SC2Mapster

I launch up my SC2 editor and go into my triggers module.

I get an error saying there's an error in XML. I tell it to proceed and fix the error.

Now I don't have a single damn effect left in my map.

I try to reload my map to an earlier save, but still nothing. Not a single ability works anymore.

Has anyone else experienced this?

When adding dependacies make sure your new one, is on top, oherwise theres a 50% chance your editor will bug next time you open it, could this be the case?

Open your map with a MPQ editor, extract and open Base.SC2Data/GameData/EffectData.xml

If there's a XML error, try to fix it. Or import chunks of the file little by little. Either way, don't panic, you haven't really lost your effects...

Not everyone can afford 2000 dollars on a MPQ editor,

What?

http://www.zezula.net/en/mpq/download.html

All free to download.

Yes but here in the US thats illegal, it's pirated...

Quote from StragusMapster: Go

Open your map with a MPQ editor, extract and open Base.SC2Data/GameData/EffectData.xml

If there's a XML error, try to fix it. Or import chunks of the file little by little. Either way, don't panic, you haven't really lost your effects...

I've opened GameData through the MPQ editor, but EffectData is not listed. I can see AbilData, ActorData and so on, but the EffectData doesn't exist.

Quote from SnyderGuy: Go

When adding dependacies make sure your new one, is on top, oherwise theres a 50% chance your editor will bug next time you open it, could this be the case?

Possible, but I was meticulous in choosing them the first time, and this happened after working with the editor for ~ 20 minutes.

If EffectData doesn't exist, that's bad. You can always copy the file back from a backup...

@StragusMapster: Go

I do have a backup for the file, but that was made around 4 months ago. Is there really nothing I can do to regain atleast some of what I lost? I really don't have the energy to replicate everything again.

Especially considering I spent hours and days on some abilities. Thanks for the help, though, I appreciate it.

Ouch... If EffectData.xml is just gone, it will be hard to recover the data.

Do you have any more backup at all? Maybe you published a testing version of the map on bnet? We can recover the data from there if you did.

Make regular backups!

@StragusMapster: Go

Damnit, punished by my own laziness once more. I constantly remind myself to backup, but barely ever do. Sucks when that comes back to bite you.

Anyway, the latests backup is the one I mentioned earlier. Would it be easy to import that into the version without effects?

Sure that's easy.

Launch MPQ Editor, open backup, extract Base.SC2Data/GameData/EffectData.xml from backup, open new file, put EffectData.xml at the right path in new file, close.

@StragusMapster: Go

I've extracted the EffectData.xml from my backup to my other version, but it keeps giving me an error. It tells me the directory I've chosen is wrong and that it cannot find the path.

This is the path I'm using: C:\Program Files (x86)\StarCraft II\Mods\Apocalypse The Aftermath v02.SC2Map\Base.SC2Data\GameData

Is there anything wrong with this?