Lost my whole module and data

[LordEntrails]

Suggestion to prevent dual access added to wishlist; https://fg2app.idea.informer.com/proj/fg2app?ia=119957

[Bidmaron]

That seems to be the most likely way that his file got messed up. I’ve done it myself from time to time. Seems stupid but it happens.

Since his cloud sync is only 48 hours interval, that is unlikely to be culprit.

[Valyar]

FG keeps session in memory and saves to disk every.... 5 or whatever minutes was the default. And I am pretty sure it is not VSS aware, so every backup application or cloud sync that relies on Volume Shadow Copy service to transfer files in crash-consistent way will not copy successfully the whole data, because it is not yet committed to the disk.

[Nylanfs]

Damned(I think it was their post?) has a forum thread with a batch file that will automatically backup to a cloud location upon exit.

[KILLGORE]

Guys thanks again for all the help! I am glad I got some of my work back despite losing a day is better than losing 3 weeks worth of work! I appreciate it!

[donpaulo]

bumping this thread to ask a question

I got the same error as KILLGORE

So I tried the copy/paste fix and still get the error

I guess I have to start working backwards in the date modified to find a working copy yes ?

Eventually I'll get a working copy assuming that is the problem right ?

[Zacchaeus]

bumping this thread to ask a question

I got the same error as KILLGORE

So I tried the copy/paste fix and still get the error

I guess I have to start working backwards in the date modified to find a working copy yes ?

Eventually I'll get a working copy assuming that is the problem right ?

First back up the entire campaign folder.
If your backup file does not have the info, then yes start looking at the session files. Start with the latest one by date or the biggest sized file.

[Trenloe]

bumping this thread to ask a question

I got the same error as KILLGORE

So I tried the copy/paste fix and still get the error

I guess I have to start working backwards in the date modified to find a working copy yes ?

Eventually I'll get a working copy assuming that is the problem right ?

What, exact, error are you getting?

KILLGORE was getting the issue due to, I believe, FG not exiting/saving the data correctly - the data can be recovered (to a point) but shouldn't throw up a using backup data error/message when loading a campaign for the first time with a replaced db.xml file.

If you're using a Mac make sure you exit FG from the desktop right-click menu - don't just close the window.

Let us know the exact error message you're getting and when this occurs (i.e. first time after copying the db.xml file, or a later load of FG, etc.)?

[donpaulo]

Thanks for asking Trenloe

Console says runtime error

demonplague troubles.png

[Andraax]

"Permission denied" indicates that the permissions on the folder are incorrect.