As with other, more complex maps made by valve, they load really fast. this problem started just today. I had not compiled before shutting down.

please, if anyone can help, do so. I have worked long and hard on it and would not want it to be wasted.

I have attached the map if it is needed for reference:

Future note to self: Don't load something that someone said is broken while you're working on stuff lol

What's the last thing you did before this started happening?

Kaleido wrote:
Trying to load it crashed Hammer for me @ 5% as well.

Future note to self: Don't load something that someone said is broken while you're working on stuff lol

What's the last thing you did before this started happening?

1. I didn't want to make you lose your progress! darn!

2. I had just added in a clothed turret (sort of.)

   CaretCaret wrote:
   Try this one:

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   |ATTACHMENTS ................... |
   | Killing_GLaDOS.vmf.......... |
   |(319.8 KiB) Downloaded 2 times |

I worked! Yes! Thank you soooo much!!! You deserve a Cubey and some cake

wait... where is everything? everything I just made is gone

@CaretCaret what did you do to fix it anyway?

CamBen wrote:
@CaretCaret what did you do to fix it anyway?

Maybe he edited the vmf in notepad. Burned and destroyed something from there.

chimera201 wrote:
CamBen wrote:

@CaretCaret what did you do to fix it anyway?

Maybe he edited the vmf in notepad. Burned and destroyed something from there.

Indeed. It was corrupt, at the end of the file it just said NULNULNULNUL... and so on.
Everything you did after putting in some vactube models is gone.

CaretCaret wrote:
chimera201 wrote:

CamBen wrote:

@CaretCaret what did you do to fix it anyway?

Maybe he edited the vmf in notepad. Burned and destroyed something from there.

Indeed. It was corrupt, at the end of the file it just said NULNULNULNUL... and so on.
Everything you did after putting in some vactube models is gone.

but then how was I able to open it up and edit it before it started the 5% thing? also, I think you meant before putting in some vactube models, because I made the glados chamber after the vactubes.
and why is the brushwork still there?

edit: its not completely gone, because I can still play through the old version of few main rooms i was developing, except without the awesome new stuff I added recently. I can attach the BSP if anyone wants to take a look at its former (unfinished) glory.

so, theres absolutely no way to get my work back?

Also, you could decompile your .bsp file to get the source back from there.

edit: about the autosaves, I can't find them, where are they?

edit2: I sucessfully managed to recover my map using the vmx!!!! the new changes I made were saved in the almost empty one and copied in!

@CaretCaret and Robdon Thank you so much!

Robdon wrote:
Have you checked the autosaves and the .vmx file, like Chicken said?

Also, you could decompile your .bsp file to get the source back from there.

CamBen wrote:
Robdon wrote:

Have you checked the autosaves and the .vmx file, like Chicken said?

Also, you could decompile your .bsp file to get the source back from there.

Why do other people get the credit for my advice?

chickenmobile wrote:
Why do other people get the credit for my advice?

Yeah, I've noticed that too. Talk about fowl-play when others get credit for chickenmobile's ideas.

MasterLagger wrote:
chickenmobile wrote:

Why do other people get the credit for my advice?

Yeah, I've noticed that too. Talk about fowl-play when others get credit for chickenmobile's ideas.

Yeah hell yeah! Know what you're talking about brother!
P.S. Your pun was terrible. KAZAM!

P.P.S @OP Glad to know you got your work back

chickenmobile wrote:
CamBen wrote:

Robdon wrote:

Have you checked the autosaves and the .vmx file, like Chicken said?

Also, you could decompile your .bsp file to get the source back from there.

Why do other people get the credit for my advice?

Yeah, I think its terrible and should be stopped immediately!

chickenmobile wrote:
P.S. Your pun was terrible. KAZAM!

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