Corrupt file in mudbox, lost quite a bit of work
polycounter lvl 7
Well, I was working on this sculpt and Mudbox decided to crash (it's been crashing every 5 minutes or so for a while now, but that's another story). I had learned that I can save my work even after it's crashed so I had been doing that with no problems until now, when, while it was saving, it crashed a second time, corrupting the file. I can't open it anymore and I was wondering if anyone knows a way to retrieve the work I lost. I can still re-do everything but I'd rather not, as it took some time.
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Mudbox saves 2 versions of your scene when you hit save, a .bak file and a .mud file, the .bak file can be accessed by changing its extension from .bak to .mud and your file should be untainted.
let me know if that fixes your problem as its worked for me in the past.
they repaired files vor me in the past...
Oh my God, I love you so much! This worked perfectly, thanks a million times!
Then, avoid overwriting files too much. Remember those are often 100mb+ files - errors are just bound to happen, its just statistics!
Also, if your mud crashes often, stop what you're doing and try to figure out why. Most of the time its because you have a certain kind of topology that Mud doesnt like. 2011 actually detects those and refuses to subdivide further, but previous versions let it go and then start complaining when you hit the painful spots.
I'd say grab the 2011 demo, throw your basemesh in there and subdivide a few times to see what happens. Better learn what went wrong asap!!
And, dont overwrite too much, its just asking for trouble ...
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cool man, i know how that feel to lose your work, if i lose 5 mins of work i go ape shit. As vig and pior said remember to save often as thats just a good idea, also save a new file as appose to saving over the same one. when working digitally shit happens that at times we cant control.
Even though I had saved the file it corrupted it, and crashed at every attempt to open.
Thank you guys