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leo

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Bad news
05.01.2009 at 20:56:45

Hi guys!

I just wanted to inform you that the custom mansion file of "Jacques' Revenge" (sequel to Palais Pompomrouge) seems to be corrupted. Whenever I try to add a new room, the program crashes. I already had about 450 rooms, which I now have to copy/paste into a new file (unless anybody has an idea how I can solve the problem).

This means that work on the mansion will take longer than predicted and you might have to wait until summer for beta-release. Sorry Sad

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Semi-Native YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 1426 Orlando, FL USA Gender:	Re: Bad news Reply #1 - 05.01.2009 at 22:11:44 Wow, that is such bad luck, leo! I hope someone has an easy solution for you. Good luck.
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rose Treasure Hunter Offline Posts: 976 Sweden Gender:	Re: Bad news Reply #2 - 06.01.2009 at 00:56:21 Oh, Leo! I hope someone of the other skilled builders see this. Have you asked aquaMat for help? Could you mail Vern? I hope there is an solution. Hug from me!
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leo Wanderer Offline Posts: 94	Re: Bad news Reply #3 - 06.01.2009 at 01:07:50 Thanks Ladies! And don't worry: My mansion-builder-spirit is unbroken
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Missy Treasure Hunter Offline Posts: 601 Toronto, Canada Gender:	Re: Bad news Reply #4 - 06.01.2009 at 01:34:12 Hi Leo, Rose it right! Pls. contact Vern, he definitely would know what to do about it. Isn't there a way to export/import rather than copy paste? Anyway, I'm sure this has happened to someone before and they must have come up with a solution. Just ask!
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Matari Explorer Offline Posts: 107 UK Gender:	Re: Bad news Reply #5 - 06.01.2009 at 01:39:12 Hi Leo Have you tried duplicating the mansion in the finder? This may work, although it may also duplicate the corrupt bit...
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aquaMat

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Re: Bad news
Reply #6 - 06.01.2009 at 02:06:10

Ahem, leo....

don't you save back-ups during building ?

I always do that. I not only put a copy of the mansion onto another disk, but I also save the different stages of development, calling them - say - NewMansion1, NewMansion2.2 etc.

That way you can always go back to an earlier version, before a major change / incident etc.

BUT - if you really do have only one version / copy of your mansion and that suddenly started to crash there still might be a solution.

First of all, I bet you included some custom graphics, or otherwise treated the mansion with(in) Rezilla or another Res-editor ?! Right?

Because in most cases it's a corrupted resource bit that lets the game and/or editor crash.

My advice: Check every single custom graphic or other custom res !
If possible, make a copy of the mansion and in that copy remove all custom bits. Then it should start perfectly again.
Then try adding one custom bit after the other until you find the "problem child".

Does that help ?

Why is a carrot more orange than an orange ?

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Reply #7 - 06.01.2009 at 05:02:12

Leo, I don't know if this will help, but I would open Disk Utility and run Disk Permissions and then Disk First Aid on your hard drive. Sometimes Disk First Aid can fix a problem file, but not always.

There's nothing more frustrating then losing work. Cry

And I second trying to copy the file to a different disk or USB drive. If it doesn't copy, that usually means the file itself is damaged.

I throw myself against walls.

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leo

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Reply #8 - 06.01.2009 at 18:52:37

Dear everybody!

aquaMat just opened my eyes about how NEW I am to the custom-mansion business because - stupidly enough - it never crossed my mind to make a safety copy, which of course I'll be doing from now on. But I didn't fool around with the resources and did any custom graphics. Disk First Aid didn't work either, Catwoman.

Anyways: Thanks for all your input and support! And don't worry: "Jacques' Revenge" will be ready one day... Wink

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