Always Back Up Your Files!

BigDBigD [OldF] Join Date: 2002-10-25 Member: 1596Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Almost had me a heart-attack tonight!</div> 1:20AM - Decide to open up Hammer and implement a now forgotten idea.
1:21AM - Hammer is loaded, click on "File", go to the recently-opened files section...
1:22AM - After clicking on "File" numerous times, my map still does not appear...
Keyboard gets a little tense...
1:27AM - Searching frantically through my harddrive in all the places it could be...
1:30AM - Discover my "backup" copy is a copy of the BSP instead of the rmf...
My keyboard pees itself with nervousness...
No sign of my map... after searching all my usual mapping directories...
1:35AM - Search again... a few times... Weird twitch develops...
Keyboard attempts to hide under desk...
1:37AM - Deep breaths... possible to reverse engineer the BSP...
Realize a lot of work may have been lost eitherway...
1:40AM - Staring at screen...
Keyboard hides behind "ye old bashing keyboard", but realizes not enough of
is left to bash anymore... it's on the block now...
1:42AM - Well... maybe I should fix the old search function?
1:45AM - After fixing the "search" (busted due to my removing of useless crap in MSconfig... 99.99% of the time it's the way I like it) I discover...
Drum roll please...
The stupid thing was in my Counter-Strike maps directory the whole time.

Why it disappeared off of Hammer's list is WAY BEYOND me. (Why it's in the cstrike directory is an even better question.) I had been working on it in the afternoon. Aye Carumba. I am thinking, losing something in 30gigs of files is not cool. This summer, the ol'girl is getting a reformat. But the lesson learned here, BACKUPS ARE THE COOL THING TO DO! I mean, my map is just starting to show potential (in my eye) and oi...

Funny thing is, this afternoon I was thinking I should update my "backup" because I had made alot of progress since I last backed up but neglected to do so. Too close.

Ah well, I may as well throw up a screen now. Ns_Polaris will be it's name.
This is the marine start. I've only got this, two rooms, one hive all half done, and another hive just started. And a couple of hallways.

I am aware of the lighting and textures. I am aiming to have this finished in 5 or so months, depending on how busy my summer is, so it is a ways off yet. When I am closer to completion, I'll submit more pics for nitpick... errr... suggestions then! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • tbZBeAsttbZBeAst Join Date: 2003-01-26 Member: 12755Members
    LOVE the sig,
    Like the screenies
    the desk looks a bit incongruous....
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  • BlackPantherBlackPanther Join Date: 2002-02-11 Member: 197Members
    yes... all of it just... doesn't fit together.
    And the ramp also doesn't fit.. not to mention the desk..
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  • BlackPantherBlackPanther Join Date: 2002-02-11 Member: 197Members
    AND YES!
    Back up your files!

    In my ns map NS_DEMOCLES, i do backups of every single build/version at each major modification i do, and name it "ns_democlesBAK240303.rmf". This ensures that ever major modification i do, i can go back with no hassle and the minimum of lost stuff.

    A disturbing trend these days of not seeing mapping backup their stuff... and most recently, NS_NANCY's source files was lost as well! ugh.... Such a high potential map...
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  • PegenatorPegenator Join Date: 2002-12-21 Member: 11269Members
    Heh... Nice map <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Spank up the walls (Paintings, yay), and add some pilars or sumthing to the ramp (imagine a HA marine walking over there in RL)
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  • ToothyToothy ir-regard-less Join Date: 2003-02-12 Member: 13447Members, Constellation
    This happens to me all the time, I can't remember how many times i've had to load up the .map file instead of the rmf and save it again <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • SycophantSycophant Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 7092Members
    I ended up losing all the work I had done on my map a few months ago. Granted, it wasn't a great deal of work (<i>a few weeks, at best</i>), but I was still not amused.

    I started over again shortly after that, and now I back up regularly. Best of all, this version is turning out to be many times better than the one I lost. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • BlackPantherBlackPanther Join Date: 2002-02-11 Member: 197Members
    That is sometimes a much appreciated side effect to loosing a map.... hell, the ONLY good thing to come out of it <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • RR_Co-NRR_Co-N Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10524Members
    Screeny looks great. I like the panels on the ceiling and the rest fits in nicely. I like it that the desk stands out like any other desk in a huge "welcome" area. nice.
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  • SinistarSinistar Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2793Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--BigDXLT+Apr 8 2003, 09:20 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BigDXLT @ Apr 8 2003, 09:20 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> My keyboard pees itself with nervousness...
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    LOL! I didn't know keyboards could do that?
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  • BigDBigD [OldF] Join Date: 2002-10-25 Member: 1596Members
    edited April 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->QUOTE (BigDXLT @ Apr 8 2003, 09:20 AM)
    My keyboard pees itself with nervousness...


    LOL! I didn't know keyboards could do that?
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    Heh... I kept my old busted one this time, just so that I can stop breaking my new ones... there is no better way to relieve stress than taking a keyboard (that doesn't work already) and busting it on the ground! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

    About the desk, it's mostly a place holder for the time being. (Hence ugly blue textures slapped on it.) The final one should have that L-shape though. (I really hate my "monitors" right now) Like I say, I've only gotten started with it. (Damn school is getting in my way!)

    [Edit]And about the ramp, I'm also debating in my head. Probably end up with an elevator, or "inside the wall" kind of ramp. We'll see. (Woo just thought of where I could use that particular ramp! Off to hammer I go!)[/edit]
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