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[Wing Walker]

Just thought I would share...

I had a mission I was making with high level of detail, lots of objects and all.  It is Palm Sunday, if you know that.

The mission had been done before by others, but I like high detail in accuracy in my missions.

Anyway, spent several weekends building it up, was trying not to make a "save mission soup" like I did for another, so I only saved 2 versions in my progress.

I like to make a long full mission version, with full flight times, and then a quicker "net" version to play it quickly where I spawn into where the action starts.

Anyway, when I made the "cutdown"...

 I accidentally saved it over the original full mission build!

 

[WxTech]

And I feel gutted enough if I lose just 15 minutes of work! As someone possessing of empathy, I'm heartsick for you.

[elot]

Maybe you should install some copy software that regularly copies certain files or folders to other locations, so you have at least 1 copy or even a history of files.
Just to have a copy every 10 or 60 min. or whatever you want.

[bomberkiller]

In the FMB there is an option to open the last saved mission. Didn't you at least cache here and there?

Good luck with your search.

 

Gerhard

[SAS~Storebror]

God bless Windows' file history.
Only works when you use it, of course.
But as you know: No Backup, no mercy.


Mike

[elot]

God bless Windows' file history.

One problem, you need a second drive (-letter) to make use of this.
It does not work with 1 drive (as far as i know).

[Wing Walker]

Thank you everyone...

Yes I usually save a new copy every time I make some progress, though I was trying to avoid building up about 100 files saving my progress, all going in different directions with different experiments or redos of the same mission.

I usually get lost in this endless "mission soup" trying different things like coordinating 75 aircraft together, then having to restructure everything later.

I told myself, I'm just going to have 1 mission save for this...

Never doing that again.

Fortunately this is the only time I've had a fail this big.

All that clicking...

[Chaoic16]

Wing Walker,

I have experienced the similar situation before. It sucks big time.  However, I like the goals you have when working on two versions of missions.  I have an idea for you;

First, focus on the normal missions and build it with all details completely.  It become a foundation for another missions based on this one.  When you complete it, make a copy of it and rename it with a different name.  Then use that cloned mission to convert it into a 'quick' mission version where you jump into the actions more quickly.

That way you won't make the same mistakes again.


Chaoic16