froze. I had to force the program to close and figured I would just lose my recent work but when I tried to re-open the project file, images, everything was gone! Anybody help with this. I'm pretty horrified as this was a lot of time.

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  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822
    Can you go back to a slightly older version of your file, one saved prior to the crash/freeze ?
  • PixelMetalPixelMetal Member Posts: 283
    edited December 2012
    I have been working on my first game for a couple weeks. Recently I was saving some work when the software froze. I had to force the program to close and figured I would just lose my recent work but when I tried to re-open the project file, images, everything was gone! Anybody help with this. I'm pretty horrified as this was a lot of time.
    This happens to me on a far too regular basis. The solution I came up with was syncing all project files, as I work on them, with Dropbox. You can then browse to the Dropbox website and restore the files if this happens (and it will).

    Why GS has to delete all image, project, object & sound files at all when saving I have no idea.

  • mike62174mike62174 Member Posts: 3
    So this is really something that just happens huh. I was afraid of that. Lesson learned I guess. If anybody knows some crazy way to get these files back I would really appreciate it. Thanks for the dropbox idea though. I will do that for sure.
  • mike62174mike62174 Member Posts: 3
    Can you go back to a slightly older version of your file, one saved prior to the crash/freeze ?
    I wish I could. Everything is gone though (project files, image files, scenes, etc.). I'm on a pretty stable machine and I was saving frequently so I guess if I can pass on any advice it would be to backup, backup, backup! I should have known better.

  • ChakkuChakku Member Posts: 1,513
    @mike62174

    I have a similar problem, with GameSalad corrupting an actor(s) so when I click on it, everything crashes without saving. All I can say, and what I'm doing, is to keep on "Save As'ing".

    Hope this helps,
    Chakku
  • mike62174mike62174 Member Posts: 3
    Worse than I even thought. I had my psd files in the image folder to keep everything together and those are gone too. What a nightmare.
  • old_kipperold_kipper Member Posts: 1,420
    Do you still have a file of any sort (corrupt or not?). If so I would check the package contents for the resources.
  • LowPriceMarketplace.comLowPriceMarketplace.com Member Posts: 46
    I have also the same problem...actor(s) corrupting and when I click the creator got crash without saving....It also problem with my old save project. I have to work on my old project when i opened it...it look fine and run in simulator fine but when click on actor (few not all)...it got crash so I am unable to edit the rules.
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