Need help with corrupted Maya file.

Quadscount

Hello guys,

I've recently started a project in Maya, and it's been working great until today after I force-quit an unresponsive session.

Upon trying opening or importing the .ma file, I get a red "// Error: line 0: Error reading file. //"

In the script editor, there is:

file -f -options "v=1;" -esn false -ignoreVersion -typ "mayaAscii" -o "C:/Users/kyumin2lee/Desktop/Workshop/Projects/visage_dire/Model/juggernaut_model.ma";addRecentFile("C:/Users/kyumin2lee/Desktop/Workshop/Projects/visage_dire/Model/juggernaut_model.ma", "mayaAscii");
// File read in 0.21 seconds. //
// Error: line 0: Error reading file. //
// Error: line 0: Error reading file. //

I've tried opening the file in notepad, but it's just long pages of blankness. I've got a few old backups, but is there anyone who can suggest how I should attempt to recover this broken file?

Thanks,
Quadscount

Chris Krüger

Perhaps this will help?
http://www.polycount.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-66262.html

Steve Schulze

If there's no data in your file, I suspect you might be out of luck.