nodar1978 Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Hello guys i have a problem with my files. 2 files are demaged. I did a lots of work on a roof tiling for houses, i also made a renderings. that time. but now i want to go back and open those files but during opening max says: an error has occured and do i want to save it or not. i tried to save it, i tried to merge in other file from this file some objects, i tried nearly everything but it doesnt work. do you have any idea what can i do with this file? it is max2009 and vray. file size is about 300mb. it is not a problem with file size, because my pc is good enough for big files thank you in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ismael Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Maybe something useful like the .bak tip: http://forums.cgsociety.org/archive/index.php/t-310196.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dollus Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 sometimes this is due to a bad entity within the file. Have you tried merging in just selected objects from that file? Try groups of 10 or so until you narrow it down to what's causing the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodar1978 Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 thanks guys unfortunatly there are some *.bak files but not the one i need. and also marge doesnt work. it marges only some damaged objects. but thank you anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datacrasher Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) George, i once asked on the autodesk fourm the same question myself they told me never re-lie on the autobackup filles because they are useless. always save in increments (+) when you save as this will save as example scene using the file increments (+) it will be scene01. try restart max and then merge one object at a time if the file does not crash keep merging one at a time until you get to the last object if the file crashes then you know what is causing the problem. restart max and do it again then don't merge the final object. because you know this is the object that will make max crash so all you have to do is remodel that final object. if you still have no success then you will need to model your scene again Edited January 9, 2012 by datacrasher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Arbogast Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 George, i once asked on the autodesk fourm the same question myself they told me never re-lie on the autobackup filles because they are useless. always save in increments (+) when you save as this will save as example scene using the file increments (+) it will be scene01. I've never had a problem with autoback files...but I couldn't agree more with your advice. Doing lots of incremental saves (saveas +) is a critically important habit that every max user should have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datacrasher Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 well David we all have different problems with max mine is i find max saves the backup but when you start a new scene then max intends to overwrite the 3 files over and over again. it does not how many backup's you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Arbogast Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Tony, a couple of thoughts: 1. I set my Auto Backup to save 12 files, which is more helpful than 3. 2. I make careful use of Max's "project folder" functionality, which means that every project has its own Autoback folder. This means that every project is being autosaved to each project's autoback folder. It's not fool-proof, of course, but it helps to have per-project backup folders rather than defaulting to a single backup folder for all projects. Still, it's crucial to constantly be hitting the incremental save button. Autobackup, for me, has proven to be a very reliable and convenient insurance policy. I say convenient, because when Max crashes, the Autobackup file is sometimes more current than my latest manual save...so it usually means even less re-work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datacrasher Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 i'll try that but i usally leave max at default incase something sc*** up they mite of improve max autobackup with the latest verison but i have max 9 and cannot afford the new one's. God i wish stuff was fool proof but it never is lol. the only time max crashes for me is when a unhandled exception has occurred in don't now if this is max or windows xp. i added a service pack and it still happens in max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter M. Gruhn Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Tony, my belief is that some of the unexpected crashes may be due to video drivers, so update those if you haven't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datacrasher Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Cheers peter! my VGA card drivers have been discontinued so i am saving up for a new VGA card Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
id_ivan Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 (edited) I maxed out my autoback counts, which is 99. Its pretty helpful in such situation. Try follow these steps here: http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/file_crashing/file_crashing.htm and cross your fingers. Good luck. Edited January 17, 2012 by id_ivan typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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