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dhama
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From:Tibet
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 07-03-2001 01:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for dhama   Click Here to Email dhama     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
There I was, buzy transfering all the relevent files over to the cd writer and then formating my hard drive to be more compatable with the new motherboard/processor bios etc.
Then copying the files back to the hard drive after installing the level editor, managed to get everything working, did a little bit more on the level, saved it and then went to output the wad......nothing!! it didn't want to out the wad...oh fiddle sticks I said (not quite true, but this is a family forum)....starting to think, lost the lot, what am I gonna do.............then, a spark of inspiration. Had a look at the properties after remembering that when you back up files, they change to 'read only'. Sure enough there it was. So I changed all the files by removing the 'read only' check, and then tried to output the wad once more................Whooooppppeeeeeee! (I no doubt guess you realised that it worked.

Just another day in the life of a level creator.

The moral of this story is DON'T FAFF ABOUT WITH YOUR SYSTEM HALF WAY THROUGH A LEVEL!!!


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wgell
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posted 07-03-2001 01:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for wgell   Click Here to Email wgell     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Heh! Heh! Yeah I been there mate! Lost my entire tutorial level by overwriting saves. Then I discovered how unstable the editor is! CRASH! Lost the whole thing! Started again from the end and that became "The Trench"

The read only thing has caught me out many times with audio. I`ve formatted 4 times in the past two years. Fun!

Getting a new motherboard myself soon and I`m not looking forward to it much as I suspected I might have format. AGAIN!!!

Bleagh!

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Elpasodude
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posted 07-03-2001 02:02 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Elpasodude   Click Here to Email Elpasodude     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
*sigh* I've done that TWICE!!!

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Phabius Phodes
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posted 07-03-2001 06:04 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Phabius Phodes   Click Here to Email Phabius Phodes     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Me too... Twice...
And there´s a new and better machine coming this month...
Well... Paciência...

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pwhirl
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posted 07-03-2001 09:55 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pwhirl   Click Here to Email pwhirl     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I did the same thing, couldn't figure out why the it wouldn't build the new level. But good thing it's still there, I know what it's like to lose a project, happened to my port of venice level.

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Driber_IF
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posted 07-07-2001 04:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Driber_IF   Click Here to Email Driber_IF     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
hmmm, formatting.....what has it been now?
about 50 times or so....lol

sure is a pain in the arse, thank god for Ghost!

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Michiel
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posted 07-08-2001 03:40 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Michiel   Click Here to Email Michiel     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Roomedit has broken my lara's ome project. It putted some bad objects in all copies of the PRJ. Luckly I fixed it with an external costom program.

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