When flash corrupts...

[bleupencil]

I suppose there is no way whatsoever of retrieving data from a f**ked flash file, right?

Because hours of uni work has just been blown to smithereens, if that's the case.

There I was, peacefully working away, when suddenly flash goes *erk... dead*. So I restart the program, and open the file, and it looks like this (http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l287/bleupencil/goddamnmuthaflash.jpg)!! Even after restarting and all that rot, it's dead. It just keeps opening up like that, then the program spazzes out and dies as well.

;_;

[Evil Demon Creature]

All I can suggest is getting a CVS program for future important projects.

It's a nifty little thing that works like a save command, but in the operating system instead. Every time you save, if you save it using the CVS program aswell, you will be capable of rolling back to previous versions of the file, even if flash urks out and corrupts the bastard.

It was originally intended for software engineers to keep track of their code since it's important to roll back if a change in code is made that stops it from working (having the ability to rewind to stable code is a very important utility to have), but I see no reason why it can't be used for flash files or anything capable of being royally screwed up since CVS programs work with any file type.

Just google the term and you should find some freeware to help you out. I got "Tortoise CVS" myself since I figure ANY program with a cute turtle mascot has got to be simple enough for anyone to use (although I haven't really used it that much yet).

[bleupencil]

Thanks EDC, that may be helpful in the future. But for now, I just have to do everything over again, it seems. Blehhhhhh.

And now I have another question for anyone who knows. Was tempted to start another thread, but there doesn't seem any point.

I'm using Jarrad Hope's reanimator camera, great little tool that it is. It was working fine this morning, but when I came home and started fooling around with it again, something's gone wrong!! (Computers hate me today, I swear!)

This seems to be after my file got corrupted and everything went asplodey on me.

Anyway, the field guides seem to have disappeared from it. The camera itself is still there, and if I move/tween then export it, there will be camera movement. However, all that's showing is a white dot that is the pivot point, and I am unable to resize it for zooming, etc.

Has anyone had this problem before and can it be fixed?

I tried downloading a fresh copy, reinstalling the extension, and all that stuff. Hasn't made a whit of difference though.

Please help?!!!!!

Somewhere the Gods must be laughing =_=

Edit...
Nevermind, I'm using Sham's vCam instead. Everything's ok sans lack of rotationableness.

[Terro]

My only advise is to check your systems restore points, maybe you can restore your PC to a previous day or a few hours back to regain the file in it's original form.

[ElusiveMoose]

My only advise is to check your systems restore points, maybe you can restore your PC to a previous day or a few hours back to regain the file in it's original form.

Yeah, this was my thought as well. You might lose very recent work, but you'd get back a whole lot more. Save downloaded emails to a cd before you do this.

I've had Flash kill a fla before (just happened to be a character library with 100 some hours invested in it), and I was never able to retrieve anything from the fla no matter what I tried. I have a suspicion it had something to do with imported/shared libraries from other fla's being left open when the program died, but I have no way to confirm this.

As an alternative to using a CVS (I've used them for distributed team software development, and they're kind of a pain at times) all I do is everyday I open up a fla for more work, I do a Save As and append a version number or the date on the file name.

This fixes two things:

1) I can only lose one day's worth of work at most.

2) When you Save As, it reduces the fla by getting rid of a lot of extra information (undo history, etc), so your files stay smaller.

Sorry, to hear about your troubles, Bleu. Good luck.

[LanceITP]

It really sucks when you lose all that information. One thing I try to do, when working on a project is save incremental files. Save as... whatever2.fla, then whatever3.fla. That way if one file becomes corrupt, you can go back to one that isn't, and redo the lost work.

But sometimes, when you lose all that information, what you make in the second pass can be better than what you had.