I usually leave Galaxy Editor running after I'm finished coding at night. Last night, I did just this and awoke this morning to work on it again, and first thing I do, the Galaxy Editor crashes. After crashing, I tried to reload my map, but now, everything about the map is corrupt (even the description and map image is missing) and I get this error: Unable to open archive (Your StarCraft II installation is corrupt. Would you like to run the Repair tool now?)
I did a repair on SC2, but the map file is still corrupt. I can go back and open the map from an Editor Log file, but doing so will cause me to have to redo weeks of work and I just don't have it in me to do all of that work again. Any insight on how I can get my map back?
I'm afraid you might lost it. The editor is really buggy and blizzard state that they do not support it officially. I have lost some hours of works in some map...
You might try the auto save and backup option in the editor to prevent this from happening.
(The way map editing work is that the editor extract the map archive to a folder and let you work on it, then save it back to an archive when you click save. If something happen during the save process, you map will get corrupted
That's what I was hoping not to hear. Although the editor has so many bugs, I guess the only thing I can do is blame myself for not creating backups. Now, given what I have learned while using the editor, I'll be able to start a new project with a more unique concept this time and make sure it's properly backed up. Thanks for the reply.
Well, I guess someone wanted this day to be my lucky day.. Because I went into my Documents folder and found a .sc2map.old file of my map that was corrupt. I renamed it to just .sc2map and ran it in the editor and, voila. Everything was still intact and sitting there, as it was the second before it became corrupt. So, in the end, I lost nothing. Now, off to make copies of my work this time...
Lucky on you. Also I noticed that .old file sometime, probably some default backup before compressing, you might even be able to find the extracted archive folder as well
OHH THANK THE GODS!!!! My editor crashed and I had to restart my computer, then my file was corrupt. But the .old file was there. Are there any good explanations on these backup thing you speak of around here?
Update: Post number 1 YAAY! Programmer, your the best : )
I usually leave Galaxy Editor running after I'm finished coding at night. Last night, I did just this and awoke this morning to work on it again, and first thing I do, the Galaxy Editor crashes. After crashing, I tried to reload my map, but now, everything about the map is corrupt (even the description and map image is missing) and I get this error: Unable to open archive (Your StarCraft II installation is corrupt. Would you like to run the Repair tool now?)
I did a repair on SC2, but the map file is still corrupt. I can go back and open the map from an Editor Log file, but doing so will cause me to have to redo weeks of work and I just don't have it in me to do all of that work again. Any insight on how I can get my map back?
@baptizein: Go
I'm afraid you might lost it. The editor is really buggy and blizzard state that they do not support it officially. I have lost some hours of works in some map...
You might try the auto save and backup option in the editor to prevent this from happening.
(The way map editing work is that the editor extract the map archive to a folder and let you work on it, then save it back to an archive when you click save. If something happen during the save process, you map will get corrupted
@progammer: Go
That's what I was hoping not to hear. Although the editor has so many bugs, I guess the only thing I can do is blame myself for not creating backups. Now, given what I have learned while using the editor, I'll be able to start a new project with a more unique concept this time and make sure it's properly backed up. Thanks for the reply.
@baptizein: Go
Well, I guess someone wanted this day to be my lucky day.. Because I went into my Documents folder and found a .sc2map.old file of my map that was corrupt. I renamed it to just .sc2map and ran it in the editor and, voila. Everything was still intact and sitting there, as it was the second before it became corrupt. So, in the end, I lost nothing. Now, off to make copies of my work this time...
@baptizein: Go
Lucky on you. Also I noticed that .old file sometime, probably some default backup before compressing, you might even be able to find the extracted archive folder as well
OHH THANK THE GODS!!!! My editor crashed and I had to restart my computer, then my file was corrupt. But the .old file was there. Are there any good explanations on these backup thing you speak of around here?
Update: Post number 1 YAAY! Programmer, your the best : )
@grenegg: Go
Yayyyyyyyyy had the same problem......